NCBA’s President and CEO Paul Hazen took advantage of a trio of outreach opportunities during the month of July to promote the cooperative model.
At the 1 Credit Union Conference, an unprecedented combination of CUNA’s national and WOCCU’s international conferences for credit unions, Hazen spoke on July 14 about the connections between credit unions and other co-ops, emphasizing cooperative opportunities possible as a result the ongoing economic downturn and the U.N. declaration that 2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives.
Hazen also spoke at a round table hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture July 21, hosted by undersecretary Dallas Tonsager and attended by cooperators from all sectors. There, Hazen pointed out the need for public/private partnerships, a clear agenda to revive Main Street, and increased focus on healthy foods and renewable energy.
Finally, Hazen was featured in a video promoting the International Cooperative Alliance’s ExpoCoop 2010, which will be held in Bangalore, India this December.
