Dyer to Lead CCI Officers for 2023
February 26, 2023 Steve Dyer, merchant from Cordova, TN, will serve as Cotton Council International (CCI) president for 2023.
CCI is the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programs in more than 50 countries under the COTTON USA trademark. Dyer and other CCI officers were elected at CCI’s board meeting held as part of the NCC’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas.
A NCC delegate, Dyer currently serves on the organization’s Public Relations & International Market Development Committee and is a director of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, the U.S. cotton industry’s sustainability initiative. He previously has been a CCI director and currently serves on several CCI committees.
“CCI’s objective is clear: increase long-term demand for U.S. cotton,” Dyer says. “In 2022, CCI held 40 events in 12 of the biggest cotton-importing countries and had nearly 5,000 participants who said they expect to purchase $4.9 billion worth of U.S. cotton. As CCI president in 2023, I look forward to taking part in these U.S. cotton demand-building events and continuing the successful momentum.”
Dyer is Manager of ProCot Cooperative and Global Head of Cotton Marketing at Louis Dreyfus Company.
CCI officers elected for 2023 are, from left: Carlo Bocardo, Carlos Garcia, Steve Dyer, John King, Lee Cromley and Bruce Atherley. (Photo: CCI)
Other elected CCI officers for 2023 are:
- Chairman – Carlos C. Garcia, cooperative official from Lubbock, TX
- First Vice President – J. Lee Cromley, producer from Brooklet, GA
- Second Vice President – Carol Bocardo, cooperative official from Bakersfield, CA
- Secretary – Gary Adams, Cordova, TN
- Assistant Secretary – Bruce Atherley, Washington DC
- Treasurer – John C. King, III, merchant from Helena, AR.
Elected as CCI directors were:
- Aaron Pena, cottonseed handler from Harlingen, TX
- Gene Seale, ginner from Pima, AZ
- Neeraj Rana, merchant from Cordova, TN
- Nick Kastle, merchant from Corcoran, CA
- Wesley Rentz, merchant from Greenville, SC
- Matt Dunbar, merchant from Hopkins, MN.
Re-elected as 2023 CCI directors were:
- PRODUCERS – Philip F. Edwards, III, Smithfield, VA; Barry W. Evans, Kress, TX; John F. Lindamood, Tiptonville, TN; Richard Gaona, Roby, TX; Matthew R. (Matt) Hyneman, Jonesboro, AR; Neal Isbell, Muscle Shoals, AL; and Paul (Paco) Ollerton, Casa Grande, AZ
- GINNER – George G. LaCour, Jr., Morganza, LA
- MERCHANT – Beau Stephenson, Richardson, TX
- COOPERATIVES – Frederick Barrier, Greenwood, MS; Donald A. Robinson, Garner, NC; and Kevin Brinkley, Lubbock, TX
- WAREHOUSEMAN – Vance C. Shoaf, Milan, TN
- MANUFACTURERS – Robin Perkins, Sanford, NC; and James Martin, Gastonia, NC.
Based on information provided by Cotton Council International
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