Joe Nicosia
Global Platform Head of Cotton, Louis Dreyfus Company
Joe Nicosia is the Chief Executive Officer of Allenberg Cotton Co. as well as the Global Platform Head of Cotton for Louis Dreyfus Company. Joe graduated from Dartmouth College in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and the same year joined Louis Dreyfus Commodities as a grain trader in Minneapolis. In 1982 he transferred to Allenberg Cotton Co. and in 1985 assumed responsibility for cotton trading worldwide. Joe is active in several cotton industry associations and is a past Chairman and serves on the board of directors of the American Cotton Shippers Association. Joe is also the long-time chairman of the Futures Committee of ACSA. He is also on the board of directors of the National Cotton Council of America.