Jacqueline Hannah

I began my work life in corporate chain retail at 16 and, since that experience, have worked only for independent and cooperative businesses. I am driven to make local businesses and communities flourish as locally owned business is the real economic engine of our nation and these engines strengthen and empower our communities, building healthier communities. My greatest ambitions lie in the development and growth of cooperative businesses as co-ops bring economic democracy to a community, empowering it to make the changes in the world it strives for. I was born with a double dose of both the entrepreneurship gene and the passion for community gene, and I only take on work where I can use both to their fullest to create positive change.