Cotton Council International elects 2020 officers

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.

 

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.#

Reichle was a cooperative official from Greenwood, who now becomes CCI board chairman. Clarke, Reichle and other CCI officers were elected at CCI's board meeting during the NCC's 2020 annual meeting held between February 14-16 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.#

"I look forward to leading CCI in its mission of making US cotton 'the cotton the world trusts' for mills, manufacturers, brands, retailers and consumers worldwide," Clarke said in a press release. "COTTON USA promotional events in 2020 will continue to educate this audience and stimulate US cotton sales via networking opportunities throughout the global supply chain."

 

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.#

Clarke is vice president/senior merchant for Cargill Cotton, business unit of Cargill, Inc. His current merchandising responsibilities include sales to several Asian markets.

 

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.#

Clarke, who was raised in Greenwood, graduated from Mississippi State University in 1980 and earned an MBA from Memphis State University in 1987. He started with Cargill's Cotton Business Unit in 1980 and has worked for Cargill Cotton in various merchandising capacities. Those include managing the Phoenix office, merchandising all of the major growth regions in the United States and working a stint with Cargill Cotton's Liverpool office.

 

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.#

Clarke is active with the NCC and is an American Cotton Shippers Association director. He is married to Terri Clarke and has four children and two grandsons.

 

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.#

Other 2020 CCI officers elected include: first vice president, Ted Sheely, producer, Lemoore, California; second vice president, Carlos Garcia, cooperative official, Lubbock, Texas; and treasurer, Steven Dyer, merchant, Cordova, Tennessee. In addition, Gary Adams, Cordova, was elected as secretary and Bruce Atherley, Washington, DC, elected as assistant secretary.

 

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.#

Elected as 2020 CCI directors were: George LaCour, Jr, a ginner from Morganza; John King, III, a merchant from Helena, Arkansas; Neal Isbell, a producer from Muscle Shoals, Ala; and John Lindamood, a producer from Tiptonville, Tennessee.

 

Richard Clarke, III, a merchant from Cordova, Tennessee, will serve as president of Cotton Council International (CCI) for 2020. CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotion arm and carries out programmes in above 50 countries globally under the COTTON USA trademark. Clarke, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Hank Reichle.#

Re-elected as 2020 CCI directors were: producers - J Lee Cromley, Brooklet, Georgia; Richard Gaona, Roby, Texas; Craig A. Heinrich, Lubbock, Texas; Matthew Hyneman, Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Paul Ollerton, Casa Grande, Arizona; Ginners - Curtis H Stewart, Spade, Texas; Merchants - Philip R Bogel, II, Dallas, Texas; Tim G North, Dallas, Texas; Ernst D Schroeder, Jr, Bakersfield, California; and William Barksdale, Cordova, Tennessee; Cooperatives - Frederick Barrier, Greenwood, Mississippi; Carlo Bocardo, Bakersfield, California; Donald Robinson, Garner, NC; Cottonseed - James Massey, Harlingen, Texas; Warehouseman - Vance Shoaf, Milan, Tennessee; and Manufacturers - Robin Perkins, Sanford, NC; and Davis Warlick, Charlotte, North Carolina.