Who Are the Members of ASA?

The U.S. sweetener industry is made up of thousands of beet and cane farmers who produce sugar, as well as thousands of other Americans who work in sweetener production and processing and in other businesses, providing goods and services to the industry. Membership in the American Sugar Alliance ranges from the sweetener producers themselves--including farmers all across the country, sugar processors and refiners--to the implement dealers, local banks, community businesses of all types, fertilizer distributors, factory workers producing heavy equipment needed in sugar production, and countless others in services and supply.This great diversity in membership lends tremendous strength to the American Sugar Alliance and the industry it serves.

Download the 'ASA Executive Committee Members Flowchart'

The American Sugar Alliance Executive Committee is comprised of the following:

• Carolyn Cheney
  Vice President, National Government Affairs, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida
• James Johnson
  President, United States Beet Sugar Association
• Luther Markwart — ASA Chairman
  Executive Vice President, American Sugarbeet Growers Association
• Jack Pettus
  Vice President of Government Relations, American Sugar Cane League
• Ryan Weston — ASA Vice Chairman
  Executive Vice President, Florida Sugar Cane League; Washington Representative, Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers; Washington Representative, Hawaii Sugar Farmers