From the September - October 2006: Volume 6, No. 5 issue.

In the spirit of gathering, developing and providing the best resources to co-ops, CDS and the Cooperative Board Leadership Development team (CBLD) is pleased to welcome Bentley Lein, a consultant who has been actively engaged in the process and practice of community and organizational development for over 15 years. He has experience working with boards and organizations in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

Michelle Schry of People’s Food Co-op in La Crosse, Wis. said, “Bentley came onto the board of People’s Food Co-op during a particularly divisive time. His commitment to transparency and process helped to turn our board around. Bentley has spent much of his professional life working as a consultant to boards — he is someone enlisted by many boards to help them in their process.”

The CBLD team continues to grow as it evolves a system-wide board development program to help boards and directors do their jobs well. This fall CDS is developing a menu of cross-cooperative trainings on timely governance topics to include in CBLD 2007.

Find out more about CBLD.