GROWMARK Senior Trainer elected President of On Co-op Board

The Ontario Co-operative Association Board of Directors elected Barry Hannah as board president at On Co-op's Annual General Meeting in June.

Aside from Barry’s extensive duties as senior trainer for the GROWMARK Ontario System, he has been on the board of directors with the Ontario Co-operative Association for the past three years, elected to vice chair in 2009 and just prior to becoming president was appointed to acting chair this spring.

As well as his board duties, Barry has been a strong advocate to promoting life-long learning and co-op education. He sits on the Ontario Co-operative Association’s Life-long Learning Committee and the Human Resources Committee.

Barry Hannah has worked in the Ontario agriculture co-operative system for 20 years. In his earlier years, he was a buyer and then went on to become a manager for GROWMARK’s consumer division. It is during this time that Barry got to know the people in the field that made up the co-operative spirit of the organization. He gained great exposure and began to develop life-long relationships and a passion for the co-operative way of doing business.