SOUTHAVEN, MS – National Cotton Batting Institute members extended the terms of key officers for another year and elected one new director at the organization’s annual membership meeting in Baltimore.

    Richard Ayers, managing director and chief financial officer of Jones Fiber Products, Inc., of Humboldt, TN, was re-elected president for 2008-09. Weston Arnall of Norman Paschall Co., Peachtree City, GA, was re-elected vice president, and Fred Middleton of Southaven, MS, was re-elected executive secretary-treasurer.

    Doug Dyer of Searles Valley Minerals in Overland Park, KS, was elected to a three-year term on the Board. He succeeds Jay Stolfi, Rose Mill Co., East Hartford, CT, whose term expired.

    Ravi Kobawala, F. Hyman and Co., Chicago; John Rowland, Trace Industries, Inc., Houston, MS; Bruce Smith, McKay & Co., Roswell, GA; Tony Tamburro, Leigh Fibers, Spartanburg, SC; and Greg Windsperger, Airtex Industries, Inc., Cokato, MN, complete the Board.

2008-09 Officers and Board