Tori Kuper

Tori Kuper is the Program Director for the School for Democratic Management where she supports the growing field of worker cooperative managers and technical assistance providers with the training, education, and tools they need to thrive. Tori comes to DAWI after spending fifteen years building democratic organizations that increase worker power. She founded BreadHive Worker Cooperative and Cooperation Buffalo, re-catalyzing the worker cooperative movement in Buffalo, NY. Most recently, she was the Membership Director at New Economy Coalition, where she spent seven years building power and momentum for the solidarity economy movement in the US. At NEC, she played a central role in planning and executing CommonBound conferences, developing the Pathway to a People's Economy policy toolkit, launching Rural Power Coalition, and facilitating NEC's conversion to a democratic workplace. Tori has served on the boards of RIPESS: The Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, North American Students of Cooperation, US Solidarity Economy Network, and is currently on the Stewardship Council for the Nonprofit Democracy Network. She holds a Master's Degree from New York University and is graduate of DAWI's Participatory Management Certificate Program with Rutgers University.