Jordan Lea has been elected the President of Cotton Council International (CCI) for the year 2014, during the organization’s board meeting held during the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) recent annual meeting. CCI is the export promotions arm of the NCC and carries out programs in more than 50 countries globally under the Cotton USA trademark.
Lea, a merchant with Eastern Trading Company in Greenville, SC, succeeds John Burch, a Bakersfield, CA, cooperative official who is now CCI Board Chairman. Lea is a past Chairman of the American Cotton Shippers Association, and serves on the Board of Directors of the NCC and The International Cotton Association.
Other CCI officers elected during the meeting are: Dahlen Hancock, Ropesville, TX as first Vice President, Keith Lucas, Garner, NC as second Vice President, Anthony Tancredi and Cordova, TN as Treasurer. Mark Lange of Cordova, TN, was re-elected as Secretary, and Kevin Latner of Washington, DC, was elected as Assistant Secretary. E. Hope (Hopie) Brooks, III, Cordova, TN; James Massey, Harlingen, TX; and Cannon Michael, Los Banos, CA, were newly elected as CCI directors for 2014.
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