President

L. Wayne Boseman

Wayne Boseman was born and raised in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Wayne attended North Carolina State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business Management in 1993 with a minor in Accounting. Following graduation, Wayne managed the 8,000 acre Boseman family farm from 1993 to 2001. The farm diversified in many crops, including tobacco, cotton, peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes. Wayne also managed a cucumber packing operation, buying from growers throughout eastern NC and selling to pickle manufacturers throughout the US, and a peanut buying station which served a three county area including Nash, Edgecombe and Halifax counties.

Wayne initially joined Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative in 2001 as a Market Analyst where his responsibilities include brokerage relations, execution of futures trades, market research and analysis. In 2004, Wayne was appointed Vice President of Brokerage for the Cooperative's newly established subsidiary Southeast Futures Management.

​In 2015, Wayne left the Cooperative to take a position as Director of Operations for Braswell Foods where he was responsible for grain purchasing, feed operations and egg operations. Braswell Foods is a large privately owned egg and feed company that produces both conventional and organic feed and eggs as well as being the second largest Egglands Best franchisee in the US.

​Wayne rejoined the Cooperative in 2017 and now serves as President.

Wayne and his wife Gretchen have a son Micah and reside in Aventon, NC where he serves as a deacon at First Baptist Church of Rocky Mount.