Air Date: October 30, 2025
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2025 Innovation Awards with Capital Impact Partners and National Cooperative Bank

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This Thursday @ 10:30am ET
for Everything Co-op, hosted by Vernon Oakes

Join Alison Powers, Director of Economic Opportunities at Capital Impact Partners, and Mary Alex Blanton, Senior Vice President and Director of Strategic Marketing for National Cooperative Bank, as they discuss the 2025 Innovation Awards. This episode explores how the awards recognize groundbreaking initiatives advancing cooperative impact, economic inclusion, and community-driven innovation.

Our host, Vernon Oakes, is a consummate advocate for cooperatives. He is a Past President of the National Association of Housing Cooperatives, and he’s served on several boards and committees to advance the interests of cooperatives. Recently, he served on the Limited Equity Cooperative Task Force, established by Anita Bonds, At-Large Member of the Council of the District of Columbia. Vernon is an MBA graduate of Stanford University, who has used his business acumen to benefit the community, by promoting the added value of the cooperative business model.