Participants' Short Biography
Ana Giselle Rosas de Vallarino, Executive Director, Instituto Panameño Autónomo Cooperativo
Dame Pauline Green, President, International Cooperative Alliance
Dave Grace, Managing Partner, Dave Grace & Associates
Esther Gicheru, Principal, Kenya Co-operative College
Frederick O. Wanyama, Director, School of Development and Strategic Studies, Maseno University Kenya
Gopal. N. Saxena, Director of Cooperative Development, Indian Farmers’ Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd
Jean-Pierre Girard, Researcher, Institut de Recherché et d’Education pour les Cooperatives et les Mutuelles de l’Université de Sherbrooke
Joanne Fergusson, Senior Director, International Development, Canadian Cooperative Association
Linda Shaw, Head of Research at the Cooperative College, Manchester, UK
Maria Elena Chavez Hertig, ILO- Coordinator, International Year of Cooperatives/Senior Technical Specialist, ILO Cooperative Branch
Markus Hanisch, Prof. Dr., Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Division of Cooperative Sciences and Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies
Matt Garcia, Program Manager, WOCCU
Michael Cook, Professor and Robert D. Partridge Chair in Cooperative Leadership, University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Mutua Waema, ICA Regional Director for Africa
Nelson Kuria, CEO, Cooperative Insurance Company of Kenya
Robby Tulus, CEA, YAKA (Karl Albrecht Foundation) and former ICA Regional Director for Asia-Pacific
Sam Mshiu, Cooperative Development Expert (formerly with ICA and ILO)
Tadesse Meskela, General Manager, Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union