National Cooperative Business Association

NCBA's Board of Directors sets the strategic direction for NCBA. Board members are democratically elected by our membership and can be appointed by the board chair. Board members serve three-year terms.

Officers

• Wilson Beebe, Chair
  President, Thanexus, Inc. – Manasquan, NJ
• Dave Swanson, 1st Vice Chair
  Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP – Minneapolis, MN
• Jerry McGeorge, 2nd Vice Chair
  Director of Cooperative Affairs, Organic Valley Family of Farms – LaFarge, WI
• Christine Neal, Secretary/Treasurer
  Senior Vice President of Finance, Unified Grocers – Commerce, CA
   

Directors

• Lindy Bannister, General Manager, Wedge Community Co-op – Minneapolis, MN
• Joseph Bergeron, President, Association of Vermont Credit Unions - South Burlington, VT
• Cornelius Blanding, Director of Field Operations, Federation Of Cooperatives/LAF – East Point, GA
• Howard Brodsky, President & CEO, CCA Global Partners – Manchester, NH
• Erbin Crowell, Cooperative Fund of New England – Amherst, MA
• Kurt Ely, Vice President of Sponsor Relations, Nationwide Mutual Insurance – Columbus, OH
• Ann Hoyt, Professor, University of Wisconsin Center For Cooperatives – Madison, WI
• Andrew Jacob, Executive Vice President for Global Financial Services, CoBank – Greenwood Village, CO
• Esteban Kelly, North American Students of Cooperation board – Philadelphia, PA
• Richard Larochelle, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation – Herndon, VA
• Martin Lowery, Executive Vice President, External Affairs, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association – Arlington, VA
• Rosemary Mahoney, CEO, Coopmetrics – Charlottesville, VA
• William J. Nelson, Vice President Corporate Citizenship, and President, Cooperative Foundation & CHS Foundation – Inver Grove Heights, MN
• Ralph Paige, Executive Director, Federation of Southern Cooperatives – East Point, GA
• Christopher Roe, Senior Vice President Affairs, CUNA Mutual Group – Madison, WI
• Mary Ann Rothman, Executive Director, Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums – New York, NY
• Michelle Schry, General Manager, People's Food Co-op – LaCrosse, WI
• Ira Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Amalgamated Life Insurance Company – White Plains, NY
• Terry Simonette, President & CEO, NCB Capital Impact – Arlington, VA
• Charles Snyder, President and Chief Executive Officer, NCB – Washington, DC
• Mark Wolff, Senior Vice President, Communications, Credit Union National Association – Washington, DC

 

NCBA holds board elections each spring and announces new board members during its annual meeting.