NCC’s 71st Annual Conference took place last week, Oct. 28-29, in Washington, D.C. Here are a few photos from the event.
A special thank you to USPOULTRY for the partnership, in planning support, financial assistance and execution, for many NCC public relations and consumer education campaign projects advancing the industry’s efforts for the mutual benefit of both our associations and our members! L-R: USPOULTRY President Nath Morris; NCC Chairman and Simmons Foods COO David Jackson; and Harrison Kircher, NCC President
Nikolas Badminton, Chief Futurist at The Futurist Think Tank, talk about the “Exponential Food Supply – Looking to 2030 and Beyond”
L-R: NCC Chairman and Simmons Foods COO David Jackson; Judge Stephen Vaden, Deputy Secretary, USDA; NCC President Harrison Kircher; NCC General Counsel Brian Eyink, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Larry Sabado, Founder and Director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, provides attendees with a 2026 Midterm Election outlook
L-R: NCC VP of Government Affairs David Elrod; Edward Fishman; and Tom Super, NCC SVP of Public Affairs. Fishman spoke about how businesses can navigate the age of economic warfare. He is a Senior Fellow and Director at the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations; and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
L-R: Tom Super, Larry Sabato, Harrison Kircher, David Elrod, and Polina Burko, NCC Director of Meetings and Member Services
Trey Gowdy, former S.C. congressman and host of “Sunday Night in America” on FOX News, addresses attendees
Annual Conference Luncheon
David Jackson (R) passes the gavel to 2026-27 NCC Chairman Kevin McDaniel, President and CEO of Wayne-Sanderson Farms
The new 2026-27 NCC Officer Corp (L-R): Kevin McAdams, Chief Executive Officer and President of Perdue Farms, NCC Vice-Chairman; Harrison Kircher, NCC President; Kevin McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wayne-Sanderson Farms, NCC Chairman; Brad Respess, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tip Top Poultry, NCC Secretary-Treasurer
Thank you to all of our 2026 Annual Conference sponsors!
