The 2007-08 cotton leadership class has been chosen by the National Cotton Council's Cotton Leadership Committee. The class, the 25th since the program was initiated in 1983, will begin their first training session September 10-14 in the Mid-South.
The Cotton Leadership Program, which is administered by the NCC's Member Services department, is intended to foster leadership skills in individuals who demonstrate the potential and desire to be U.S. cotton industry leaders.
The new class includes: Producers - Tim Mullek, Robertsdale, AL; Nathan Reed, Marianna, AR; Kent Dunn, Moscow, KS; and Charlie Meyer, III, Hanford, CA; Ginners - Dwayne Alford, Yuco Gin, Inc II, Yuma, AZ, and Gil Haskins, Worth Gin Co, Sylvester, GA; Warehouser - Hernand Koubratoff, Anderson Clayton, Fresno, CA; Merchant - Amy Ives, Cargill Cotton, Memphis, TN; Cottonseed - Kelly Jack, PYCO Industries, Inc, Lubbock, TX; and Marketing Cooperative - Carlos Garcia, Plains Cotton Coop Association, Lubbock.
During their Mid-South session, the class will begin on September 11 at the Memphis headquarters of the NCC for: 1) and orientation to U.S. cotton's central organization and overview of its policy development process and 2) presentation, business etiquette and media skills training.
The following day, the group will visit Staplcotn and PYCO, Inc, in Greenwood, Miss., before seeing cotton production/harvesting in the area. On September 13, the class will visit another cottonoperation and a gin before touring the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service office in Bartlett, Tenn., and Cargill Cotton Company in Memphis.
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