Like many non-for-profit organizations, CohoUS is directed by a group of volunteers called a Board of Directors.  In addition to meeting monthly to review the direction of the organization and approve budgets and major initiatives, board members participate in committees to help move those initiatives forward.  The board also supervises the Executive Director, our one full time employee, and provides broad oversight of the financial and staff activities.  An annual retreat supports connection amongst the board and visioning for the future of the association and the cohousing movement.

Board of Directors

Alan O’Hashi – President

“Living in a cohousing community is a hedge against loneliness, which is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.”

Ann Lehman – Vice President

“Senior Cohousing is like dorm living but for adult boomers who have always appreciated the camaraderie of friends sharing, laughing, communicating and crying together.”

Henning Mortensen – Treasurer

“Cohousing is a great social experiment to prove that it is possible to live together in a community and to show that life thus lived benefits the individual, the community, its neighbors and the planet. We benefit from iteration and evaluation as we learn better ways to live.”

Mary Kraus – Secretary

Megan Shea – Secretary

“Cohousing is the best way I know to build an interconnected, collaborative life. It provides a built-in community to share life’s big and small moments, while also enjoying the delight of a front door that you can close when it’s time for privacy.”

Heidi Berggren

Jim Leach

“Cohousing is a type of neighborhood living based on community,
connection, and the commitment to make a better world.”

Jim Mendell

Cohousing is the “Best of both worlds: live in an eco-friendly community that feels like family and still maintain your privacy.”

Laurie Frank

“Cohousing is where individuals can enter into a reciprocal relationship with others to share both what they have and who they are.”

Lew Bowers

“Cohousing is a lifestyle emphasizing cooperation and community whereby an intentional neighborhood or community is created with each household having their own home and sharing common space and activities with the community.”

Liz Ryan Cole

Cohousing is a “Small village living for people who value both connection and independence.”

Trish Becker

“Cohousing is a neighborhood designed around the belief that we need one another to survive and to thrive.”

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