World of Coffee San Diego 2026

Nora Burkey
Founder and Executive Director
The Chain Collaborative


Nora is the Founder and Executive Director of The Chain Collaborative, a non-profit in the coffee sector focused on community-led development and investing in the visions of local leaders in coffee communities around the world. She holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the School for International Training, where she concentrated on gender in development and food systems, and conducted research in Nicaragua on the unpaid work of women in supply chains. Under the banner of The Chain Collaborative, she has consulted for a variety of companies, organizations, and projects in tropical agriculture, including Fairtrade International, Conservation International, IDH, and more. She was a co-creator of the Specialty Coffee Association's Coffee Sustainability Program (version 1), and additionally supported the development of version 2.

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