Lab Network
People’s Economy Lab is bigger than just our staff. We’re a network of organizations and individuals building a solidarity economy in Seattle, Washington state, across the country, and around the world. To accomplish a Just Transition, we need to work collectively. Washington needs all of us.
Our partners span from grassroots, BIPOC-led organizations; to peer organizations working in community development; to government agencies and elected officials; to anchor institutions, funders, and investors who are choosing to move from an extractive to a solidarity economy.
PEL Team

Faduma Fido
Lab Leader

Faduma Fido
Lab Leader
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Shiho Fuyuki
Lab Leader

Shiho Fuyuki
Lab Leader
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Njuguna Gishuru
Lab Leader

Njuguna Gishuru
Lab Leader
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Deric Gruen
Lab Leader

Deric Gruen
Lab Leader
- Email:[email protected]

Mary Mitchell
Administration & Operations Coordinator

Mary Mitchell
Administration & Operations Coordinator
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Laura Nash
Communications & Network Organizer

Laura Nash
Communications & Network Organizer
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Contributors Past & Present

Erin Adams
Seattle Good Business Network

Gavin Amos
Avole Coffee

Bilan Aden
African Community Housing & Development

Lizzy Baskerville
Restaurant 2 Garden

Analia Bertoni
Villa Communitaria

Curtis Brown
Brighton Development Group

Curtiss Calhoun
Curtiss Calhoun Coaching & Consulting

Dion Cook
Denkyem Coop

Shevanthi Daniel-Rabkin
Democracy at Work

Gregory Davis
Rainier Beach Action Coalition

Kate Donnelly
Laird Norton Wealth Management

Solomon Dubie
Avole Coffee

Sam Farrazaino
Equinox Studios

Ryan Glasgo
Common Future

Christine Hanna
Seattle Good Business Network

TraeAnna Holiday
Africatown Community Land Trust

Caleb Jackson
Uplift Investments

Mark Jones PhD
Community Owned Resource Development

Rachel Maxwell
Community Sourced Capital

Mo!
Got Green

Sandhya Nakhasi
Common Future

Kamal Patel
Kamal Design

Elena Perez
Puget Sound Sage

Kristin Pula
Homesight

Ryan Quigtar
Renton Innovation Zone Partnership

Victoria Santos
Young Women Empowered

Ruth Sawyer
Sierra Club

Kenny Shelton
Denkyem Coop

BJ Stewart
Sunshine Enterprises

Yordanos Teferi
Multicultural Community Coalition

Patrice Thomas
Rainier Beach Action Coalition

Sarah Valenta
Homesight

Will Von-Geldern
Ventures

Debbie Wege
BECU

Beto Yarce
Ventures

Boting Zhang
Collaborators & Supporters Past & Present














