WASHINGTON — At the National Chicken Council’s (NCC) 68^th annual conference in Washington, the group announced the appointment of four officers to lead the organization through 2024. Among the elected officers was Randy Day, retired chief executive officer of Perdue Farms, who will serve as the NCC 2023-24 chairman.

After a 43-year-long career, Day retired this past summer and currently serves as special advisor to Perdue Farms’ board of directors. During his tenure with Perdue, which began in 1980, Day held various positions of increasing responsibility in the company’s two operating divisions, Perdue Foods and Perdue AgriBusiness.

Day earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Western Maryland College, a master’s degree in poultry nutrition from the University of Maryland-College Park and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

NCC elected Bill Griffith, chief operations officer at Peco Foods, the vice chairman. With over 25 years of management experience in the food industry, Griffith has developed a reputation for innovation, sustainability and quality. Before joining Peco, Griffith worked for Keystone Foods US, where he served as president and held other roles in food safety and quality assurance departments. He has also worked for Perdue and Tyson Foods.

Griffith holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

David Jackson, chief operating officer of Simmons Foods, Simmons Prepared Foods, Simmons Pet Food and Simmons Animal Nutrition, was named secretary-treasurer for NCC. David joined Simmons in 1991 and has over 32 years of poultry and pet food experience.

Jackson earned a bachelor’s degree in administrative management from the University of Arkansas and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

In addition to the three new officers, Mike Brown was elected to a thirteenth term as president of NCC.

“I look forward to working with the new officers, NCC Executive Committee and Board of Directors to continue to advance the industry’s interests and achieve our shared goals for next year,” Brown said. “This officer corps brings more than 100 years of combined experience in the poultry business and will be a major asset for NCC and the broiler industry.”