Brendan Martin

Brendan founded The Working World in 2004 when he and Avi Lewis traveled to Buenos Aires to pitch the idea of a solidarity finance institution for recovered factories to a group of Argentinean friends. Initially involved in all aspects of the organization, he now focuses mostly on fundraising, marketing, and strategic planning. In 2015, Brendan helped to launch the Seed Commons network, which builds upon the successful model of The Working World. Brendan is an Ashoka fellow and two-time Ashoka Globalizer, serves on the board of the Southern Reparations Loan Fund, the New Economy Project, California Harvesters farmworker cooperative, Brooklyn Stone and Tile cooperative, and serves as key technical support to New Era Windows.