Developers in / Des développeurs : Colombie-Britannique

Marty Frost is a founding member of Devco. A recognized leader in the field, Marty has worked in every aspect of the co-op sector: as general manager of a large worker co-op for a decade, as an advisor to provincial and federal government policy-makers, and as a consultant to dozens of new and existing co-ops.

Melanie Conn has been involved in co-op and community economic development in British Columbia since 1971, and has been a member of Devco since 1998. As an educator and consultant, Melanie has provided technical assistance for dozens of organizations and individual projects as well as for provincial and federal government departments.

Joy Emmanuel is a co-op developer, researcher and community economic development practioner. She lives in OUR Ecovillage in Shawinigan Lake, BC. She was a senior researcher and project manager at the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies (now the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy) at the University of Victoria. Joy has been a board member of the Research Advisory Committee with CCEDNet. She has edited and contributed to several books on co-operatives including Effective Practices in Starting Co-ops.