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Japanese Consumer Co-op Union

CO-OP PLAZA 3-29-8
Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8913, Japan
Ph: +81-3-5778-8103
Fax: +81-3-5778-8104

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Kansas Cooperative Council

(Vacant) Executive Vice President
816 SW Tyler, Suite 300
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1635
Tel: (785) 223-4085
Fax (785) 223-1038
Email: council@kansasco-op.coop

Kansas State University

Arthur Capper Cooperative Center
305 Waters Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
Tel: (913) 532-1508
Fax (913) 532-6925
Director: Dr. David G. Barton

Kentucky Cooperative Development Center

Larry Snell, Executive Director
411 Ring Road
Elizabethtown, Kentucky 42701
Tel: (270) 763-8258
Fax (270) 763-9927
Email: lsnell@kccd.info

Kentucky Council of Cooperatives

Dr. Lionel Williamson, State Coordinator APES
306 Charles E. Barnhart Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0276
Tel: (859) 257-1637
Fax (859) 323-1913
Email: lwilliam@uky.edu

Keystone Development Center

860 Ridge Road
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Tel: (717) 243-2765
Fax (484) 214-0115
Email: info@keystonedc.org

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Lake County Development Center

Billie J. Lee, Executive Director
319 Main St.
Ronan, Montana 59814
Tel: (406) 676-5901
Email:

Land O'Lakes, Inc.

International Development Division
Station 2010, P.O.
Box 116
Minneapolis, MN 55440
Tel: (612) 481-2222
Contact: Martha Cashman, International Development VP

Land O'Lakes was the first major U.S. cooperative with an overseas development program.

Leicester University Management Center

Dr. Peter Davis, Director
Unit for Membership Based Organizations
The Management Centre, Leicester University,
University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: 44-0116-252-5517
Fax: 44-0116-252-3949
pd8@le.ac.uk

Louisiana Council of Farmer Cooperatives

Lenny Waguespack, Secretary
P.O. Box 67
St. James, Louisiana 70086
Tel: (225) 265-4056
Tel: (225) 265-4060
Email: lenny@slscoop.com

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Grand Valley State University
Michigan Small Business Development Center
510 W Fulton Street
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Tel: 616.336.7480
Fax: 616.336.7485
Carol Lopucki, State Director
Email: sbdchq@gvsu.edu

(Mauritius) Ministry of Fisheries and Cooperatives

3rd and 4th levels, LICI Building
John Kennedy Street
Port Louis, Mauritius

Mid America Cooperative Council

Rod Kelsay, Executive Director
6302 Rucker Road, Suite H
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Tel: 317-726-6910
Fax 317-726-2630
Email: info@macc.coop

Mid-Atlantic Alliance of Cooperatives

526 Brittany Drive
State College, PA 16803-1420
Tel: 814-238-2401
Fax 814-238-7051
Email:info@maacooperatives.org
Contact: Patricia Heuser, Executive Director

Midwest Cooperative Education, Research and Extension Consortium

5500 Cenex Drive
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 64047
St. Paul, MN 55164-0047
Tel: (612) 451-5481
Fax (612) 451-4694
Contact: William Nelson

The Consortium encourages collaboration among educational institutions in the Midwest with a common interest in cooperatives. Supports a regional approach to research and education on cooperatives.

Minnesota Association of Cooperatives

Amy Fredregill, Managing Director
Blair Arcade West
Suite Y
400 Selby Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102
Tel: (651) 228-0213
Fax (651) 228-1184
Email: amy.fredregill@wfcmac.coop

The Minnesota Association of Cooperatives works to promote, support, and advance the interest and understanding of cooperatives through public relations, education and legislative efforts.

Minnesota Credit Union Network

2788 E. 82nd St.
Bloomington, MN 55425
Tel: (800) 477-1034
Tel: (612) 854-3071
Fax (612) 854-0706
Email: info@mncun.org

Mississippi Center for Cooperative Development

Melbah Smith, Director
233 E. Hamilton Street Jackson, Mississippi 39202
Tel: (601) 354-2750
Fax (601) 354-2777
Email: mscenter@mindspring.com

Missouri Institute of Cooperatives

University of Missouri - Columbia
Kristi Livingston
Education Coordinator
Agribusiness Research Institute
200 Mumford Hall
Columbia, Missouri 65211-6200
Tel: (573) 882-0140
Fax (573) 882-3958
Email: livingstonK@missouri.edu

Also at Missouri: Missouri Graduate Institute of Cooperative Leadership

Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa

Po Jose Maria
Arizmendairreta, No 5
20500 Mondragon
Guipuzcoa, Spain
Tel: +34 943 779 300
Fax +34 943 796 632
Email: info@mondragon.mcc.es

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NASCO Development Services

Box 7715
Ann Arbor, MI 48107
Tel: (773) 663-0889
Fax: (734) 663-5072

National Association of Housing Cooperatives

1707 H St. NW #201
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 737-0797
Fax (202) 783-7869
Email: info@coophousing.org
Contact: Doug Kleine, Executive Director

National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors

1655 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 300
Arlington, Virginia
Tel: (703) 528-8351
Fax (703) 538-3248
Email: offices@nascus.org

National Center for Employee Ownership

1736 Franklin Street, 8th Floor
Oakland, California, 94612
Tel: (510) 208-1300
Fax: (510) 272-9510
Email: nceo@nceo.org

National Cooperative Bank

1401 Eye St, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005-2204
Tel: (202) 336-7700
Contact: Jane Demarnies, Public Relations

The National Cooperative Bank provides financial and advisory services to cooperatives, including commercial lending, mortgage lending, and capital markets.

NCERA-194 Research on Cooperatives

The objectives of NCERA - 194 are: (1) to promote and coordinate research and educational activities focusing on cooperatively owned business organizations and their role in marketing agricultural products, supplying agricultural inputs, coordinating farm production and marketing activities, performing value-added processing, and providing rural services and (2) to provide a forum for the interaction of decision-makers and analysts from industry, government, and universities and for the distribution and discussion of research results and their implications for cooperatives, their producer-members, the food production and distribution system, the environment, and rural communities

NCB Development Corporation

National Cooperative Bank
1401 Eye St, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005-2204
Tel: (202) 336-7680

National Cooperative Business Association

1401 New York Ave,NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005-2160
Tel: (202) 638-6222
Contact: Leta Mach, Director of Communications; Paul Hazen, CEO

The national trade association for all types of cooperatives. NCBA's mission is to develop, advance, and protect cooperative enterprise.

National Cooperative Council for agriculture and horticulture (NCR)

Groenmarktstraat 37
3521 AV Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 30 2840490
+ 31 30 2840499
Email: ncr@cooperatie.nl

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

50 F St, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202) 626-8700
Fax (202) 626-8722
Email: info@ncfc.org
Contact: David Graves, President and CEO

A trade association representing farmer-owned cooperatives. Provides legislative services and education/training support.

National Credit Union Administration

National Credit Union Administration
1775 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3428
Tel: (703) 518-6300

National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions

120 Wall Street - 10th floor
New York, NY 1005-3902
Tel: (212) 809-1850
Fax (212) 809-3274
Email: email@natfed.org
Contact: Clifford Rosenthal, Executive Director

Supports community development credit unions by providing technical assistance, advocacy, research and training.

National Federation of University Co-operative Associations in Japan

NFUCA consists of about 210 university co-ops and 1,300,000 members throughout Japan.

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

4301 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22203
Tel: (703)907-5500

A national trade association for rural electric cooperatives, representing more than 1000 U.S. cooperative utilities.

National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative

2121 Cooperative Way
Herndon, VA 20171
Tel: (703) 787-0874
Fax: (703) 464-5300
Email: info@nrtc.org

Members are utilities and affiliated organizations providing telecommunications and information technology to rural consumers.

National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives

6320 Augusta Drive, Suite 800
Springfield, VA 22150
Tel: (703) 569-3088
Fax: (703) 569-0235
Contact:Barbra Hickey, Executive Director
Email:bhickey@nsacoop.org

National Telephone Cooperative Association

2626 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: (202) 298-2300
Contact: Ann Weinberg

Serves small and rural phone cooperatives and commercial companies.

Nebraska Cooperative Council

Robert C. Anderson, President
134 South 13th Street, Suite 503
Lincoln, Nebraska 65808-1901
Tel: (402) 475-6555
Fax: (402) 475-4538
Email: boba@nebr.coop

Nebraska Cooperative Development Center

Dr. Lynn H. Lutgen, Director
217 H.C. Filley Hall
Lincoln, Nebraska 65583-0922
Tel: (402) 472-3406
Email: llutgen1@unl.edu

Netherlands Institute of Cooperative Entrepreneurship

Straatweg 25
3621 BG Breukelen
Netherlands
Tel: +31 346 291545
Fax +31 346 265453
Email: nice@nyenrode.nl
Web: http://www.nyenrode.nl/nice

New Hampshire Community Loan Fund

7 Wall Street
Concord NH 03301
Tel: 603-224-6669

New Zealand Co-operatives Association

Level 3, Agriculture House
75 Ghuznee Street
Te Aro
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 472 4595
Fax: +64 4 472 4538
Email: nzca@nz.coop

North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)

Box 7715
Ann Arbor, MI 48107
Tel: (313) 663-0889

US/Canada student housing cooperative organization. Links student cooperatives, provides training, and works to strengthen and expand student cooperatives.

Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund

219 Main Street SE, #500
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Tel: (612) 331-9103
Fax: (612) 331-9145
Email:info@ncdf.coop
Contact: Margaret Lund, Manager

Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund is a financial intermediary that assists small and medium-sized Midwestern cooperatives.

North Dakota State University

Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives
PO Box 5437
Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5437
Tel: (701) 231-1016
Contact Bill Nelson, Director

Northeast Cooperative Council

Department of Applied Economics & Management
Brian Henehan, Senior Extension Assistant
Room 203, Warren Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853-7801
Tel: (607) 255-8800
Fax: (607) 255-9984
Email: bmh5@cornell.edu

Northwest Cooperative Development Center

Diane Gasaway, Project Manager
1063 S. Capitol Way, Suite 214
Olympia, WA 98501
Tel: (360) 943-4241
Fax: (360) 570-8415
Email: nwcdc@qwest.net

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Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives

P.O Box 54309
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154-1309
Tel: (405) 478-1455
Contact: cjohnson@theshop.net

Ohio Cooperative Development Center

John Ellerman, Coordinator
1864 Shyville Road
Piketon, OH 45661
Tel: (740) 289-2071
Fax: (740) 289-4591
Email: ellerman.5@osu.edu

Ohio Employee Ownership Center

113 McGilvery Hall
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242 Tel: (330) 670-3028
Fax: (330) 672-4063

Oklahoma Agricultural Cooperative Council

Mike Frickenschmidt, Executive Director
P.O. Box 251
Enid, Oklahoma 73702
Tel: (580) 233-2115
Fax: (580) 242-1030
Email: mike@okagcoop.org

Ontario Co-operative Association

450 Speedvale Avenue West, Suite 202
Guelph, ON
N1H 7Y6
Canada
Tel: 1-888-745-5521

Organic Trade Association

P.O. Box 1078
50 Miles Street
Greenfield, MA 01302
Tel: (413) 774-7511
Fax: (413) 774-6432
Contact Holly Givens

Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC)

4301 Wilson Blvd., Suite 617
Arlington, VA 22209
Fax: 703-907-5523

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Plunkett Foundation

23 Hanborough Business Park
Long Hanborough, Oxford
OX8 8LH, UK
Tel: (01993) 883636
Fax: (01993) 883576
Email plunkett@gn.apc.org

Provender Alliance

942 Osprey Drive
Umpqua, OR 97486-9738
Tel: 888-0352-7431
Fax 541-459-0041
Email provender@aol.com

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Quentin N. Burdock Center for Cooperatives

301 Morrill Hall NDSU
Fargo, North Dakota 58105
Tel: 888-0352-7431
Fax 541-459-0041
Email ndsu.qbcc@ndsu.nodak.edu

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