NCSPA Welcomes New Board Members

The North Carolina Soybean Producers Association elected seven new members to serve a three-year term on its board of directors at its 48th annual meeting in Durham, N.C. on Jan. 16, 2015. Four members currently serving on the board of directors were elected to serve a second term.Directors on the state soybean board are responsible for overseeing the soybean checkoff-funded research, marketing and communications work of the association, as well as conducting advocacy work on behalf of the state’s soybean industry.Newly elected board members are:Name/Hometown                                            Counties RepresentedGreg Manning of Nashville, N.C.                   Edgecombe, Halifax, NashReggie Strickland of Mt. Olive, N.C.             DuplinPhilip Sloop of Mt. Ulla, N.C.                         Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Davidson, Iredell, Lincoln, Randolph, RowanLogan Watson of Monroe, N.C.                     Gaston, Mecklenburg, UnionJason Starnes of Salisbury, N.C.                   Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Davidson, Iredell, Lincoln, Randolph, RowanRyan Kennedy of Hope Mills, N.C.                Cumberland, HarnettSydney Edwards Dunn of Edenton, N.C.     JohnstonThe following directors have been elected to serve a second term:Director                                                           Counties RepresentedDavid Heath of Dover, N.C.                            Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, PamlicoMichael McPherson of Mebane, N.C.           Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Orange, Person, Rockingham, StokesRyan Cahoon of Fairfield, N.C.                       Bertie, Chowan, Dare, Tyrell, WashingtonWesley Johnson of Dobson, N.C.                    Surry county and 24 other western counties