Posted January 19, 2016

 

PHOENIX – Marc Lewkowitz was named president and CEO of Supima, effective January 1, 2016.

 

Lewkowitz served as executive vice president of Supima for the past 12 years, during which time he helped develop the Supima® brand. He succeeds Jesse W. Curlee, who recently retired after 36 years with the organization.

 

Supima, based here, represents the producers of American Pima cotton in California, Arizona, New Mexico and the El Paso region of Texas. Supima licenses the Supima trademark to textile manufacturers, brands and retailers.  The organization presently has more than 350 licensees in 39 countries. Supima also has offices in New York and Fresno, Calif.

 

Lewkowitz, a native of Toronto, graduated from the University of Western Ontario and the Memphis Cotton Exchange International Cotton School. He began his career with a family-owned cotton gin in Paraguay and later worked as a trader for ContiCotton, Merrill Lynch, Itochu Cotton and Anderson Clayton/Queensland Cotton. He joined Supima in January 2003.

 

Source: Supima