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J. Berrye Worsham

President and CEO, Cotton Incorporated

In his post as president and chief executive officer of Cotton Incorporated, the research and marketing company representing U.S. upland cotton producers and importers, Mr. J. Berrye Worsham oversees the company's global research and marketing programs.

These efforts are conducted through Cotton Incorporated's world headquarters and research and development center in Cary, North Carolina; the company's consumer marketing office in New York; as well as offices in Hong Kong; Osaka; Japan; Mexico City; and Shanghai, China.

Mr. Worsham, who joined Cotton Incorporated in 1983, previously served as executive vice president and chief operating officer. He has also served as vice president, corporate planning and program development, where he developed the company's five-year strategic plan; director, market research; director, fiber and economic analysis; and manager, cotton analysis.

Before joining Cotton Incorporated, Mr. Worsham was senior business analyst of JI Case Company in Racine, Wisconsin.

Mr. Worsham is a member of the Advisory Board for the Department of Textile Products Design and Marketing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Human Environmental Sciences. He is also a member of the board of directors of Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation in Cary as well as the Cary Chamber of Commerce.

A 1978 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Business Administration, Mr. Worsham received his MBA, with concentration in quantitative analysis and economics, from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1979.

Mr. Worsham resides in Cary, North Carolina with his wife, Donna, and their three daughters.