Leadership & Governance

Board Members

Meet the growers and industry leaders who guide the NC Vegetable Growers Association.

Officers

Executive Officers

President
Garrett Howell
Garrett Howell Farming Company
Goldsboro, NC
1st Vice President
Cody Waters
Conquest Insurance
Rocky Mount, NC
2nd Vice President
Jon Raiford
Raiford Farms
Seven Springs, NC
Chairman of the Board
Rob Glover
Rob Glover Farming Co.
Bailey, NC
Executive Director
Cathy Horton
NCVGA
Angier, NC
Executive Council

Executive Council

Executive Council · Expo Chairman
Chad Howell
Pivot Bio
Pikeville, NC
Executive Council
Randall Patterson
Patterson Farm, Inc.
China Grove, NC
Executive Council
Tracy Pope
Pope & Son
Clinton, NC
Executive Council
Curtis Smith
TC Smith Produce Farm, Inc.
Seven Springs, NC
Executive Council
Tommy Winston
Valley Hill Farms
Oxford, NC
Directors

Board of Directors

Director
Taylor Brock
Warren Farming Company
Newton Grove, NC
Director
Drew Clapp
Drexel Chemical Company
McLeansville, NC
Director
Taylor Ginn
HMK Farms, LLC · AgCarolina Farm Credit
LaGrange, NC
Director
Chris Pierce
Pierce's Greenhouse Plants
Princeton, NC
Director
Danny Beasley
Howell Farming Company
Goldsboro, NC
Advisors

Advisors & Agency Partners

Industry Advisor
JM Dickens
Triangle Risk Advisors
Louisburg, NC
Industry Advisor
Gentry Minshew
Getsco
Middlesex, NC
Industry Advisor
Anna Young
Seedway
Hall, NY
NCDA&CS Marketing Specialist
Kevin Hardison
NC Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Raleigh, NC
NCSU Advisor · Expo Program Chair
Erin R. Eure
NC State Extension
Gatesville, NC
NCSU Extension Advisor · Expo Program Chair
Allan Thornton
NC State Extension
Clinton, NC
NC Farm Bureau Advisor
Ashley Thomas
NC Farm Bureau — Specialty Crops Director
Raleigh, NC

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