Participan List 2023 cotton
Participan List 2023 reasons

PARTICIPANT LISTS

2024 COTTON USA Sustainability
Western Hemisphere Sourcing Fair

Cancun, Mexico

SECTION 1

Retailer / Brand / Uniform
Company Participants

(By Company)

Aramark

Emmanuel Moncayo

Director of Sourcing – Uniform Services
Email: moncayo-emmanuel@aramark.com

Zarah Valenzuela

Production/Fabric Planner
Email: valenzuela-zarah@aramark.com

Chefworks

Francesca Navarro

Sourcing/Raw Materials Manager
Email: francesca@chefworks.com

Cintas Corporation

Lana Linska

Strategic Sourcing Category Manager
Email: linskas@cintas.com

Asha Zimmerle

Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing, Design Collective
Email: zimmerlea@cintas.com

Dillard's

Kenny Wilsey

Sourcing Director
Email: kenneth.wilsey@dillards.com

Dovetail Workwear

Sara DeLuca

Co-Founder and Director, Product Development
Email: sara@dovetailworkwear.com

Game Sportswear

Roget Chavez

VP Domestic Manufacturing & Embellishment
Email: rchavez@gamesportswear.com

Mario Flores

Sourcing
Email: mflores@gamesportswear.com

Gymshark

Nina Del Maschio

Sourcing Director
Email: n.delmaschio@gymshark.com

Katie Drummond

Materials Director
Email: katie.drummond@gymshark.com

La Maison Simons Inc. (Canada)

Erika Dube-Marquis

Sourcing Director
Email: edube@simons.ca

Marcelo Lombard Perez

Sourcing
Email: mlperez@simons.ca

Lands End

Suzanne Elsner

Senior Director of Sourcing
Email: mason.chase@landsend.com

Mason Chase

Sourcing Manager
Email: suzanne.elsner@landsend.com

Levi’s

Aaron Rendon

Sourcing
Email: arendon@levi.com

Macy's

Samantha Pelosi

Director- Raw Materials
Email: samantha.pelosi@macys.com

Amy Resnick

Director, Strategic Sourcing
Email: amy.resnick@macys.com

OOBE

Eric Hargraves

Sr. Director: Procurement & Compliance
Email: eric.hargravesi@oobe.com

Ross Stores, Inc.

Stefanie Brandefine

Sr. Director – Product Sourcing and Services, Ladies Apparel
Email: stefanie.brandefine@ros.com

Alexa Genova

Associate Sourcing Manager
Email: alexa.genova@ros.com

Target

Hector Tock

Senior Managing Director, Sourcing & PSQA, Western Hemisphere
Email: hector.tock@target.com

Luis Capuano

Director Global Sourcing, Target Guatemala
Email: luiscapuano@lifung.com.gt

 

The TJX Companies, Inc.

Rachel Douglas

Sourcing
Email: rachel_douglas@tjx.com

Patrick Pilkington

Sourcing
Email: patrick_pilkington@tjx.com

 

VFC

Kurt Strominger

Director, Global Material Supply – Americas
Email: kurt_strominger@vfc.com

Sarah Brown

Supervisor Global Materials (Dickies)
Email: sarah_|_brown@vfc.com

Workwear Outfitters

Carlos Cuervo

Sourcing Manager – Sourcing, Americas
Email: carlos_cuervo@vfc.com

Iris Lopez

Product Development and Costing Manager
Email: iris.lopez@wwof.com

Fernando Goya

Engineering & Manufacturing Services Director
Email: fernando.goya@wwof.com

SECTION 2

US Mills
Company Participants

(By Company)

Antex Knitting Mills

Anna MacMassey

Vice President of Merchandise and Design
Email: annam@antexknitting.com

CCW

Bryan Ashby

President
Email: bryan@carolinacotton.com

Contempora Fabrics

Ron Roach

President
Email: rroach@contemporafabrics.com

Alex Whitley

VP, Sales
Email: awhitley@contemporafabrics.com

Chase Johnson

Key Account Manager
Email: cjohnson@contemporafabrics.com

 

Costwold Industries

James McKinnon

CEO
Email: james@cotswoldindustries.com

Steven Marrandino

Vice President of Sales
Email: smarrandino@cotswoldindustries.com

Jeff Penner

Global Marketing Manager
Email: jeffrey@cotswoldasia.com

Hamrick Mills

Jim Hopkins

Vice President
Email: jhopkins@hamrickmills.com

Keer America

Shanging Zhu

Chairman

Lilian Zhang

General Manager
Email: lizhang@keeramerica.com

Mohamed Suliman

Sales Manager
Email: msuliman@keeramerica.com

Alejandro Marin

Sales Representative
Email: amarin@keeramerica.com

Nicole Lin

Chairman Executive Assistant
Email: sales@keeramerica.com

 

Parkdale

Andy Long

VP of Sales and Marketing, Spun Lab Division
Email: along@parkdalemills.com

Swisstex Direct

Liza Chavez

Purchasing & Procurement Manager
Email: liza@swisstexdirect.com

Quinn Foster

Assistant
Email: quinn@swisstexdirect.com

SECTION 3

Regional Mills and Manufacturers

(By Country)

Colombia

Crystal

Marcela Gómez

International Account Manager
Email: mmgomezr@crystal.com.co


 

Fabricato

Giorgo Lignarolo

International Sales Manager
Email: glignarolo@fabricato.com

Dominican Republic

R.J Torres Manufacturing

Cecilia Garcia

Operation Manager
Email: cecilia@rjtorres.com

El Salvador

Grupo Miguel

Ana Miriam Rivas

Product Development Manager
Email: amrivas@grupomiguel.com.sv

Karla Anaya

Business Development Manager
Email: karla.anaya@grupomiguel.com.sv


 

Industrias Merlet

Andrés Patiño

Commercial Director
Email: andres.patino@imerlet.com


 

League

Rogelio Alvarez

President
Email: rogelio.alvarez@league9l.com

Renato Rosales

Planning and Material Procurement Director
Email: renato.rosales@league9l.com


 

Milco Industries Inc

David Cohen

VP Sales
Email: davidc@milcoapparel.com


 

O.A.

Josephine Ho

Vice President
Email: josephine@oa2012.com


 

Textufil

Ricardo Gotuzzo

Sales Manager
Email: rgotuzzo@textufil.com


 

Westtex Apparel

Chaminda Don

President
Email: chamindad@westtexapparel.com

Guatemala

Clarotex

Joon Suk Shin

Sales Director
Email: jsshin@youngst.com


 

Gama Textil

Natalia Alfaro

Commercial Manager
Email: natalia.alfaro@imerlet.com


 

Global Textiles

Jorge Zaid

VP Sales
Email: jorgez@globaltextilesgt.com


 

GSE Guatemala

Heung Tae Kim

Managing Director
Email: juankim@gsent.co.kr

Tommy Lee

Director / Direct Business Sales Team
Email: tommylee@gsent.co.kr


 

Hansae

Nick Choi

Director
Email: nickchoi@hansae.com

Taeho Yoon

Senior Project Manager
Email: thyoon@hansae.com


 

Imperialtex

Guillermo Zaid

CEO
Email: guillermo.zaid@imperialtex.com


 

Liztex

Davide Piazza

Product Development Director
Email: dpiazza@liztex.com


 

S&L Guatemala

Ryan Lee

President
Email: ryanlee@slguatemala.com

Jeong Woo Hong

Sales Manager
Email: jethong@slguatemala.com


 

Sae-A

SS. Choi

SVP, Korea Office
Email: sschoi@sae-a.com

Joon S. Choi

Managing Director of Sales
Email: joonchoi73@sae-a.com


 

Shinwon Guatemala

Peter Cho

Sr. Manager
Email: petercho@shinwon.com

Sveta Seol

Sales Manager
Email: svetaseol@shinwon.com

Honduras

Elcatex

Jose Carlos Segurado

Business Manager
Email: jose.segurado@elcatex.com


 

Grupo Karim’s (GK)

Adrian Hernández

CEO
Email: adrian.hernandez@gkglobal.com

Luis Mejia

Executive Vice-President Apparel
Email: luis.mejia@ata-usa.com

Mexico

Amray de Mexico (Texray)

Steve Wei

President
Email: stevew@texray.com

Celeste Yang

Product Coordinator
Email: celeste_yang@texraymexico.com.mx

Tiffany Hsiao

LA Office Sales
Email: tiffanyh@trlagroup.com


 

Apparel International

George Wiederecht

VP of Sales
Email: gwiederecht@apparelinternational.com


 

Codipsa

Fernando Moyano

CEO
Email: fernando@sanfernando.com.mx


 

Colors Apparel

Carlos Gonzalez

CEO
Email: carlos@mc-marc.com.mx

Gabriela Rhodes

Merchandising
Email: a.rhodes@colorsapparel.com.mx


 

Comercializadora Keter

Francisco Schreiner

CEO
Email: pacos@ketermex.com


 

Condeca (Mediform)

Arturo Diaz

CEO
Email: arturodima@ajhmaquila.com


 

Confecciones Jumaco 

Emilio Rodríguez

Director Of Operations
Email: erodriguez@jumaco.com.mx


 

Grupo Vivatex 

Gerardo Sánchez

Yarn Manager
Email: gesanchezi@grupovivatex.com.mx


 

Kaltex 

Monica Betancur

Product, Merchandising & Marketing Director
Email: mbetancur@kaltex.com.mx

Dennis Gilrain

VP Piece Dye
Email: dennis.Gilrain@kaltex.com

Eric Goldstein

VP Kaltex Apparel
Email: eric.goldstein@kaltex.com


 

Monty Industries 

David Conde

Sales & Marketing Manager
Email: david.conde@montymexico.com


 

Multiropa KS

Arturo Katz López Portillo

Cheif Executive Officer
Email: akatzlp@gmail.com

Diana Katz Obeso

Cheif Operating Officer
Email: dianak@gmail.com


 

Opportex 

Norma Lomas

CEO
Email: normalomas@opportex.com.mx


 

Playeras Mark 

Armando Barrera

General Manager
Email: armando@playerasmark.com

Fernando Barrera

Manager
Email: fbarguz_marka@hotmail.com


 

Ropa Siete Leguas 

Wilson Avalos

Executive Vice President
Email: wilson.avalos@thecommonlink.us


 

Satex Textil 

Aldo Sánchez

General Manager
Email: asanchez@satext.com.mx

Gustavo González

Commercial Director
Email: ggonzalez@satext.com.mx


 

Tavex 

Alicia León

Sales Manager
Email: aleon@tavex.com.mx


 

Vertical Knits 

Alan Acosta

Corporate Responsability Head
Email: alan.acosta@verticalknits.com

Hibram Diaz

Product Safety Head
Email: hibram.diaz@verticalknits.com

Nicaragua

ShingSung Tongsang

Edward Kim

Director of Operations
Email: kykim@ssts.co.kr

Peru

Topy Top

Sigrid Rivas

Commercial Director
Email: srivas@topitop.com.pe

Wilfredo Meza

Sustainability Manager
Email: wmeza@topitop.com.pe


 

World Textile Sourcing

Rodrigo Lines

CEO
Email: rlines@wts.com.pe

 

SECTION 4

Speakers, Staff and
Other Representatives

Cotton Council International

United States

Vaughn Jordan

Deputy Executive Director
Email: vjordan@cotton.org

Trenton Rae

Sustainability Manager of Brands and Retailer’s Western Hemisphere
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
Email: trae@cotton.org

Billy Donohue

International Program Coordinator
Email: bdonohue@cotton.org

Won-Jung Choi

Country Manager, Korea
Email: wchoi@cotton.org


 

Latin America

Floribeth Gonzalez-Schuyler

Regional Manager, Latin America
Email: fschuyler@cotton.org

Nicohol Pepper

Sourcing Program Coordinator
Email: nicohol@cotton-cr.com

Mariam Yitani

Mexican Coordinator
Email: myitani@cotton.org

Cotton Incorporated

United States

Steven Pires

Sustainability
Email: spires@cottoninc.com

Jaime Flores

Director, Supply Chain Marketing – LAM
Email: jflores@cottoninc.com

ACSA

United States

Darren Newton

Speaker
Email: darren.newton@viterra.com

Cotton Board

United States

Elizabeth King

VP of Importer Relations
Email: eking@cottonkoard.org

US Embassy in Mexico

Adriana Otero

Agricultural Specialist
Email: oteroma@state.gov

Claudia Hernández

Agricultural Specialist
Email: hernandezcaO2@state.gov

COTTON USA Sourcing Program

COTTON COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS & LATIN AMERICA

1521 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036,USA
Phone: +1(202) 745-7805

Vaughn Jordan

Deputy Director
Director, Western Hemisphere
Email: vjordan@cotton.org

CBI OFFICE:

Terrazas del Este #13,
Sabanilla de Montes de Oca,
San Jose, Costa Rica
Phone: +(506) 2224-0740

Floribeth Gonzalez-Schuyler

Regional Manager, Mexico,
Central America & The Caribbean
Email: fschuyler@cotton.org

ANDEAN OFFICE:

Avdal5 #104-30,
Oficina 311
Bogota, Colombia
Phone: +57 (1) 623-3132

KOREAN OFFICE:

Leema Building, Suite 303,146-1
Soosong-Dong, Chongro-Ku
Seoul 110-755, Korea
Phone: +(011-82-2) 722-3681/2

Won-Jung Choi

Program Manager
Email: wchoi@cotton.org