As the senior economist for Cotton Incorporated, Jon Devine keeps key stakeholders in the textile and investment communities informed via timely market analyses of commodity economics and factors influencing their stability. Jon generates industry analyses of the various links on the cotton supply chain, contributing to the division’s examinations and reports on consumer and retail trends relevant to cotton textile and apparel sectors. He received a Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and holds dual Masters of Science degrees in Resource Economics and Policy, and Spatial Information Science and Engineering from the University of Maine.