2023 Southern Textile Association and Fiber Buyers Joint Annual Meeting 

Schedule of Events

2:30 - 4:00 PM          STA Executive Committee Meeting
3:00 - 6:30 PM          Staplcotn Hospitality Suite
4:00 - 5:30 PM          STA Board of Governors Meeting
4:00 - 6:00 PM          Registration
6:00 - 7:00 PM          Reception

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Monday, June 26

7:00 – 8:30 AM
Registration and coffee

8:45 – 11:00 AM
Joint General Session (Continental Breakfast)
Presiding: Scott Barfield, SCMA Fiber Buyer Division Chairman, Barnet 

"Cotton Market Update"
Hank Reichle, President & CEO
Staplcotn

"Gen Up: How to Hire & Retain the Next Generation"
Kamber Parker, Founder
The YoPro Know, LLC

"Building a U.S. Textile Supply Chain"
Anna Brakefield, Co-founder (with Mark Yeager)
Redland Cotton

Door Prizes
Nathan Fisher, Chairman – Door Prize Committee
Nava Technologies, LLC

12:00 PM               Golf Tournament, Barefoot Resort (Love & Norman Courses)
1:30 PM                 Beach Social
1:30 PM                 Bingo
5:00 - 6:30 PM       Staplcotn Hospitality Suite
7:00 - 10:30 PM     Reception & Dinner Dance                                  

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Tuesday, June 27

7:00 – 8:45 AM
STA Breakfast Meeting

9:00 – 11:30 AM
Second Joint General Session
Presiding: Charles Poston, STA President & Market Manager-Textiles, Kluber Lubrication

"Economic Review: What the Data is Telling Us"
Dr. Scott Baier, Professor and Chair, John E. Walker Dept. of Economics, Wilber O. and Ann Powers College of Business, Clemson University

"Legislative & Trade Updates"
Kim Glas, President & CEO
National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)

"Leadership & Crisis Managment"
Gen. Glenn M. Walters, President
The Citadel

Door Prizes
Nathan Fisher, Chairman – Door Prize Committee
Nava Technologies, LLC 

11:30 AM
Adjourn