Nathan Phinney, Canadian Cattle Association President

Nathan Phinney became President of CCA in December 2022. Phinney previously served as Chair of the New Brunswick Cattle Producers for eight years and Chair of the Maritime Beef Council for 10 years.
First elected as a director to the CCA in 2015, Phinney has been an active member of CCA’s Domestic Agriculture Policy and Regulations Committee and the Food Policy Committee.
Alongside his grandfather, Robert Acton, who previously served as a CCA Director, Phinney runs a family-owned backgrounding operation in Sackville, New Brunswick. He has been a strong advocate for cattle producers in Atlantic Canada. Namely, he has championed making Livestock Price Insurance available across Canada.
Phinney and his wife Jill have a son and twin daughters.