our team

Caja Solidaria aspires to a worker-self-directed non-profit structure.    Workers at Caja Solidaria operate as a collective.  While Sonya is the executive director, our staff team works through a self-management system overseen by our board of directors and accountable to community stakeholders.

We organize our work through circles.  A circle is a group of people working to accomplish similar parts of our mission.

Community Engagement Circle

The community engagement circle works to implement our vision of mutual aid through a variety of initiatives.

Sonya Jones

828-290-9717

sonya@cajasolidaria.org

Larissa Lopez

828-222-0394

larissa@cajasolidaria.org

DeBorah Ogiste


deborah@cajasolidaria.org

Nicole Lowe

828-214-5092 

nicole@cajasolidaria.org

Cata Norena

cata@cajasolidaria.org

Madison Laws

madison@cajasolidaria.org

Operations Circle

The operations circle makes sure we buy the food, pay the bills, make beautiful markets, and show up where we are needed.

Christina Schnabel

christina@cajasolidaria.org

Mitzi Harding

mitzi@cajasolidaria.org

Cassie Hart

cassie@cajasolidaria.org


Dennis Lanigan 

dennis@cajasolidaria.org

Teresa Hart

teresa@cajasolidaria.org

Board of Director (Owl Circle)

Scott McDonald

Board Member

Amy Landers 

Board Secretary

Madeline Dalton Jurado

Board Member

Andrea Larsen

Board Member

Harry Fleischer

Board Member 


Accountability Circle

Our Accountability Circle helps us establish budget priorities, keeps us true to the work we promise, and help us make good organizational decisions.  We have invited the participatory budgeting delegation to serve as the accountability circle.  Stay tuned for more details!