Our Board works to develop and deepen the Co-op's Ends through community engagement with our Member-Owners and broader communities.

Because People's is a co-op, any interested, dedicated Member-Owner (including you!) may run for our Board of Directors. The Board ensures that the Co-op is run in a legal and financially sustainable way by the Collective Management. In these ways, they make certain that People's will support the needs of our Member-Owners and broader communities for years to come.

The Board of Directors in 2023.

Your Voice is Welcome Here

Your Board wants to hear from you! Connect with them by:

  1. Sending them an email. The best way to reach our Board immediately is to send an email to our Chair, Eleanor Escafi.

  2. Attending a Board meeting. The Board generally meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 6-8:30 pm in People's Community Room. Come 30 minutes early to join us for dinner. [NOTE: Until further notice, meetings will be on Zoom rather than in the Community Room. See below for more information.] Every meeting provides an opportunity for our Member-Owners to speak directly to the whole Board at 6:10pm, for a total of up to 10 minutes.

  3. Talking to them in the store. You might see them wearing their special Board t-shirt or name tag. Say hello!

  4. Reviewing past Board agendas and minutes. You can find the agenda for the next meeting posted in front of the store to the right of the main doors. You can access prior Board meeting minutes and agendas online at the bottom of this page.

Thoughts or Questions?

If you'd like to know more, please contact Board President, Eleanor Escafi, at eleanor.escafi@peoples.coop.

To request Co-op information from the Board, please fill out our Member-Owner Request for Information by clicking the button below. 

Join the Board of Directors’ Book Club!

Meetings preside over Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month from 6:30p - 7:30p. Readings are typically books about cooperatives, food justice, and social justice. They are currently reading Grocery Story by Jon Steinman! Please reach out to bod@peoples.coop if you’d like to join. All are welcome.

Board Agenda & Minutes

*our March 2024 Board Meeting will be on video conference*

You are invited to attend the upcoming board meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, November 26, at 5:30 PM (with a 6:00 PM formal start to the meeting). The December meeting has been rescheduled from Tuesday, December 24, to Tuesday, January 7.

To request the link to attend, please email our meeting facilitator, Jenny Leis, at jenny.leis@peoples.coop.

All guests will be requested to remain on mute during the meeting. Feel free to use the chat function for tech support. Please know that if there are a number of tech needs, we will prioritize helping board members participate in the meeting.

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Board Meeting Agendas & Minutes

Nominations & member engagement committee (nmec) Meeting AGENDAS & Minutes

July 2019

June 2019

May 2019


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