REI is a customer owned co-op with an elected board not too dissimilar to many public corporations. Employees don't get particularly strong representation here.

REI is a customer owned co-op with an elected board not too dissimilar to many public corporations. Employees don't get particularly strong representation here. When I've followed the elections they tend to be corporate types running. There tended to be a focus on conservation and other outdoorsy-type related values, but co-op employees don't hold any special status in the governance structure.