About the Board
The Marquette Food Co-op’s board consists of nine co-op owners who are democratically elected by the membership to serve a three-year term. Each board member may serve up to three terms. The board meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6-8pm in the MFC Community Classroom. If you are interested in attending, please contact board@marquettefood.coop.
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Tom Rulseh
PRESIDENT
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Ashley McGrath
VICE PRESIDENT
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Olivia Kingery
SECRETARY
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Michael Dewar
TREASURER
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Antonio Adan
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Alex Berger
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Stephanie Weaver
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Maria Danz
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Greg Hoffman
Primary Duties of the Board of Directors:
To ensure sound management of the co-op by hiring, supervising, and evaluating the co-op’s General Manager
To act as trustee on behalf of the ownership
Setting board strategic goals and working with the General Manager to ensure planning for the cooperative aligns with policy and community values.
Approving capital and operating budgets
Recruiting new directors to ensure a well-qualified board
Making decisions about the mechanics of the co-op’s governance system, development of policies and guidelines, and other related matters.
The Board Does Not:
Make operating decisions for the store
Choose products
Supervise staff other than the GM
How the Board Operates
The board uses Policy Governance to structure their work. Policy Governance is an organizational system that defines and guides appropriate relationships between an organization’s owners, its board of directors, and its chief executive. It ensures the board can successfully monitor the business and General Manager’s performance without becoming mired in the details of Co-op operational work.
The board establishes the Ends Statements – a vision and goals that co-op management is to pursue. The General Manager decides how to interpret and achieve these Ends and presents the board with documentation showing that they have been achieved. The board then reviews the presented information, determining if the interpretation is reasonable and if the Ends have indeed been met.
Through the reports from the General Manager, external reports, and the board’s internal monitoring, policies and goals are evaluated and updated regularly. These three reporting tools also serve as the guidelines for evaluating the GM’s performance.
Board Documents
If you’re interested in attending an upcoming Board meeting or have any questions, please contact the Board at board@marquettefood.coop so they can help answer your questions or have adequate materials prepared ahead of time. If you’d like a zoom link to attend, please email Sarah at smonte@marquettefood.coop.
Meetings are the third Tuesday of each month at 6pm in the Co-op classroom.
Agenda & Minutes, 2025
To view more documents older than those listed here, please contact smonte@marquettefood.coop