to protect and improve the economic viability of the Arizona Cotton Producer.
Officers
President
Adam Hatley
Secretary/Treasurer
Cassy England
Vice President
Jeff Larson
Vice President
Dean Wells
Michael Brooks
Jerry Rovey
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
District 1- Graham, Greenlee & Gila Counties
District 2- Eloy, Marana, Tucson
District 3- Sacaton, Casa Grande
District 4- Queen Creek, Coolidge, Florence
District 5- Laveen, Glendale, Scottsdale, Gilbert
District 6- Buckeye, Goodyear, Surprise
District 7- Yuma County
District 8-Maricopa, Stanfield
District 9-La Paz, Mohave Counties
Sam Daley & Justin Layton
Dan Pacheco & Don England Jr.
Clinton Wofford & Christopher Shanley
Brian Rhodes
Rocky Shelton
Dean Rovey & Richard Heiden
Clint Osborn & Ernest Johannsen
Todd Thelander & Larry Hart
Nathan Rovey & Stuart Bennett
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Ross Rayner
Todd Rovey
Dennis Palmer
Tribal Representative
Damian Murrieta
STAFF
Executive Director
Jadee Rohner
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National and State Organizations/Committees
National Cotton Council
Delegate | Alternate | Term Expires |
|---|---|---|
Dean Wells Michael Mullion | Richard Heiden Daniel Pacheco | December 2027 December 2026 |
Jeff Larson | Dean Rovey | December 2025 |
K.C. Gingg | Brad Harrison | December 2025 |
Gerald Rovey | Art Heiden | December 2025 |
Cotton Incorporated | ||
Ross Rayner, Director Dean Rovey, Director | Richard Heiden, Alternate Cassy England, Alternate | December 2025 December 2026 |
Cotton Council International | ||
Paco Ollerton, Director 2019 Mark Lewkowitz, Board Advisor 2019 Clyde Sharp, Past President 2011 | ||
Cotton Board | ||
Adam Hatley, Director Damian Murrieta Dan Pacheco | Member Advisor Alternate Member | December 2027 December 2025 December 2027 |
NCC/American Cotton Producers Arizona Representatives
NCC Board of Directors
Paul Bush, Cooperative At-Large | 2024-2025 | |
Bruce Heiden, Advisor to the Board | 2024-2025 | |
Paco Ollerton, Advisor to the Board | 2024-2025 | |
F. Ronald Rayner, Advisor to the Board | 2024-2025 | |
ACP
Dean Wells, State Chairman | ||
Gerald Rovey, Producer Director | ||
KC Gingg, State Chairman | ||
Cotton Foundation
Todd Rovey | ||
HOW DID ALL THIS BEGIN?
October 1, 1942 Arizona Cotton Growers was officially established as an organization. At the time there were as many as eight cotton organizations around the state. They decided that having this many players in the game actually weakened the general position of the farmer so they all came together in a meeting and unanimously agreed that all these organizations should be merged into one association, dealing exclusively with the problems of the cotton farmers. The Arizona Cooperative Cotton Growers Association was selected as the association for this function. Later, in September of 1953, our name officially became what we know today as Arizona Cotton Growers Association.
PAST PRESIDENTS
Year | Name | City |
|---|---|---|
1942 | H. S. (Casey) Abott | Phoenix |
1943 | J. S. Francis, Sr. | Peoria |
1943-44 | Harry A. Stewart | Phoenix |
1945 | Elwood H. Smith | Casa Grande |
1946-47 | J. D. Lee | Thatcher |
1948-52 | Cecil H. Collerette | Casa Grande |
1953-56 | J. Clyde Wilson | Buckeye |
1957-61 | Dan W. Clarke | Tucson |
1962 | Robert Hale | Marana |
1963-64 | Joe A. Sheely | Tolleson |
1965-66 | Charles F. Youngker | Buckeye |
1967-68 | Fred E. Enke | Casa Grande |
1969-70 | Arden J. Palmer | Thatcher |
1971-72 | James F. Barkley | Somerton |
1973-74 | J. S. Stephens | Buckeye |
1975-76 | J. S. Francis, Jr. | Peoria |
1977-78 | Howard Wuertz | Coolidge |
1979-80 | W. Bruce Heiden | Buckeye |
1981-82 1983-84 1985-86 | Carl E. Weiler C. L. "Bill" Scott Leyton Woolf | Tolleson Casa Grande Waddell |
1987-88 | James W. Cuming | Somerton |
1989-90 | Ronald Rayner | Goodyear |
1991-92 | Ted A. Pierce | Buckeye |
1993-94 | Robert K. Barkley | Somerton |
1995-96 1997-98 1999-00 2001-02 2003-05 2006-07 2008-09 2010-11 2012-13 2014-15 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23 | Larry W. Jarnagin Chuck K. Youngker Wiley Murphy Roger Hooper Clyde Sharp † Tom Isom Steven Bales Dan Thelander Greg Wuertz K.C. Gingg Paul “Paco” Ollerton Art Heiden Michael Brooks Jerry Rovey | Litchfield Buckeye Marana Casa Grande Yuma Casa Grande Buckeye Tempe Casa Grande Buckeye Casa Grande Buckeye Goodyear Buckeye |
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