Salvador Gonzalez

Salvador Gonzalez is a community organizer, cooperative developer, and entrepreneur with roots that stem from Denver's West Colfax neighborhood. With involvement over many years in nonprofit organizations, social enterprises, and social justice campaigns organizing for food justice, food access, and food sovereignty.

He is a small business owner and launched Villa Novus Orchard, co-founder and board member of Food Justice NW Aurora, and board member of the Colorado Solidarity Fund. He has earned a BA & MA in political science from the University of Colorado and is finishing an MBA with Colorado State University.

As an activist scholar, Salvador is devoted to learning about the co-op model and its application to community issues. He sees the co-op model as a means of building an equitable economy that encompasses workers, community, and the environment. A 2024 Cooperative Leaders & Scholars fellow with the Cooperative Development Foundation, NextEconomy MBA with LiftEconomy, and Art & Science of Cooperative Development with Co-opWorks!