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Rodney North
Vice-Chair on the board of Equal Exchange
Rodney North serves as Vice-Chair on the board of Equal Exchange, the Massachusetts-based organization that markets *Fair Trade* coffee, tea and coco products. Rodney North has been a worker owner of Equal Exchange for over a dozen years and also serves as “the Answer Man,” responsible for public relations. The organization is composed of 80 worker-owners, has 105 employees, and $34 million in annual sales