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Northeast Cooperative Council

The mission of the Northeast Cooperative Council (NECC) is to enhance the overall effectiveness of member cooperatives through improving the understanding of directors, managers, employees, and members of cooperative principles and business practices.

NECC operates for the benefit of member cooperatives. It is a regional membership organization serving cooperatives in New York and New England. Council members represent a variety of cooperative businesses, including rural electric, insurance, service, supply, credit, and marketing.

NECC was incorporated in New York State in 1949 as the New York State Council of Farmer Cooperatives. As the service area of the member cooperatives expanded across the Northeast and the number of state councils in the region declined, the Council began to accept members from outside New York. In 1991, the name was changed to the Northeast Cooperative Council.

For more information on NECC and its programs, please contact Brian Henehan, senior extension associate at Cornell University who serves as Secretary of the Council.

NECC Board of Directors, 2008-2009

Name/Affiliation	Term
President Will Baildon, CoBANK, ACB	'11
Vice President Eric Zuber, O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative	'11
Treasurer Theron Kibbe , Farm Credit of Western NY, ACA	'09
Executive Secretary Brian Henehan, Cornell University
Picture forthcoming of the NECC Officers
Paul Doton, Yankee Farm Credit, ACA	'09
Jay Hardenburg, National Grape Cooperative	'10
John Majkut, Agri-Mark, Inc.	'10
Kevin Murphy, Pro-Fac Cooperative	'11
Ed Neal, Upstate Niagara Cooperative	'09
Craig Pollack, First Pioneer Farm Credit	'09
Edwin Schoen, Dairy Farmers of America	'09
Irene Sorensen, Ocean Spray Cranberries	'10
Sanford Stauffer, Dairylea Cooperative	'10

NECC Members

	Agri-Mark, Inc. P.O. Box 5800 Lawrence, MA 01842 Ph: (978) 689-4442 Fax: (978) 685-8716 Web: www.agri-mark.net CEO/Gen. Manager: Paul Johnston
	CoBANK, ACB 67 Hunt St., Ste 3 Agawam, MA 01001 Ph: (413) 821-0200 Fax: (413) 821-0250 Web: www.cobank.com Vice President: Bob Egerton
	Dairy Farmers of America P.O. Box 4910 Syracuse, NY 13221 Ph: (800) 926-2667 Fax: (315) 433-2345 Web: www.dfamilk.com
	Dairylea Cooperative Inc. 5001 Brittonfield Parkway P.O. Box 4844 Syracuse, NY 13221 Ph: (315) 433-0100 Fax: (315 )433-2345 Web: www.dairylea.com CEO: Greg Wickham
	Dairy One 730 Warren Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 Ph: (607) 257-1272, Ext. 132 Fax: (607) 257-6808 Web: www.dairyone.com CEO/Gen. Manager: Jamie Zimmerman
	Farm Credit of Maine 615 Minot Ave. Auburn, ME 04210 Ph: (207) 784-0193 Web: www.farmcreditmaine.com President: Ray Nowak
	Farm Credit of WNY, ACA 4363 Federal Drive Batavia, NY 14020 Ph: (800) 778-4451 Fax: (585) 815-1951 Web: www.farmcreditwny.com President: Michael Gerber
	First Pioneer Farm Credit, ACA 174 South Rd. Enfield, CT 06082 Ph: (860)741-4390 Fax: (860) 253-5565 Web: www.firstpioneer.com President: Bill Lipinski
	Genex, C.R.I. P.O. Box 469 Shawano, WI 54166-0469 Ph: (715) 526-2141 Fax: (715) 526-3219 Web: www.crinet.com CEO/Gen. Manager: Doug Wilson
	Lowville Farmers Coop. Inc. 5500 Shady Avenue Lowville, NY 13367 Ph: (315) 376-6587 Fax: (315) 376-8233 CEO/Gen. Manager: Tim Smithling
	National Grape Cooperative 2 South Portage Street Westfield, NY 14787 Ph: (716) 326-5200 Fax: (716) 326-5494 Web: www.nationalgrape.com CEO/Gen. Manager: Brent Roggie
	NYS Rural Electric Association c/o Steuben Rural Electric Co. 9 Wilson Avenue Bath, NY 14837 Ph: (607) 776-4161 Executive Secretary: Richard Moyle
	O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative P.O. Box 718 Batavia, NY 14021-0718 Ph: (800) 828-8152 Fax: (716) 343-4473 Web: www.oatkamilk.com COO:Clyde McCampbell
	Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. One Ocean Spray Drive Lakeville-Middleboro, MA 02349 Ph: (508) 946-7439 Fax: (508) 946-7714 Web: www.oceanspray.com CEO/Gen. Manager: Randy Papadellis
	Pro-Fac Cooperative P.O. Box 30682 Rochester, NY 14603-0682 Ph: (877) 894-2869 Fax: (585) 383-1281 Web: www.profaccoop.com President/CEO: Steve Wright
	St. Albans Cooperative Creamery 140 Federal Street St. Albans, VT 05478 Ph: (802) 524-6581 Fax: (802) 527-1769 Web: www.stalbanscooperative.com President/CEO: Leon Berthiaume
	Stamford Farmers Cooperative 6 South Street Stamford, NY 12167 Ph: (607) 652-7225 Fax: (607) 652-3665 Gen. Manager: Allen Rybicky
	Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. 25 Anderson Road Buffalo, NY 14225 Ph: (716) 892-3156 Fax: (716) 896-8756 Web: www.upstatefarms.com CEO/Gen. Manager: Bob Hall
	Yankee Farm Credit, ACA 289 Hurricane Ln., Ste.102., P.O. Box 467 Williston, VT 05495-0467 Ph: (802) 879-4700 Fax: (802) 878-0360 Web: www.yankeeaca.com President: George Putnam

Associate Members

AgChoice Farm Credit Gary Heckman 900 Bent Creek Blvd. Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 Ph: (800) 349-3568	Dopkins & Co., LLP Mr. Jay McWatters 200 International Drive Williamsville, NY 14221-5794 Ph: (716) 634-8800
Bond, Schoeneck & King, LLP David Hayes One Lincoln Center Syracuse, NY 13202-1355 Ph: (315) 218-8188	The Hale Group Mr. Bob Ludwig 8 Cherry Street Danvers, MA 01923 Ph: (800) 229-4253
Bond, Schoeneck & King, LLP Mr. Charles Sullivan One Lincoln Center Syracuse, NY 13202-1355 Ph: (315) 218-8144	SJH and Company, Inc. Michael Masterovsky 8 Faneuil Hall, Market Place-3rd Floor Boston, MA 02109 Ph: (617) 239-1120
Cooperative Development Institute Ms. Lynda Brushett 1 Sugarloaf Street S. Deerfield, MA 01373 Ph: (413) 774-7599 Ext. 111	The Windmill Group, LLC Mr. Donald Senechal P.O. Box 141 Drake, ND 58735