Bocardo Leads Cotton Council International Officers for 2025
February 20, 2025 
CCI Officers (L to R) – Wayne Boseman, Richard Gaona, John King, Bruce Atherley, Carlo Bocardo and Lee Cromley (Photo: CCI)
Carlo Bocardo, a cooperative official from Bakersfield, CA, will serve as Cotton Council International’s (CCI) president for 2025.
CCI is the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programs in 50 plus countries under the COTTON USA trademark. Bocardo and other CCI officers were elected at CCI’s Board Meeting held during the NCC’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX.
Lee Cromley, a Brooklet, GA, producer, will serve as CCI chairman.
“CCI is driving innovation and technology to lead the world to cotton’s next level, and I’m eager to serve as CCI President and show our export customers that U.S. cotton remains the global cotton leader,” Bocardo says. “CCI is an integral partner to our mill customers, offering personal and curated services that are unique to COTTON USA and valuable to our customers’ business, which can only increase U.S. cotton demand and loyalty.”
Bocardo is Executive Vice President of Sales for Calcot, Ltd., a cotton marketing cooperative, and has traveled extensively in the U.S. and around the world promoting U.S. cotton. He joined the cotton industry in 2000 as an Assistant Export Sales Manager for Calcot. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City and a master’s degree in agribusiness from Texas A&M University.
Also elected as CCI officers elected for 2025 were:
First Vice President – John C. King, III, merchant from Richardson, TX
Second Vice President – Richard Gaona, producer from Roby, TX
Secretary – Gary Adams, Cordova, TN
Assistant Secretary – Bruce Atherley, Washington, D.C.
Treasurer – Wayne Boseman, cooperative official from Garner, NC.
Newly elected CCI directors were Paul E. Bush, cooperative official from Glendale, AZ, and Brad Williams, ginner from Bells, TN. Re-elected as 2025 CCI directors were:
PRODUCERS – Philip Edwards, Smithfield, VA; Barry W. Evans, Kress, TX; Matthew R. (Matt) Hyneman, Jonesboro, AR; Donny Lassiter, Conway, NC; John F. Lindamood, Tiptonville, TN; Mark Nichols, Altus, OK; and Paul (Paco) Ollerton, Casa Grande, AZ
GINNER – Richard J. Lindsey, Centre, AL
COTTONSEED HANDLER – Aaron Pena, Harlingen, TX
MERCHANTS – Matt Dunbar, Memphis, TN; Nick Kastle, Corcoran, CA; Neeraj Rana, Cordova, TN; Wesley Rentz, Greenville, SC; and Beau Stephenson, Richardson, TX
COOPERATIVES – Frederick Barrier, Greenwood, MS; and Kevin Brinkley, Lubbock, TX
WAREHOUSE – Vance C. Shoaf, Milan, TN
MANUFACTURERS – James (Jim) Martin, Gastonia, NC; and Mike Quinn, Sanford, NC.
Information from Cotton Council International
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