The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission is managed by the Board of Directors, which is elected by the members of the commission each January at the Annual Meeting. These twelve directors, who serve a rotating three-year term, are growers, packer-shippers or processors who are actively involved within the sweetpotato industry. The Board is responsible for:
- Conducting the business of the North SweetPotato Commission
- Employing the Executive Director
- Carrying out the referenda
- Enforcing the observance by its members of all provisions of the Charter and By-Law
Board of Directors & Staff (2021 Virtual Annual Meeting)
2025 Board of Directors
- Rob Hill, President | Tull Hill Farms
- Brent Leggett, Vice President | Leggett Farming Partnership
- Thomas Joyner, Secretary / Treasurer | Nash Produce
- Rob Glover | Rob Glover Farming
- José (Pepe) Calderon | FarmPak
- Annette Starling | Millstream Farms
- Richard Anderson | Anderson Farms
- Kim LeQuire | Kornegay Family Farms and Produce
- Scott Sullivan | Sullivan Farms
- Linwood Vick | Vick Family Farms Partnership
- Michael Wood | J. Roland Wood Farms
- Sarah Carraway | Lancaster Farms