information@staplcotn.com | (662) 453-6231 HOME WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO IN THE KNOW RESOURCES CAREERS CONTACT US ACCOUNT LOGIN Allen Retires; Reichle to Serve as President & CEO POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 After 33 years of service to the company and 8 years of serving as president and CEO, Meredith B. Allen retired from Staple Cotton Cooperative Association (Staplcotn) and Staple Cotton Discount Corporation (Stapldiscount) on September 19, 2018. Allen joined Staplcotn’s marketing team in 1985 and was promoted to vice president of marketing a year later. In 2008, he became Staplcotn’s executive vice president and assumed his current position, replacing Woods Eastland, in 2010. Allen is a former president and former chairman of Cotton Council International and former board member and chairman of the Memphis Branch Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He is a director and former vice president of the National Cotton Council and a director of Delta Council. Allen served on the boards of The Seam and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Agribusiness Industry Council, as well as on the cotton committees of both the National Council of Textile Organizations and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). He also served on the board of AMCOT, a trade association made up of the four major U.S. cotton cooperatives. Selected by the board to take over the position of president and CEO is Hank Reichle of Greenwood, Mississippi, formerly executive vice president of Staplcotn and Stapldiscount. Reichle, a Columbus, Mississippi native, holds a B.A. degree in Accountancy from the University of Mississippi. He began his career at Ernst and Young in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1997. In 2001, Reichle entered the cotton industry when he accepted the position of corporate controller with the newly formed internet-based cotton exchange, The Seam. He was soon promoted to chief financial officer. Reichle joined Staplcotn in 2004, and in 2005 assumed the position of senior director of export sales. He was promoted to vice president of export sales and market administration in 2010 and to vice president of marketing in 2014. He was named executive vice president in 2016. Reichle serves as first vice president of Cotton Council International and on the boards of the National Cotton Council and The Seam. He was recently elected as an AMCOT director and named to the Agribusiness Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Reichle is also involved with several community organizations including Greenwood-Leflore Chamber of Commerce and Greenwood Utilities. SEARCH RECENT POSTS Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) 2020 Grower Meeting Schedule Allen Retires; Reichle to Serve as President & CEO Brooks Joins Staplcotn REVISED Grower Meeting Schedule 2018 ARCHIVES May 2020 January 2020 September 2018 February 2018 December 2017 November 2017 April 2017 November 2016 October 2016 July 2016 March 2016 February 2016 November 2015 October 2015 April 2015 January 2015 September 2014 June 2014 February 2014 January 2014 September 2013 June 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 September 2012 January 2012 November 2011 September 2011 March 2011 Founded in 1921, Staple Cotton Cooperative Association (Staplcotn) is the oldest and one of the largest cotton marketing cooperatives in the United States. We provide a range of services to our members, including: domestic and export marketing; cotton warehousing; and agricultural financing, which is available through Stapldiscount, the lending arm of Staplcotn. AT A GLANCE Account Login About Staplcotn Meet Our Growers Member Marketing Cotton Sales and Shipping Cotton Warehousing Stapldiscount IN THE KNOW Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) 2020 Grower Meeting Schedule Allen Retires; Reichle to Serve as President & CEO CONTACT US Main Office 214 West Market Street Greenwood, MS 38930 Main: (662) 453-6231 Fax: (662) 453-4622 Email: information@staplcotn.com © 2021 Staplcotn. All Rights Reserved. Website Terms and Conditions