Steve Monroe, manager of export sales at Sanderson Farms, Laurel, Mississippi, has been elected chairman of the board of the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) for 2016-17. Monroe succeeds outgoing chairman Jim Wayt, managing director of Intervision Foods in Atlanta. Monroe’s election came yesterday during USAPEEC’s annual meeting in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
As chairman, Monroe will head the 30-member USAPEEC Board of Directors, which sets policy and gives direction to USAPEEC, whose mission is to promote and increase exports of U.S. chicken, turkey, duck, and egg products worldwide.
