MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Two Lamb County men are among 17 Texas cotton industry members who are in leadership positions with the National Cotton Council (NCC) for 2022.
The leaders were named at the recent 2022 NCC Annual Meeting in Houston.
Curtis Stewart, Spade ginner, was re-elected as National Cotton Council director; and Brent Nelson of Sudan is serving as one of NCC’s American Cotton Producers (ACP) co-chairmen.
Others among those who were recently elected are Shawn Holladay, a Lubbock producer, who was elected as NCC vice chairman, and Kevin Brinkley, a cooperative official from Lubbock who was re-elected as a NCC vice president.
Elected as a NCC directors were Robert Lacy, Jr., a cottonseed processor; and Larry Black, a Roscoe ginner. Re-elected as NCC directors were: Eric Wanjura, a Lubbock warehouseman; Robert Swize, a Corpus Christi warehouseman; Doyle Schniers, a San Angelo producer; and Keith Lucas, a Lubbock cooperative official. Carlos Garcia, a Lubbock coop
Carlos Garcia, a Lubbock coop erative marketer, was elected president of NCC’s export promotion arm, Cotton Council International (CCI). Elected as CCI directors were: Brinkley and Beau Stephenson, a Richardson merchant. Re-elected as CCI directors were: Curtis Stewart, a Spade ginner; Richard Gaona, a Roby producer; Barry Evans, a Kress producer; Tim North, a Dallas merchant; and James Massey, a cottonseed processor from Harlingen. Schniers was re-elected as the Southwest region director of the NCC’s American Cotton Producers (ACP). ACP Texas co-chairmen are: Gaona, Matt Huie, Beeville; Brent Nelson, Sudan; and Stacy Smith, Wilson.
As the unifying force of the U.S. cotton industry, the Memphisbased NCC brings together industry representatives from the 17 cotton-producing states to establish policies reflecting the common interests and promoting mutual benefits for its broad membership and ancillary industries. The NCC’s mission is ensuring the ability of all industry segments to compete effectively and profitably in the raw cotton, oilseed and U.S.-manufactured product markets at home and abroad.