Initiative

👑 CROWN LETTER: JESSICA JACKLEY Lender Mentor Lady Banyan of Village Savings & Loans Board Member, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Ms. Jackley, You heard Muhammad Yunus speak, and it changed your life. So did I. You quit your job, moved to East Africa, interviewed entrepreneurs in Uganda, came back, and built Kiva. $2 billion in loans. 98.5% repayment rate. 206 countries. The world’s first peer-to-peer microlending platform. I didn’t build Kiva. But I’ve spent nine years building something that needs what Kiva proved: that if you trust people with small amounts of capital and wrap community around them, they will build something worth more than the loan. ...

🛡️ SHIELD LETTER: ROBERT KAISER First Shield Knight, Lord Banyan of the Watch Guardian of the United Kingdom Founding Member of the Shield Table Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Mr. Kaiser, I found your work because I was looking for someone who could see violence coming before it arrives. That sounds dramatic. Let me explain. My name is Jonathan Jones. I’m an American — a 53-year-old father of eight, U.S. 11B and 15A veteran, 21 years I.T. developer. I was a child of missionaries in Tanzania — we left on the last flight before Idi Amin’s invasion. Back in the States, my parents fostered children in our home when I was 8yrs old; for 5 years. We had no television until I was 13 in Montana, so I read a lot, and I’m good at chess. I’ve spent 40+ years thinking and nine years building a cooperative commerce platform called Liana Banyan, and one of its fourteen initiatives is a protection system called Defense Klaus. ...

👑 CROWN LETTER: MARIE KONDO Steward Mentor, Lady Banyan of the Homestead First Keeper of Home Logistics Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation Date: January 23, 2026 Dear Ms. Kondo, You taught the world that tidying is not about getting rid of things — it’s about choosing what to keep. About surrounding yourself with what sparks joy and releasing what doesn’t serve you. I’ve built a platform based on the same principle: keeping what matters, releasing what extracts. ...

👑 CROWN LETTER: SALLIE KRAWCHECK Treasury Mentor, Lady Banyan of the Vault First Keeper of the Member Service Account (MSA) Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation Date: January 23, 2026 Dear Ms. Krawcheck, You left Wall Street to build Ellevest because you realized the financial system wasn’t designed to serve everyone — it was designed to serve the people who already had money. I built Liana Banyan for the same reason. ...

👑 CROWN LETTER: MARY BETH LAUGHTON Merchant Mentor, Lady Banyan of the Marketplace First Steward of Let’s Go Shopping Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Ms. Laughton, You lead America’s largest consumer cooperative. I’m building the next one. REI has 25 million members who believe that outdoor recreation should be accessible, sustainable, and member-owned. Liana Banyan is a cooperative commerce platform with the same philosophy — applied to everything else. ...

👑 CROWN LETTER: CATHIE MAHON Treasury Mentor, Lady Banyan of the Vault First Keeper of the Member Service Account (MSA) Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Ms. Mahon, You’ve spent your career building financial infrastructure for people the system forgot. I’m building a platform to make sure they’re never forgotten again. Inclusiv represents over 500 community development credit unions serving 20 million people in low-income and underserved communities. You’ve proven that cooperative finance works — that when people pool their resources and govern themselves, everyone benefits. ...

👑 CROWN LETTER: MANEET CHAUHAN Grand Chef Mentor, Lady Banyan of the Table Spice Queen • Empress of Cuisine Let’s Make Dinner Initiative Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Chef Maneet Chauhan, I’m writing to offer you a Crown. Not a metaphorical crown — a real one. A founding leadership position in Let’s Make Dinner, one of fourteen initiatives within Liana Banyan, a platform built on the principle of “Help Each Other Help Ourselves.” ...

CROWN LETTER: MICHAEL SEIBEL CEO Candidate — Liana Banyan Corporation To: Michael Seibel From: Jonathan Jones, Founder Date: January 23, 2026 Re: Leading the cooperative that shouldn’t work (but does) Michael, You’ve spent your career finding founders who see what others miss and helping them build what others say can’t be built. I’m writing because I’ve spent nine years building something the startup world would call impossible — and it’s ready. ...

CROWN LETTER: MOLLY HEMSTREET Co-Crown - Brass Tacks Initiative Liana Banyan Corporation To: Molly Hemstreet (The Industrial Commons) From: Jonathan Jones, Founder Date: March 5, 2026 Re: Invitation: Serve as a “Co-Crown” for a new cooperative manufacturing infrastructure Dear Molly, My name is Jonathan Jones, and I’m building Liana Banyan, a cooperative marketplace and incubator designed so that the people who create value actually keep it. We’re combining cost-plus pricing, shared IP, and member credits into an infrastructure that lets communities build and own their own “platforms” instead of renting them. ...

👑 CROWN LETTER: ALEX OSHMYANSKY Apothecary Mentor Lord Banyan of Lifeline Medications Board Member, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Dr. Oshmyansky, You built Cost Plus Drugs because you were incensed. I built Liana Banyan for the same reasons. Two patients died that weekend because they couldn’t navigate the red tape to get $10,000-per-month heart medication. You saw it happen. You couldn’t unsee it. So you did something about it. I’ve watched people I care about ration insulin. Skip doses. Split pills. Choose between medicine and rent. The systems we have aren’t protecting or helping people well enough, and arguably are part of the problem. So I’ve designed different ones. ...