Posted June 23, 2016

 

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Southern Textile Association (STA) presented The David Clark Award to Mitch Hensley, technical products business manager at National Spinning Co., during its 108th Annual Meeting here this week.

 

The David Clark Award, named for the founder of STA, honors past presidents of the association who continue to contribute Distinguished Leadership and Service to the association – and through it to the textile industry – for 10 or more years following their service as president. Recipients are selected by vote of the board of governors.

 

Hensley grew up in Thomasville, N.C., and attended Appalachian State University, graduating in 1996 with a BSBA in economics.

 

He began his career as a manufacturing management trainee at Ramtex, Inc. in Ramseur, N.C. He advanced within the company over the next 12 years to become the weaving and yarn mill manager and eventually to yarn sales manager. In 2007, he joined Patrick Yarn Mills, Inc. in Kings Mountain, N.C., where he served as director of manufacturing until 2014. He then joined National Spinning.

 

Hensley’s professional and civic activities include being a manufacturer’s representative in the National Cotton Council Cotton Leadership Class of 2005-06, a current manufacturing advisory council member at Cleveland Community College and a member of Central United Methodist Church in Shelby, N.C.

 

He and his wife Suzanne live in Shelby, N.C., and have three daughters.