About Us
Our Staff
Delman L. Coates, Ph.D.
Founder & Organizer
Rev. Delman Coates is a graduate of Morehouse College (B.A. in Religion, 1995), Harvard Divinity School (Master of Divinity, 1998), and Columbia University (Master of Philosophy in Religion, 2002; Ph.D. in New Testament & Early Christianity, 2006).
Delman L. Coates, Ph.D.
Founder & Organizer
Rev. Delman Coates is a graduate of Morehouse College (B.A. in Religion, 1995), Harvard Divinity School (Master of Divinity, 1998), and Columbia University (Master of Philosophy in Religion, 2002; Ph.D. in New Testament & Early Christianity, 2006).
Rev. Willie Francois III, DMin.
Program Director
Willie Dwayne Francois III serves as Senior Pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Pleasantville, New Jersey and President of the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality—a national think tank and policy advocacy organization.
Rev. Willie Francois III, DMin.
Program Director
Willie Dwayne Francois III serves as Senior Pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Pleasantville, New Jersey and President of the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality—a national think tank and policy advocacy organization.
Spencer Veale
Policy Director
Spencer is an alum of the Occupy Wall Street movement, through which he became acquainted with heterodox critiques of conventional accounts of our monetary system. He was instrumental in establishing Our Money’s academic underpinnings and support. Before his work at Our Money, he was the Project Coordinator of the East Bay Community Solar Project, which organized a community bulk purchase of residential solar installations. Before that he was a researcher at the International Forum on Globalization. He has lived abroad in four different countries and speaks Spanish and French.
Spencer Veale
Policy Director
Spencer is an alum of Occupy Wall Street, where he became acquainted with heterodox critiques of conventional accounts of our monetary system. He was instrumental in establishing Our Money’s academic underpinnings and support.
Rev. Willie Francois III, DMin.
Program Director
Willie Dwayne Francois III serves as Senior Pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Pleasantville, New Jersey and President of the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality—a national think tank and policy advocacy organization.
Learn more about our Advisory Council
We have a robust team of progressive scholars who are knowledgeable in the field of monetary reform and who can keep important issues at the forefront of the conversation.