Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 28, 1999
CHARLES A. HAYES is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Guilford
Mills, Inc. His other affiliations include: Director, American Textile
Manufacturers Institute, Knitted Textile Association, Piedmont
Associated Industries, North Carolina Citizens for Business and
Industry, North Carolina Textile Foundation, Biosource Genetics Corp.,
North Carolina Trust Co. as well as President, Southwest Farms & Ranch.
He is also a past President of North Carolina Textile Manufacturers
Association. Educated in the state of New York, Mr. Hayes has numerous
honors, including: Beta Gamma Sigma Fraternity, 1987 and Distinguished
Service Award, 1992, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Psi Psi
Textile Fraternity, School of Textiles, 1984 and Wautaga Medal, 1994,
North Carolina State University. He is currently on boards of the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Duke Comprehensive Cancer
Center, and Piedmont Associated Industries, North Carolina State
University among others, and is a Director at Wesley Long Community
Hospital, as well. Profile
Mills, your history, products, customers, those kinds of things?
Mr. Hayes: I came to Greensboro, North Carolina, 38
