USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), Stone Mountain, Ga.
Jim Wayt, managing director of Intervision Foods, was elected chairman of the board, succeeding outgoing chairman Mike Little, vice president of sales at Mountaire Farms. As chairman, Wayt will head the 8-member executive committee, which sets policy and gives direction to USAPEEC. Also elected to the executive committee are Steve Monroe, manager of export sales for Sanderson Farms, as first vice chairman; and Steve Lykken, senior vice president at Jennie-O Turkey Store, as second vice chairman. Joel Coleman, vice president and general manager of international sales at Butterball, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Meanwhile, Neil Carey, vice president of poultry sales for Simmons Prepared Foods, was re-elected chairman of USAPEEC’s marketing committee. Newly appointed at-large members are Scott Chapman, senior vice president of sales for Lineage Logistics, and Marc Killebrew, vice president of international sales for Tyson Foods.