National Cotton Council State Unit Officers Named for 2021

National Cotton Council state unit officers for 2021 were elected at the organization’s virtual annual meeting in February.

Chairmen, vice-chairmen and secretaries, respectively, of the state units are:

ALABAMA – Nick McMichen, producer (Centre); Ernest Osuna, ginner (Hazel Green); Jeff Thompson, cooperative (Prattville)

ARIZONA – Dan Thelander, producer (Maricopa); Bill Brackett, ginner, and K.C. Gingg, producer (both of Buckeye)

ARKANSAS – Nathan Reed, producer (Marianna); Neill Sloan, warehouser (Portland); Matt Hyneman, producer (Jonesboro)

CALIFORNIA – Bryan Bone, producer, and Joseph Cain, warehouser (both of Bakersfield); Charles Meyer, III, producer (Stratford)

FLORIDA – B.E. “Sonny” Davis, Jr., ginner (Cottondale); Nick Marshall, producer (Baker); Buster Kimble, ginner (Marianna)

GEORGIA – Chad Mathis, producer (Arlington); Jimmy Webb, cooperative (Leary); Duane Bargeron, ginner (Sylvania)

KANSAS –Thomas Lahey, producer (Moscow); Stuart Briggeman, producer (Pratt); Gary Feist, ginner (Anthony)

LOUISIANA – Jason Condrey, producer (Lake Providence); Heath Herring, producer, and Russell Ratcliff, III, producer (both of St. Joseph)

MISSISSIPPI – David Cochran, Jr., ginner (Greenville); Henry N. Reichle, Jr., cooperative, and Dwayne Coward, warehouser (both of Greenwood)

MISSOURI/ILLINOIS –Riley James, ginner (New Madrid, MO); Chris Porter, producer (Essex, MO); Stephen Harris, ginner (Senath, MO)

NEW MEXICO – Alberto Pando, ginner (Mesquite); Dean Calvani, producer (Carlsbad); Alisa Ogden, producer (Loving)

NORTH CAROLINA – Brad Warren, producer (Faison); Rob Fleming, Jr., producer (Zebulon); Tommy Flythe, Jr., producer (Seaboard)

OKLAHOMA – Jantz Bain, ginner, and Mark Nichols, producer (both of Altus); Jeannie Hileman, ginner (Hobart)

SOUTH CAROLINA – Drake Perrow, ginner (Cameron); Thomas McMeekin, merchant (Spartanburg); William Bowen, Jr., manufacturer (Inman)

TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY – Bradley Williams, ginner (Burlison, TN); John Lindamood, producer (Tiptonville, TN); Mark Korn, producer (Dyersburg, TN)

TEXAS – Barry Street, ginner (Kress); David Wyatt, ginner (Woodsboro); Elmer Braden, Jr., producer (Coyanosa)

VIRGINIA – Steele Byrum, producer (Zuni); Clay Lowe, producer (Wakefield); Bruce Alphin, ginner (Windsor)

Based on information provided by the National Cotton Council