Marc Berejka
Marc Berejka has been REI Co-op’s leader for government affairs and philanthropy for over a dozen years. In the advocacy realm, Marc has guided the co-op’s engagement in federal, state and local government issues. In recent years, he has worked with teammates to expand their coverage by rolling out the co-op’s Cooperative Action Network – a grassroots advocacy platform that has now sent over 1m messages to Congress. Marc also has overseen the co-op’s community grants program, which over the past 50 years has reinvested more than $125m in nonprofit partners across the country. Most recently, the philanthropy program was relaunched as the REI Cooperative Action Fund.
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