VALDESE, N.C.--Parks Neisler has been named Vice President of Sales for the Dicey Mills brand.   

He was previously Vice President of Dicey before it was sold to Valdese Weavers earlier this year.

He is involved in all areas of the brand with a special emphasis on sales and design development and is considered a part of North Carolina’s textile legacy. Neisler holds a Bachelors Degree in political science from Davidson College. 

As the grandson of Dicey Mills founders Paul M. and Dicey Kathryn Neisler, he’s spent a lifetime in the warp and weft business, according to a Valdese Weavers spokesman.

Parks’ father, Henry P. Neisler, was Dicey’s longtime President and CEO. From 2013 to 2015, Neisler was president of Dicey Mills, and before that served as the company’s Vice-President of sales for 25 years.  He began his career as a sales representative for Dicey in 1980.