Paul Hazen
Executive Director of the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council
​Paul Hazen has devoted his career to elevating the cooperative voice domestically and internationally. From advancing the cooperative identity, directing investments toward cooperative research, organizing communities for collective purchasing power, and measurably benefitting international cooperative development, Paul’s leadership has touched and strengthened every part of the cooperative ecosystem.
Congratulatory Listings
Capital Impact Partners would like to congratulate Paul Hazen on his induction into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. Paul is a visionary leader in the cooperative movement who has shaped the landscape abroad, nationally, and locally.
Paul Hazen, few can match your many years of service promoting the cooperative business model around the world. Your advocacy has carried this important message from the Halls of Congress to seats of government across the globe.
Congratulations from the people of CoBank.
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We are delighted to support Paul Hazen’s induction into the Co-op Hall of Fame. As a founding board member, Paul’s leadership helped us grow from 12 congregations in DC to a thriving multi-regional purchasing cooperative that strengthens hundreds of local institutions and the communities they serve.
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Land O’Lakes, Inc. is proud to congratulate Paul Hazen and all the 2022 inductees to the Cooperative Hall of Fame. Thank you for your dedication and contributions to our cooperative community.
Heartiest congratulations to Paul Hazen from the National Association of Housing Cooperatives on this well-deserved honor. Your dedicated leadership helps all cooperatives to flourish and to be recognized. Thank you, Paul for all you do to solve community problems through cooperatives.
National Cooperative Bank would like to congratulate Paul Hazen on his induction into the 2022 Cooperative Hall of Fame. Thank you for your dedication and innovation in the co-op sector. We value your friendship and thank you for your many years of service on NCB’s Board of Directors.
The members of CooperationWorks! congratulate Paul Hazen on his induction into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. We are the direct result of his work to secure authorization for "Rural Cooperative Development Centers" in the Rural Development Act of 1990 which became part of the 1990 Omnibus Farm Bill and Public Law 101-624 on November 28,1990. Thirty-two years later, Centers for Rural Cooperative Development have grown from the initial eight with $1 million in grants to a national network, CooperationWorks!, with 38 organizational members and 18 individual members serving 50 states that have received $150 million in federal funds for rural economic development since 1992.
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Alaska Cooperative Development Center
Carolina Common Enterprise
CooperationWorks!
Indiana Cooperative Development Center
Northwest Cooperative Development Center
Steve Dubb
Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and CUNA Mutual Group congratulate Paul Hazen on his induction into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. During his twenty-five-year tenure at the National Cooperative Business Association, Paul helped to align the broader cooperative community with credit unions especially in legislative efforts to maintain their not-for-profit tax status as financial cooperative institutions. On behalf of America’s credit union members, congratulations on your induction Paul!
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Heartiest congratulations, Paul! It was our pleasure to work with you to make the world a better place through cooperation, national and international. Your leadership has enabled cooperatives to solve problems large and small, brought people together to enhance lives and communities, and to foster independence and pride of accomplishment.
Alan Zepp
Andrew Brown
Ann Hoyt
Christina Clamp
Christine Neal
Connie Moser
Ed Yaker
Howard Brodsky
Jeannine Kenney
Jerry McGeorge
Jill Stevenson
Joe Bergeron
Judy Ziewacz
Karen Zimbelman
Liz Bailey
Louis Doering
Mary Ann Rothman
Mary Griffin
Maureen & Rob Goyena
Rich Larochelle
Richard Dines
Rosemary Mahoney
Sharon Johnson
Steven Krikava
Walden Swanson & Kate Sumberg
Wilson Beebe
William J. Nelson
PURCHASING COOPERATIVES CONGRATULATE PAUL HAZEN
Congratulations on your HOF induction from your friends and fans from the NCBA Purchasing Co-op sector. Many wishes for continued success. Cheers to you, Paul.
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BLUE HAWK
Evergreen Marketing Group
IMARK Electrical
IMARK Plumbing
Industrial Distributor Cooperative (IDCO)
Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative (IWDC)
Kevin Higginbotham
NEMEON
Savings4Members
Sphere 1
The Capital Group
The Distribution Group (TDG)
National Co+op Grocers (NCG) offers a big tip of the hat to Paul Hazen for his decades of contributions to co-ops in the U.S. and worldwide. We have all benefited from Paul’s tireless enthusiasm for and creative application of the cooperative model in solving social and economic challenges. Thanks, Paul!
A heartfelt congratulations to Paul Hazen on his entirely well deserved induction in the Cooperative Hall of Fame. All of us at Organic Valley deeply appreciate his vision, passion, and dedication to spreading the co-op model far and wide! Cheers to you Paul!
Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative Union in Japan congratulates Paul Hazen on his induction into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. We appreciate his commitment to maintaining dialogue within the international cooperative community. He demonstrates the true value of “Cooperation among Cooperatives.”
Paul, the OCDC staff thanks you for your leadership and vision in building our organization to where it is today. The Cooperative Hall of Fame induction is a well-deserved honor that recognizes your commitment, both professionally and personally, to the cooperative model and values. We celebrate you — congratulations!
NCBA CLUSA members and staff congratulate Paul Hazen on his induction into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. Thank you for devoting your career to elevating the cooperative voice domestically and internationally. Your leadership has touched and strengthened every part of the cooperative ecosystem.
The members of the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) congratulate Paul Hazen on his induction into the 2022 Cooperative Hall of Fame! Thank you for your leadership of OCDC and for ensuring the U.S. is a key player in international cooperative development. OCDC members include ACDI VOCA, Equal Exchange, Frontier Co-op, GENEX, Global Communities, HealthPartners, Land O’Lakes Venture37, NCBA CLUSA, NRECA International, and the World Council of Credit Unions.
The entire Federation Family congratulates you, Paul Hazen, on your induction into the 2022 Cooperative Hall of Fame. You are an instrumental part of the cooperative community. We honor the stellar contributions that you have made to advance the cooperative movement.
OCDC’s partners would like to congratulate Paul Hazen on his induction into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. His devotion to improving lives through cooperatives has made an incredible impact on lives across the globe.
Bond and Associates
ConnectNeo.com
Law Office of Michael S. Edwards
Metro Office
Savalan, LLC (Negin Shakibi)
On the occasion of his induction into the Co-operative Hall of Fame, Co-operators salutes Paul Hazen for his immense contribution to the co-operative movement at home and abroad and for his friendship with Canadian co-operatives.
Congratulations Paul! “Standing on the shoulders of giants” comes to mind when thinking about how best to portray the impact of your work. You’ve made a difference in countless ways during your career and the work of so many others is built on your contributions. Columinate and its member consultants say: Thanks for giving us all a boost!
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Friends of Paul Hazen
Alex Serrano
Ana Branco
Anna Lorayne Baldus
Andy Reicher
Ann Fedorchak
Ann Hoyt
Barbara Cambridge
Bob Bartlett & Nancy Wenzel
Bob Bedard
Brian Dahlk
Caren & Michael Whalen
Cathy Statz
Catherine O'sullivan
Chris Galanty
Connie Moser
Dave Gutknecht
David Jenkins
David J. Thompson
Deborah McGrath
Ed Yaker
E.G. Nadeau
Ellen Quinn
Gail A. Graham
Gap Kovach
Ginger Gaines-Cirelli
Gregory Carlson
Ian Macdonald
James & Mary Claire Bond
Jane Hoffman
Jane Northern
Jay Kristine Krall Lowenstein
Jean-Louis Bancel
Jim Jones
John Dunn
Judy Ziewacz
Karen Zimbelman
Kathleen Luzik
Lance Rantala
Linda Schakel
Liz & Jim Bailey
LuAnn Werner
Marilyn Scholl
Mark Belling
Martin Lowery
Mary Griffin
Mary Ann Rothman
Michelle L. Schry
Paul Keefer
Paula Blair
Pauline Green
Pete Crear
Peter Dean
R. Davis Taylor, III
Rosemary Mahoney
Russ & Ellen Notar
Sonja Novkovic
Stanley & Gloria Kuehn
Stephen Link
Terry Lewis
Vernon Oakes
Walden Swanson & Kate Sumberg
Wendy Carruthers
William J. Nelson
Paul Hazen
Honoring and Planning Committee
Judy Ziewacz
Karen Zimbelman
Liz Bailey
LuAnn Werner
Mary Ann Rothman
Rosemary Mahoney
Vernon Oakes
Nominated by:
Alex Serrano
Senior Vice President, International Programs
NCBA CLUSA
On behalf of the OCDC Board of Directors