NCC Selects Participants for 2014-15 Emerging Leaders Program
April 30, 2014 Ten participants from throughout the U.S. cotton industry have been selected for the National Cotton Council (NCC) Emerging Leaders Program class for 2014-15.
Sponsored by a grant to The Cotton Foundation from Monsanto, the program provides class participants with an in-depth look at the business and political arenas in which the U.S. cotton industry operates, plus intensive professional development training.
NCC Chairman Wally Darneille said the Emerging Leaders Program is “designed to encourage and equip industry members so they are better prepared to handle the responsibilities of being a U.S. cotton industry leader.”
Members of the 2014-15 class are Christopher Alphin, a ginner with Commonwealth Gin in Windsor, VA; Jon Bibb, a Tunica, MS, producer; Scott Gunn, a manufacturer with Swift Spinning, Inc. in Columbus, GA; Bradley Harrison, a Yuma, AZ, producer; Chad Mathis, Jr., an Arlington, GA, producer; Travis Mires, an O’Donnell, TX, producer; John Romines, a merchant with Cargill Cotton in Memphis, TN; Stacy Smith, a Wilson, TX, producer; Brett Underwood, a warehouseman with The Trinity Company, and Steven White, an executive with Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, both in Lubbock, TX.
Goals of the Emerging Leaders Program are to help participants know and understand NCC’s role, including its programs, policy development and implementation process; Cotton Council International’s central mission of developing and maintaining export markets for U.S. cotton, manufactured cotton products and cottonseed products; the spectrum of issues affecting U.S. cotton’s economic well-being; and the U.S. political process. The program also encourages participants to increase their involvement in these and other NCC activities.
Class members will participate in three sessions. The first session, set for mid-June in Memphis and St. Louis, will provide an orientation to the NCC, professional development/communication skills training and an agribusiness briefing. During the second session, class members will see policy development at the 2015 NCC Annual Meeting in February. A third session in Washington, DC will focus on policy implementation and international market development.
Source – National Cotton Council
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