Cotton Council International Names Executive Director
October 21, 2011 The National Cotton Council announced that Kevin Latner, a veteran Foreign Agriculture Service attaché, will become executive director of Cotton Council International (CCI), according to a press release.
Washington, DC-based CCI is the export promotions arm of the NCC and carries out programs in more than 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark.
“During the course of his career, Kevin has found his home in agriculture and agricultural trade, and we believe he will be a strong advocate for U.S. cotton and product exports,” NCC President/CEO Mark Lange said in a statement.
Latner, who worked for the U.S. Grains Council in Beijing and as an independent consultant on trade issues, served 15 years in USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, starting as an economist in Washington. He then spent five years as the U.S. agricultural attaché in Tokyo, Japan, and five years in China as the attaché in Beijing before serving as director of the U.S. Agricultural Trade Office in Chengdu, according to CCI.
Latner, who begins on Dec. 1 in Washington, DC, replaces the retiring Allen Terhaar.
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