Esteban Kelly is the executive director for the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, founding president of the freelancer co-op Guilded, and a worker-owner and cofounder of AORTA (Anti-Oppression Resource & Training Alliance). He is a Ford Global Fellow and was a founding board member of the US Solidarity Economy Network, the Democracy At Work Institute, and the cross-sector Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance. He currently serves on the boards of the National Cooperative Business Association, CLUSA International, Climate + Community Project, and the international worker co-op association known as CICOPA.