Colin Woodall is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and leads the country’s oldest and largest national trade association for cattle producers in being the trusted leader and definitive voice of the U.S. cattle and beef industry.    

Originally from Big Spring, Texas, Colin graduated from Texas A&M University and then worked for Cargill’s grain division at several locations in western Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle. After venturing to Washington, D.C., Colin worked as a U.S. Senate staffer. He has been with NCBA since 2004 and served as the association’s chief lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Colin serves on the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee providing counsel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative. He is a life member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, member of the Western Stock Show Association, member of the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association, an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Alabama CattleWomen’s Association, and past Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Agriculture Council of America. He also volunteers as a junior commercial steer show judge at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition.