Kevin Brinkley

2019 Davis College Distinguished Alumni Award

Kevin Brinkley of Lubbock, Texas received his bachelor's (1986) and master’s (1989) degrees in agricultural economics from Texas Tech. Since 2015, Brinkley has been the president and chief executive officer of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association in Lubbock. PCCA originates and markets cotton produced by its grower-owners located in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. After graduation, he joined the staff of the National Cotton Council as a field representative for the Texas High and Rolling Plains. He was promoted to an economist position in NCC’s Memphis headquarters in 1990, where he conducted farm policy analysis and provided marketing support for the Cotton Council International’s efforts to promote U.S. cotton. He then joined the staff of “The Seam” as marketing manager. The company was created in 2000 to offer an online, neutral exchanges for cotton trading. In 2003, he was promoted to vice president of marketing and business development before moving to senior vice president in 2011. He was named chairman and chief executive officer before transitioning to PCCA.