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Cass
Johnson, President
Cass
Johnson is the president of the recently formed
National Council of Textile Organizations
(NCTO).
NCTO is a broad
based lobbying organization that represents the
interest of the domestic textile industry inWashington
DC.
Prior
to joining NCTO, Mr. Johnson worked at the
American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI)
for almost 13 years. Mr.
Johnson started at ATMI as an assistant director
of international trade and left ATMI as interim
President.
During
his tenure at ATMI, Mr. Johnson worked primarily
on bilateral and multilateral trade issues
concerning the textile industry. These
included the NAFTA agreement, the
Uruguay
Round agreements, the CBTPA legislation, the AGOA
legislation and the proposed CAFTA agreement. Mr.
Johnson also served as the principal industry
advisor during more than 45 bilateral textile
negotiations, including those with
China,
Vietnam,
Pakistan
and
India.
At
ATMI, Mr. Johnson also produced major studies on
textile market access, the impact of the quota
phase-out, the textile crisis and currency
manipulation.
Mr.
Johnson has represented the textile industry in
hearings before Congress, the International Trade
Commission and the United States Trade
Representatives Office. He is a
member of the ITAC-13 – the government trade
advisory council that represents the textile
sector. Mr.
Johnson has a BA in English from UCLA and an MBA
from the same school. |
