BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Matt Coley
Cotton Producer
Vienna, Georgia
Coley, a fourth-generation farmer and agribusi-
ness owner, oversees an operation consisting of
3,500 acres of cotton and 400 acres of peanuts
and Coley Gin and Fertilizer. He has served as
a board advisor to the National Cotton Council
(NCC) and as a director for Southeastern Cotton
Ginners Association and currently serves as vice
chairman of the Georgia Cotton Commission. He
was a member of both the Leadership Georgia
Class and the NCC’s Emerging Leaders program.
After earning a B.S.A. and a M.S. in Agricultural
Economics from the University of Georgia and
before returning to the family farm, Coley served
as an agriculture intern for Senator Saxby Cham-
bliss (R-GA) and as a staff member of the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry.
David Blakemore
Cotton Ginner
Campbell, Missouri
Blakemore is president of Blakemore Cotton
& Grain, LLC, with interests in ginning, grain,
fertilizer and trucking. He has served in numerous
leadership positions among them as president
of the National Cotton Ginners Association,
the Southern Cotton Ginners Association and
Cotton Producers of Missouri and as a Cotton
Incorporated director. He is a director for the
National Cotton Council, serves as chairman of its
Flow Committee and as a member of its Quality
Taskforce. Blakemore also has served in multiple
leadership capacities with Ducks Unlimited, a wa-
terfowl and wetlands conservation organization.
He holds a BSBA in Accounting with Distinction
and an MBA in Finance from Southeast Missouri
State University.
Ted Schneider
Cotton Producer
Lake Providence, Louisiana
 Since 1984, Schneider has been the owner/op-
erator of a 3,600-acre farming operation in north-
east Louisiana and southeast Arkansas that is
dedicated to sustainable, responsible agricultural
production. His Lake Providence, La.-based oper-
ation’s primary crops are cotton, corn, soybeans,
rice, wheat, and grain sorghum. A former director
of the National Cotton Council (NCC), he currently
chairs its Sustainability Task Force. He has been
a leader in the NCC’s American Cotton Producers,
served as president of the NCC’s export promo-
tions arm, Cotton Council International, and is a
director of Cotton Incorporated. Schneider earned
a B.S. in Business Administration from Louisiana
State University.
Hank Reichle
Staplcotn
Greenwood, Mississippi
Henry N. “Hank” Reichle, Jr., is president and CEO
of Greenwood-Miss.-based Staplcotn. He joined
the cooperative in 2004 after having served as
chief financial officer with the internet-based
cotton exchange, The Seam. Reichle currently is
a director of both The Seam and AMCOT. He is a
National Cotton Council (NCC) director and serves
as president of Cotton Council International, the
NCC’s export promotions arm. He also currently
serves on the COTTON USA Sustainability Task
Force. A Mississippi native, he holds a B.A. degree
in Accountancy from the University of Mississippi.
Shawn Holladay
Cotton Producer
Lubbock, Texas
Holladay farms dry-land and irrigated acres in
Dawson and Martin counties of the Texas High
Plains and is chairman of United Cotton Gin. A
leader locally, regionally and nationally, including
the Soil and Water Conservation District for
Dawson County, he is a National Cotton Council
(NCC) director as well as chairman of the NCC’s
American Cotton Producers. He has served on
Cotton Incorporated’s board. Holladay was named
the 2018 Texas Tech University Gerald W. Thomas
Outstanding Agriculturalist in Agricultural Pro-
duction; received the 2017 Cotton Achievement
Award from Cotton Grower magazine and was a
2012 recipient of the Farm Press/Cotton Foun-
dation High Cotton Award – which recognizes
conservation and environmental stewardship.
Steven Dyer
Louis Dreyfus Company
Cordova, Tennessee
Dyer is the global head of Marketing for the Louis
Dreyfus cotton platform and the head administra-
tor and manager of ProCot Cooperative. His 28
plus years in the U.S. cotton industry includes
experience in numerous growth origins and
destination marketplaces. He is a director of the
National Cotton Council’s export promotions arm,
Cotton Council International, is a member of the
COTTON USA Sustainability Task Force and served
on the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Organizational
Committee. The Memphis native spends most of
his time in South Carolina. Dyer earned a B.S. in
Business Administration from The Citadel.
Aaron Barcellos
Cotton Producer
Los Banos, California
Barcellos is a partner in A-Bar Ag Enterprises-
consisting of 7,500 acres of almonds, asparagus,
olives, pima cotton, pistachios, pomegranates,
processing tomatoes and wheat. Seeking to build
a multi-generational farming operation, the
family partnership utilizes socially responsible
and sustainable farming practices among them
drip irrigation, reduced tillage, satellite imagery
and solar energy. Barcellos earned an agriculture
business degree from Cal Poly and is California Ag
Leadership Program graduate. He is a director of
multiple organizations among them the National
Cotton Council’s export promotions arm, Cotton
Council International, and the Central Delta
Mendota Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
Fred Serven
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
As general manager, Cotton, Serven is responsible
for commercial teams of ADM’s cotton crush plants
in Lubbock, Richmond, Memphis, and Valdosta and
for its Southern Cellulose Products, Inc. facility in
Chattanooga. He has served in various commercial
management positions in ADM’s Grain and Oilseeds
units and has experience in soy crush, canola crush,
cotton crush, corn processing, grain origination,
and export. Serven is currently a member of
the National Cotton Council’s Public Relations &
International Market Development Committee and
its COTTON USA Sustainability Task Force. Raised
on a corn, soy, cattle farm in west central Illinois,
he earned his M.B.A. from Millikin University after
receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and
Business Administration from Knox College.
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Jim Martin Garry Bell Liza Schillo Joe Little

Parkdale Mills
Gastonia, North Carolina
Martin is executive vice president, Cotton
Operations for Parkdale Mills. He is responsible
for cotton purchasing, distribution and risk
management. Previously, he served as director of
Markets and Finance at Auscott Limited in Sydney
Australia. Martin, who resides in Charlotte, N.C.,
began his career at J G Boswell Company in Los
Angeles where he served as market analyst.
Martin is a National Cotton Council director and
serves on its COTTON USA Sustainability Task
Force. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree
in Accounting from San Diego State University
and an MBA with emphasis in Finance from the
Marshall School of Business at the University of
Southern California.
Gildan
Quebec, Canada
Bell is a 30+ year textile and apparel industry
veteran who has overseen marketing, product
development, innovation, business development
and sustainability. He has 24 years in senior level
positions at Gildan, one of the world’s largest
vertically integrated manufacturers of textiles
and apparel. The company’s vertical integration
and entrepreneurial culture allowed Bell to
develop a deep understanding of the U.S. cotton
industry -- from field to finished garments and
the end-consumer. Having served as a special
member of the National Cotton Council’s COTTON
USA Sustainability Task Force, Bell has presented
at several international conferences on subjects
ranging from digitization and sustainability to
U.S. cotton’s environmental efforts.
Levi Strauss & Company
San Francisco, California
As senior manager, Global Product Sustainability,
Liza Schillo directs Levi’s climate change and
sustainable product strategies. She is actively
engaged in keeping Levi’s on track to achieving
100% sustainably sourced cotton for its products
by end of 2020. This corporate commitment to
sustainable cotton is part of a broader internal
initiative to move the company toward a more
sustainable and circular product strate-
gy. Schillo previously worked in environmental
management and policy in Washington, DC. She
holds a Master’s in Business Administration
and a Master’s in Environmental Management
from Duke University, and a Bachelor of Arts in
Environmental Studies from the University of
North Carolina.
Tesco PLC
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Joe Little has been in the fashion industry for
nearly 30 years and has worked for Tesco the last
six years. He thrives on the special challenges
that a value supermarket faces when delivering
sustainable, affordable quality clothing and
recognizes the urgency to deliver transparency
and traceability throughout the industry supply
chain. He believes the winners will be those who
embrace transparency and unlock the values of
science-based targets aligned with United Nation
Sustainability Development Goals. A Scotland
native, Little has lived in Malaysia, Hong Kong,
Turkey and the United Kingdom. He also is a land-
scape and seascape artist with a special interest
in the presence of microfibers in our oceans.

Dr. Marty Matlock Melissa Ho Suzy Friedman

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Matlock is executive director of the University of
Arkansas Resiliency Center/Professor of Ecological
Engineering. A professor in the university’s Bio-
logical and Agricultural Engineering Department,
he coordinates academic, research, outreach,
and facilities efforts in sustainable and resilient
systems across campus. His interdisciplinary work
has been recognized by agriculture, engineering,
architecture, landscape architecture, and sus-
tainable design organizations. He serves on EPA’s
Science Advisory Committee for Agriculture and
as sustainability science advisor for 12 food and
agricultural product companies. Matlock, who
received his Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering from
Oklahoma State University, is a registered profes-
sional engineer, a board-certified environmental
engineer, and a certified ecosystem designer.
World Wildlife Fund – US
Washington, DC
World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) senior vice pres-
ident, Fresh Water and Food, drives initiatives
that increase the sustainability of agricultural
systems and the conservation of water. Dr. Ho
came to WWF from the Millennium Challenge
Corporation, where she oversaw a $1.5 billion
portfolio of infrastructure investments in West
Africa. She also served at USAID overseeing the
strategy development and implementation of
Feed the Future and developed and implement-
ed the agricultural water management strategy
and grant portfolio at the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. She has a BSc in Environmental
Systems from Cornell University, an MSc in Soil
Science (plant-water relations) from the Uni-
versity of California, Davis and a Ph.D. in Plant
Physiology from Pennsylvania State University.
Environmental Defense Fund
New York City, New York
Suzy Friedman plays a lead role in the
Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) work to
collaborate with farmers, grower organizations,
agribusinesses, food companies and retailers
to improve the resilience and sustainability of
the U.S. agricultural system. Since joining the
EDF in 2001, she has specialized in developing
partnerships with key agricultural stakeholders to
engage the full supply chain, leverage policy and
bring conservation to scale. Guided by science
and economics, Friedman focuses on conserva-
tion practices that improve farm productivity and
profitability, climate stability, water quality and
resilience to extreme weather.
 ADVISORS

J. Michael Quinn Marc Lewkowitz Mark Pryor Dr. Jesse Daystar

Frontier Spinning Mills
Sanford, North Carolina
Quinn is vice president of Cotton Operations and
Risk Management for Frontier Spinning Mills, one
of the world’s largest producers of spun yarns for
the knitting and weaving industries. He joined
Frontier in 2017 after working at Carolinas Cotton
Cooperative where he served as its president/
CEO for 16 years. He currently serves as a
member of ICE Futures US’ Trading Member and
Cotton Committee. A former participant in the
National Cotton Council’s (NCC) Cotton Leadership
Program, he is a former NCC vice president and
serves on multiple NCC committees among them
the Cotton Quality Task Force. Quinn holds a B.S.
in Business Administration and Marketing from
East Carolina University.
Supima
Tempe, Arizona
Since 2016, Marc Lewkowitz has served as
president and chief executive officer of the
Tempe, Ariz.-based promotional and marketing
organization for the American Pima cotton
growers. He began his career at a family-owned
gin in Paraguay and has worked as a trader and
manager for firms including ContiCotton, Merrill
Lynch, Itochu Cotton and Anderson Clayton/
Queensland Cotton. The business has taken him
from posts in Paraguay to Australia, Mexico and
the United States. Lewkowitz has served as an
advisor to the National Cotton Council’s export
promotions arm, Cotton Council International. A
Toronto, Canada native, he is a graduate of the
University of Western Ontario and the Memphis
Cotton Exchange International Cotton School.
The Seam
Memphis, Tennessee
Pryor leads the company’s strategic initiatives
including blockchain, commodities trading, track-
ing, clearing and software development solutions
for the agriculture industry. The Seam’s cloud-
based platforms have facilitated the trading and
management of tens of millions of cotton bales,
millions of tons of peanuts and billions of dollars
in trade management and settlements. Mark has
been featured in The Wall Street Journal and other
global news outlets for spearheading such initia-
tives as agriculture sustainability, traceability and
transparency. He is a Forbes Technology Council
member, an Agricenter International director, and
an advisor to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading
Commission. He also serves as a technology advi-
sor for the American Cotton Shippers Association
and the National Cotton Council.
Cotton Incorporated
Cary, North Carolina
Dr. Jesse Daystar is the chief sustainability
officer and vice president of Sustainability at
Cotton Incorporated and an adjunct assistant
professor at Duke University Nicholas School of
the Environment. He has published extensively
on the economic feasibility and environmental
sustainability of bio-based products and biofuels
in leading peer reviewed journals and recently
focused his efforts on how bio-based products
can solve the ever-increasing plastic problems.
He is active in the Field to Market Alliance for
Sustainable Agriculture and The Sustainability
Consortium. Dr. Daystar earned Bachelor of Sci-
ence degrees in Chemical Engineering and Pulp &
Paper Engineering and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Forest
Biomaterials at North Carolina State University.

Dr. Andrew Jordan

Jordan & Associates
Cordova, Tennessee
Jordan assists clients in developing sustainable
agriculture and environmental and social
responsibility plans. He is a charter member
of the multi-stakeholder coalition, Field to
Market-Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, and
the recent recipient of its Trusted Advisor Award.
He also is a director for Agricenter International
and a co-owner of Secure Food Solutions (a
food safety firm). He previously served as vice
president, Technical Services for the National
Cotton Council (NCC) and is an advisor to the
NCC’s COTTON USA Sustainability Task Force. He
earned a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from the
University of Georgia, and both a M.Sc. in Agri-
cultural Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering
from Clemson.