John Kessler

John had his first contact with WCCN in 1985 when he and his wife joined a brigade picking cotton in rural Nicaragua at the height of the Contra War.  Getting to know the desperately poor farmers was one of the most moving and memorable experiences of his life.

John is one the four founders of Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing Cooperative.  Isthmus Engineering is a worker-owned and democratically managed cooperative with sales of $15 million that designs and builds custom automated machinery for factories.  Over the last 30 years, John has held every office and performed virtually every job in the company.