Board of Directors

The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission is managed by the Board of Directors, which is elected by the members of the commission each January at the Annual Meeting. These twelve directors, who serve a rotating three-year term, are growers, packer-shippers or processors who are actively involved within the sweet potato industry. The Board is responsible for:

• Conducting the business of the North SweetPotato Commission
• Employing the Executive Director
• Carrying out the referenda
• Enforcing the observance by its members of all provisions of the Charter and By-Law

BOD Group 2008

2011-2012 Board of Directors

• Rob Hill, President, Tull Hill Farms
• Johnny C. Barnes, Vice President, Barnes Farming Corp.
• George Massengill, Secretary-Treasurer, Hill Top Farms
• Sue Johnson-Langdon, Executive Director
• Dwayne Ferrell, Vick Family Farms
• David Godwin, Godwin Produce Company
• Mike Hocutt, Hocutt Farms
• Phil Hudson, John Hudson Farms, Inc.
• Danny F. Kornegay Jr., Kornegay Farms
• Brent Leggett, Leggett Farming Partnership
• Dewey Scott, Scott Farms, Inc.
• Terrell Williams, H. Williams & Sons
• Adam Wooten, Wayne E. Bailey Produce Co.