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Wally Darneille, Vice Chairman
Wally
Darneille took over as President and CEO of Plains
Cotton Cooperative Association in Lubbock in July
of 2004.
He grew up in Houston, and later attended
Dartmouth College, graduating cum laude in
1973.
From 1974 through 2004, he worked with Weil
Brothers-Cotton, Inc., in Montgomery, Alabama,
starting in the cotton sample room and ending up
as Senior Vice-President. During his
years at Weil, he earned his MBA magna cum laude
from Auburn University. He managed
cotton merchandising operations throughout Mexico
and Central America, and created new operations in
South America, Australia, and Central Asia.
He
has served as President of the Texas Cotton
Association, and is currently the President of the
International Cotton Association in Liverpool,
England, the first-ever American president of that
organization. He
has also served on the board of directors of the
American Cotton Shippers’ Association, and is
currently on the boards of the National Cotton
Council, AMCOT, Telmark, and The Seam. He is
Vice-Chairman of the National Council of Textile
Organizations, and will become Chairman next
year.
In 2003, he was named the Outstanding
Alumnus of Auburn University of Montgomery.
He
and his wife Margy have been very active over the
years in volunteer civic organizations, various
community boards, and support of the arts. They have
four children ages 22 to 29, and are members of
the Episcopal Church.
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