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DATE: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 TIME: 11 a.m. – Noon Eastern LOCATION: Online via Zoom COST: FREE QUESTIONS: Melissa Whitt (whitt.168@osu.edu) REGISTER HERE Curious about how worker cooperatives actually work? Worker co-ops are becoming a popular topic in the co-op landscape but can seem complicated. From restaurants and bakeries to bookstores and more, worker co-ops create a community of individuals with shared ownership who contribute to a business’s innerworkings, creating opportunities for workers to make decisions and participate in profit distributions. Join the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Center for Cooperatives and guest speakers from Casa Nueva Restaurant and Cantina as well as New Economy Works West Virginia for a Q&A about the nuts and bolts of worker cooperatives. Learn the basics about worker cooperatives on Co-op Mastery: Beyond Cooperatives 101 and explore worker co-ops as a succession strategy in past event recordings and our Collaboration Nation blog. Guest Panelists Grace Corbin, Vice President of the Board of Directors and Marketing Coordinator, Casa Nueva Restaurant & Cantina Grace Corbin has been with Casa Nueva since 2011, and is currently serving her second terms as the board of director’s vice president. She is active in the front of house and operations committees, and can often be found hosting on weekend nights, seating customers and managing Casa’s reservations and wait list. Josh Brown, Live Entertainment Booking Coordinator, Casa Nueva Restaurant & Cantina Josh Brown has been part of Casa Nueva since 1996, and has served on the board of directors as president for a significant portion of that time. He also serves as Casa’s live entertainment booking coordinator and runs sound for live shows. He can often be found behind the bar, crafting cocktails and chatting with regular customers. Mavery Davis, CPA, Director of Lending, New Economy Works West Virginia Born in Los Angeles, California, Mavery moved to West Virginia on a football scholarship. Although his scholarship did not fully materialize, Mavery remained in West Virginia, completed his degree, and had a career filled with ups and downs, as he candidly shares. Mavery is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), breaking the chains of poverty and creating wealth. He is a CPA by day, serving as Director of Lending for New Economy Works WV/Seed Commons, and a community organizer, a motivator, and the Financial Literacy Bootcamp (FLBC) founder by night. Through the FLBC, he teaches youth the psychology of money and financial basics. Through these efforts, he plants the seeds of collective, community wealth, and abundance. Mavery earned the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs Trail Blazer-Pioneer Award (2020). In addition to his professional accountant certification, Mavery also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with a concentration in Accounting from West Virginia State University (WVSU) and a Master’s of Science Degree with a concentration in Public Accounting from Strayer University. Additionally, Mavery is an adjunct professor of Accounting at WVSU, a guest teacher at Makeshop Design Lab, a National Society of Black Certified Public Accountants (NSBCPA) Board member, and a collaborator in All Things Workshops! Mavery has been recognized as a Top 40 under 40 Black CPA by the NSBCPA (2021) and a Hometown Hero by WV Can’t Wait (2022). In his current role, as the Director of Lending for New Economy Works WV, he brings a passion for uplifting people and connecting them to the resources they need along their cooperative business journey. Contribute to the Conversation: Share your Questions! Share your questions and interact with guest speakers! Submit questions in the “Questions and Comments” section of the online Zoom registration to contribute to the live conversation. Online Event Details Online events are hosted by the CFAES Center for Cooperatives at Ohio State via Zoom. Participants can join via the Zoom application on a computer or mobile device or by telephone. Unless otherwise noted, events will not be recorded. Registrants will receive Zoom connection details via email prior to the event. Events will be presented with automated closed captions. If you wish to request traditional CART services or other accommodations such as interpretation, please contact Melissa Whitt at whitt.168@osu.edu or 614-247-6668. Requests made two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.