Wilson succeeds outgoing chairman Thierry Murad, global product manager-poultry at AJC International, a major food exporter also headquartered in Atlanta. He will head the eight-member USAPEEC Executive Committee, which sets policy and gives direction to poultry export promotion group.
Charles von der Heyde of Pilgrim's Pride in Greeley, Colorado, was elected as first vice chairman; and Herbie Hoover of Sanderson Farms in Laurel, Mississippi, as second vice chairman. Joel Coleman, vice president and general manager of international sales at Butterball LLC in Mt. Olive, North Carolina, was elected secretary-treasurer.
Neil Carey of Simmons Foods in Siloam Springs, Ark., was elected chairman of USAPEEC's Marketing Committee. The chairman of this committee also serves on the board and has a seat on the executive committee. Rounding out the Executive Committee as at-large members are Mike Little, international sales manager Mountaire Farms in Selbyville, Delaware, and Jim Wayt of Intervision Foods in Atlanta. Murad will remain on the executive as past-chairman.
New members elected to three-year terms on the USAPEEC board are Claudio Saviano of House of Raeford, Raeford, N.C.; Greg Hinton of Rose Acre Farms in Seymour, Indiana; and Larry Gibson of George's Inc. in Springdale, Arkansas.
