Your Voice Can Lead Your Cooperative!

Sara Clausen
Director of Communications

AS A MEMBER-OWNED ORGANIZATION, your voice doesn’t just matter to Key Cooperative—it’s critical for our future! Key is governed by a 12-person Board of Directors. Ten members are elected and two or three are appointed. Each fall, we invite our member-owners to consider running or nominating candidates for the upcoming election.

HIGHLIGHTS OF BEING A DIRECTOR

• Directors develop personally and professionally.
• Directors work as a team and build their leadership skills.
• Directors learn how to navigate the cooperative system through strategic planning and budgeting.
• Directors have regular opportunities to network with their peers and develop relationships within the industry.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• A director must be a Class A member in good standing.
• Each elected director serves a three-year term.
• Each director serves on one subcommittee.
• Directors must regularly attend the monthly Board meeting.
• Directors must be willing to support member events and activities across Key’s locations.

New directors are announced at the Annual Meeting and take their seats in January. If you’re interested in serving your fellow members and representing the Key Cooperative Board, please contact Board President Bryce Arkema (Bryce.Arkema@keycoop.com) or Vice President Mike Engbers (Mike.Engbers@keycoop.com).

Information about Key Cooperative's current leadership can be found here: 2025 Board of Directors.