Rob Persons is the Development Director at the Institute for Social Ecology. Coming to the ISE as a student in 2018, Rob has brought a social ecology perspective to his organizing and professional work ever since. His writing has appeared in Nonprofit Quarterly, Uneven Earth, Solidarity Research Center and more focusing on the connection between labor, cooperatives, solidarity economy, ecology and democratic movements. He holds an MA in Urban Studies from CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies and is currently based in New Jersey.