Meet Our Team

Our staff comes to us from a variety of backgrounds – from banking and natural food to biochemistry and architecture. This diversity of perspectives makes us unique in our ability to relate to a wide range of users and draw on our wealth of real-world experiences to strengthen our products and our customer service.

Rosemary K. Mahoney, Chief Executive Officer. Prior to becoming chief executive officer of CoopMetrics and director of the Alliance for Employee Benefit Cooperatives, Rosemary worked as a consultant on international cooperative development projects and cooperative business development projects in the United States. She was a founding partner of MainStreet Cooperative Group, LLC., director of New Venture Development for Cooperative Solutions, LLC., executive director of Cooperative Development Services (CDS) and Regional Director for Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance. At present, Rosemary serves on the boards of directors of the National Cooperative Business Association, National Cooperative Grocers Association, National Cooperative Grocers Association Development Cooperative, Thanexus, Inc. and the International Service Learning Alliance. Rosemary formerly served on the boards of directors of NCB (formerly known as the National Cooperative Bank), NCB Capital Impact, Cooperative Development Institute and CooperationWorks.

Kate Sumberg, Chief Operating Officer. Kate is a graduate of Simmons Graduate School of Management. Kate has been involved with natural food retail and wholesale cooperatives since 1977. She served as the chief financial officer for several co-ops, as well as an interim general manager, and has worked in almost every department during her career. She has consulted with and visited cooperatives all over the world. She is also a recent recipient of the Honored Cooperator Award and was inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame in 2008.

Brad Langhorst, Chief Technology Officer. Brad comes to CoopMetrics with both a technical and scientific background. While at MIT's Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research, Brad built data analysis tools to facilitate gene-disease association studies. His work on the Human Genome Project influenced the hybrid design of the CoopMetrics database. He completed his doctoral dissertation on the creation of an automated system to analyze protein association experiments, completing a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 2008. His software experience ranges from C, Perl, Ruby, and C# to SQL and MDX. He splits his time between CoopMetrics and a postdoctoral fellowship at New England BioLabs developing a comparative database of polymerase behavior.

Brian Stanley, Director of Information Technology. Brian holds a degree in Computer Science from Oregon State University and has extensive experience in software engineering and project management. Before joining CoopMetrics, Brian spent several years working for Mentor Corporation managing the creation of custom and third-party applications, including medical practice management software, corporate intranets, clinical studies applications, sales data marts, executive dashboards, and numerous departmental work flow and reporting applications. Brian has worked closely with business owners, gathered requirements and developed database-driven web-based and client-server applications, including creating solutions using SQL Server, ASP.NET, JavaScript, and managing a Windows 2000 client-server network. Brian has built several e-commerce web applications, an insurance plan quoting engine, and accounting and reconciliation applications. Brian brings a wealth of experience and software engineering best practices to CoopMetrics.

Ted Browne, Senior Software Developer. Ted is a graduate of MIT and holds a Master's degree in business administration from Boston University. Ted gained years of software development experience at data security vendor, NETEGRITY, INC. He also built early data aggregation systems while working at John Hancock Life Insurance. In additional to his software and business background, Ted is formally trained as an architect. Ted’s attention to detail has helped him to create high-quality software while maintaining a wider perspective on the CoopMetrics mission.

Walden Swanson, Director of New Initiatives. Walden has significant management, banking, and board experience.He has been a “turnaround manager” and negotiated mergers and acquisitions. His banking experience includes graduating in the top quartile of the American Banker’s Association Commercial Lending School and working with CEAG – an advisory firm in the Czech Republic  associated with Salomon Brothers. Walden serves on the board of the National Cooperative Bank and NCB Capital Impact as well as many cooperative, non-profit, and for-profit boards. He has a BBA in the Honors Program from the University of Texas and is a Microsoft SQL Server Certified Professional. Walden has received the Cooperative Service Award, the Cooperative Innovation/Achievement Award, the Honored Cooperator Award, and was inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame in 2008.

Katy Langhorst, Director of Training. Katy is an educator by training, holding a degree in Child Psychology from Yale and a Master’s in Elementary Education from Lesley University. She was a Senior Director for Score! Educational Centers for 7 years, managing tutoring centers around the Northeast region. She taught 3rd, 4th and 5th grade before putting her teaching career on hold to raise two small children. She joined CoopMetrics on a part-time basis in 2006 as a data processor, and her role has since grown to include developing CoopMetrics’s training programs, creating marketing materials, and streamlining the data processing systems.

Kathi Givens, Programmer. Kathi is a retired Air Force officer, where she served primarily as an instructor pilot and navigator on transport and air-refueling aircraft.  During her career she was the Deputy Test Director for Software Analysis on the C-17, the Air Force's newest transport aircraft.  She provided operational test and evaluation of 103 flight control and mission computer programs. She holds a BS in Computer Science from Oregon State University, and an MBA with Information Systems emphasis from City University.  She joined the CoopMetrics team in 2010 as a part-time programmer.

Lynn Kanen, Operations Manager, Affordable Housing Sector. Lynn comes to CoopMetrics with a rich background intechnology, accounting and affordable housing.  Before joining CoopMetrics, Lynn worked as a Senior Project Manager for AOL and the National Housing Partnership.  At NHP, Lynn also managed the Partnership Valuation Model which was a forecasting tool for valuing the Partnership's housing portfolio.  Lynn has a MS in Business and Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University as well as a BS in Finance from George Mason University.  She lives with her family in Hamilton, VA.