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US' Cotton Council International gets Steve Dyer as president for 2023

14 Feb '23
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Cotton Council International (CCI) president Steve Dyer (third from left) with new elected officers. Pic: CCI
Cotton Council International (CCI) president Steve Dyer (third from left) with new elected officers. Pic: CCI

Steve Dyer, a Cordova, Tennessee, merchant, will serve as Cotton Council International’s (CCI) president for 2023. CCI is the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in 50 plus 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.

An NCC delegate, Dyer currently serves on its Public Relations and International Market Development Committee and is a director of the US Cotton Trust Protocol, the US cotton industry’s sustainability initiative. He previously has been a CCI director and currently serves on several CCI committees, the company said in a press release.

“CCI’s objective is clear: increase long-term demand for US cotton,” said Dyer. “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 US cotton. As CCI president in 2023, I look forward to taking part in these US cotton demand-building events and continuing the successful momentum.”

Dyer, who received his BS in business administration and management from the Citadel, is manager of ProCot Cooperative and global head of cotton marketing at Louis Dreyfus Company, a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods with activities that span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines. Dreyfus also helps feed and clothe some 500 million people annually by originating, processing, and transporting some 80 million tons of products.

Other CCI officers elected are chairman, Carlos C Garcia, a cooperative official, Lubbock, Texas; first vice president, J Lee Cromley, a producer, Brooklet, Georgia; second vice president, Carlo Bocardo, a cooperative official, Bakersfield, California; secretary, Gary Adams, Cordova, Tennessee; and assistant secretary, Bruce Atherley, Washington, DC. Newly elected as CCI treasurer was John C King, III, a merchant from Helena, Arkansas.

Elected as CCI directors were Aaron Pena, a Harlingen, Texas, cottonseed handler; Gene Seale, a Pima, Arizona, ginner; Neeraj Rana, a Cordova, Tennessee, merchant; Nick Kastle, a Corcoran, California, merchant; Wesley Rentz, a Greenville, South Carolina, merchant; and Matt Dunbar, a Hopkins, Minnesota, merchant.

Re-elected as 2023 CCI directors were producers – Philip F Edwards, III, Smithfield, Virginia; Barry W Evans, Kress, Texas; John F Lindamood, Tiptonville, Tennessee; Richard Gaona, Roby, Texas; Matthew R (Matt) Hyneman, Jonesboro, Arkansas; Neal Isbell, Muscle Shoals, Alabama; and Paul (Paco) Ollerton, Casa Grande, Arizona; ginner – George G LaCour, Jr, Morganza, Los Angeles; merchant – Beau Stephenson, Richardson, Texas; cooperatives – Frederick Barrier, Greenwood, Mississippi; Donald A Robinson, Garner, North Carolina; and Kevin Brinkley, Lubbock, Texas; warehouseman – Vance C Shoaf, Milan, Tennessee; and manufacturers – Robin Perkins, Sanford, North Carolina; and James Martin, Gastonia, North Carolina.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (NB)

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