Rebecca Kemble, alder for Madison Wisconsin District 18, is a freelance writer who writes for The Progressive magazine. She is also the President of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives and the President of CICOPA North. America, Vice-President of CICOPA Americas and serves on the Executive Committee of CICOPA worldwide. She received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, her Master's Degree in Anthropology and African Studies from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and she has achieved PhD a.b.d. [All But Dissertation] status. Rebecca is a worker-owner of Union Cab Cooperative where she has worked since 2000 as a night shift taxi driver as well as a mediator. She is also a founding member, writer and editor in the Wisconsin Citizens Media Cooperative.