Joe Nicosia

Executive Vice President, Louis Dreyfus Company

Joe Nicosia is currently serving as Chairman of the National Cotton Council. He previously served as the NCC’s vice chairman. Nicosia has been a member of the board of directors of the National Cotton Council since 2011, was a segment vice president from 2014 to 2020, and currently also serves on the Executive Committee. He has served on multiple NCC committees including current membership on the NCC Farm Policy Task Force and the Performance and Standards Task Force.

Nicosia is the Global Trading Operations Officer for Louis Dreyfus Company as well as the Head of the Cotton Platform. He also is Executive Vice President of Louis Dreyfus Company LLC and Chief Executive Officer of Allenberg Cotton Co.

Nicosia graduate from Dartmouth College in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and the same year joined Louis Dreyfus Company as a grain trader in Minneapolis. in 1982 he transferred to Allenberg Cotton Co. and in 1985 assumed responsibility for cotton trading worldwide. Nicosia is active in several cotton industry associations and is past Chairman and serves on the board of directors of the American Cotton Shippers Association (“ACSA”). He is also the long-time chairman of the Futures Committee of ACSA.