McKenzie Jones

McKenzie strategizes and operates at the intersection of arts and democratic economics as a cooperative developer specializing in many arts and cultural cooperative projects. She is a founding member of the Aurora Pocket Neighborhood Cooperative, a co-owned, urban, intentional community that she still calls home in Ithaca, NY.

She has a history of participating in radical organizations shifting communities toward solidarity, including co-founding a sharing and bartering network, acting as president of a biodiesel cooperative, advocating for affordable housing as a civil servant, and coordinating cooperative entertainment groups, including her cooperative band. McKenzie founded and directs The Worker Place, a consulting business that supports worker-owned cooperatives, and is a Peer Advisor with the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.