Complementary Currencies/BoK EN - Relevant Players and Experts

Global

Arkel, Henk Van – Director at STRO. Initiator of C3 networks in Southern America and author of several books on new economics.

Cahn, Edgar – Initiator and inventor of Time-Dollars in the USA. Also author of several books on CC

Croft, John – Consultant in ecology and sustainable community economic development. Co-Founder of the Gaia Foundation Western-Australia. Previously project officer at the Australian Department of Local Government and Regional Development.

DeMeulenare, Stephen – Initiator of a complementary currency in Bali. Also administrator of www.complementarycurrency.org [1] and www.appropriate-economics.org [2]. Former employee of STRO.

Gatch, Loren – US Professor in the Political Sciences and Political Economy at University of Central Oklahoma. Specialist on Local Currencies .

Greco, Thomas – American Professor of Business and Director of the Community Information Resource Center. Expert on banking, finance, money and community currencies. Author of several books on CC. Involved in establishing ‘Tucson Traders’. Initiator of www.reinventingmoney.com

Lietaer, Bernard A. – Professor and former Director at the Central Bank of Belgium, co-responsible for the development of the ECU and proponent of complementary currencies. Initiator of http://muntuit.eu [3]

Linton, Michael – Inventor and Initiator of the Comox Valley Local Exchange Trading System, the predecessor of all LETS worldwide. Inventor of the Community Way currency cycle and initiator of an open-source currency.

Primavera, Heloisa Helena – Co-Founder of the Red Global de Trueque (Global Exchange Network); a mutual credit complementary currency in Latin America and Argentine in particular.

Ramada, Camilo – C3 product manager of Brazil (Compras) and Uruguay. Author and co-author on complementary currencies.

Stodder, James – Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Known for his research on the effects of the WIR on the Swiss economy.

Wallach, David –IRTA President of Global Board of Directors.

Whitney, Ron – IRTA Executive director

Witt, Susan – Interim Executive Director of New Economics Institute. Former Executive Director of the E.F. Schumacher Society. Co-Founder of Berkshares, Massachusetts.