Company

Circle One Global, Inc., a Georgia corporation, was founded in October 2000 and purchased by its current management group in March 2002. Circle One Global, Inc. is committed to bringing to market, products dedicated to safely and effectively reduce aflatoxin contamination of agricultural commodities.

Corporate Management

Charlie Rose, Chairman of the Board: Graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1964, Rose was admitted to the bar and began his practice with the law firm of former governor Terry Sanford in Raleigh, North Carolina. From 1968 to 1972, he served as Chief District Court Prosecutor of the 12th Judicial District of North Carolina. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, Rose was subsequently re-elected eleven times, retiring in 1996. Chairman of many of the Agriculture Sub-Committees, Rose was a member of the House Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, serving as President in 1991 and 1992.

Since retiring from Congress, he and wife, Stacye, have built a successful consulting business specializing in agriculture-related business. Rose has served as President of Rose & Hefner Consulting Company since it’s inception in 1997.

Alvin Jones, Chief Executive Officer: Born and raised in the middle of the peanut belt, Cuthbert, Georgia, Jones has an extensive background in the peanut industry. While numerous relatives were career peanut growers, Jones became a minority partner and buying-point manager with Sammons Peanut Company in Shellman, Georgia in 1982. He and his cousin, John “Sonny” Sammons built the company into a multi-location facility with buying points located in Shellman, Cuthbert and Sasser. The expansion also included processing farmer-stock peanuts, storage, seed shelling and trucking. During the mid-eighties, Sammons Peanut Company became the largest independent buyer of peanuts for Cargill in the state of Georgia. The company was sold to McCleskey Mills in 1989.

Prior to his entry into the peanut buying business, Jones spent twelve years in the public relations department of NASCAR’s sister company, International Speedway Corporation. During this time, he assisted Linn Hendershot in developing the NASCAR licensing arm.

In addition to his current position with Circle One Global, Inc., he continues to serve as Managing General Partner of Signabrands, LLC, located in Shellman, Georgia. The company specializes in developing licensing programs for consumer products and NASCAR teams and drivers.

Danny L. Gay, Sr., President, Domestic Sales: A native of southwest Georgia, Danny has long been active in the peanut industry. He is past president of the National Peanut Buyers Association and is the current president of the National Peanut Buying Political Action Committee. Currently a resident of Fort Gaines, Georgia, he operates the Riverside Peanut Company and Clay Farm Products, a farm supply dealership he has owned since 1981.

Upon completion of his studies at Georgia State University in 1967, Gay became active in the insurance industry, managing the Atlanta and Lower Alabama-Florida Panhandle Districts for Keuper Insurance Companies. He opened his own agency, Dan L. Gay & Associates in 1978 and returned to Fort Gaines in 1980 where he also has been active in real estate development and construction. He served as Clay County, Georgia Chief Magistrate from 1980 to 1986 and as Clay County Commissioner from 1986 to 1990.

Robert Jones, President, International Sales.  Originally from southwest Georgia, Robert has lived and worked near the Atlanta, Ga area since 1970. His background includes managment, sales and marketing, including importing manufactured goods for sale in the United States. In addition, Robert lead a world reknown restoration project from 1979-82.

Ron Teunis, Executive Vice President, Planning and Development: Formerly a deputy manager of community relations for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, Teunis has served as a consultant and government relations’ manager for Circle One Global, Inc. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he attended public schools, and after service with the U.S. Army, 1952 to 1955. He majored in journalism at the University of Michigan.

Teunis spent eighteen years as a newspaper reporter including the assignment of State-house bureau chief in Trenton, N.J. for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Turning to public relations in 1975, he served with numerous policy groups and as a political consultant for Congressional and statewide campaigns. He joined the University of California in 1979 and took early retirement from the university and the U.S. Department of Energy in 1994.

Since his retirement, Teunis has worked in governmental relations and pursued postgraduate work in political science at the University of South Florida. He is a member of the academic Honorary Society Phi Kappa Phi.

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