Ames Textile Corporation joined NTA in 1999, but the Stevens family has a long history with NTA going back to Jonathan's uncle Ames Stevens, Jr. of Brooks Woolen Company, who was NTA Chairman 1982-1984, and to the generations of Stevenses before him.
Ames Textile Corporation, six generations and 140 years in textiles, is working hard to meet the challenges of the changing global environment. The Game Time Fabrics organization is the recognized leading provider of innovative fabrics by those companies producing athletic team uniforms and athletic performance apparel for professional sports, college and university teams, high school teams and individual athletes across America. The Ames Yarn Group of Synthetic Yarns and Belmont Yarn has developed and sourced high performance continuous filament yarns for apparel labeling, home furnishings fabrics and industrial fabrics including high tenacity nylon for military parachutes.
Jonathan's first career choice after college was with VISTA – Volunteers in Service to America – doing social work in the Connecticut Department of Corrections. In that year, he felt frustrated that he was not effective in changing the world for better. He then decided to try the family textile business so that one day I might be in a position to provide a remedy for people coming out of prison which was to get a job so they could be self-supporting and independent. In working his way through the mill, he became hooked on the family business.
Jonathan has served in NTA leadership positions since 2000.