our team
Caja Solidaria aspires to a worker-self-directed non-profit structure. Workers at Caja Solidaria operate as a collective. While Sonya is the executive director, our staff team works through a self-management system overseen by our board of directors and accountable to community stakeholders.
We organize our work through circles. A circle is a group of people working to accomplish similar parts of our mission.
Community Engagement Circle
The community engagement circle works to implement our vision of mutual aid through a variety of initiatives.
Sonya Jones
828-290-9717
sonya@cajasolidaria.org
Larissa Lopez
828-222-0394
larissa@cajasolidaria.org
DeBorah Ogiste
deborah@cajasolidaria.org
Madison Laws
madison@cajasolidaria.org
Cata Norena
cata@cajasolidaria.org
Nicole Lowe
828-214-5092
nicole@cajasolidaria.org
Operations Circle
The operations circle makes sure we buy the food, pay the bills, make beautiful markets, and show up where we are needed.
Christina Schnabel
christina@cajasolidaria.org
Mitzi Harding
mitzi@cajasolidaria.org
Dennis Lanigan
dennis@cajasolidaria.org
Fabiola Lopez
fabiola@cajasolidaria.org
Diana Pinero
diana@cajasolidaria.org
Cristina Lopez
cristina@cajasolidaria.org
Board of Director (Owl Circle)
Scott McDonald
Board Member
Amy Landers
Board Secretary
Madeline Dalton Jurado
Board Member
Andrea Larsen
Board Member
Harry Fleischer
Board Member
Accountability Circle
Our Accountability Circle helps us establish budget priorities, keeps us true to the work we promise, and help us make good organizational decisions. We have invited the participatory budgeting delegation to serve as the accountability circle. Stay tuned for more details!