ALEXANDRIA, VA – Brad Call, general counsel and executive vice president of adventure culture of North Salt Lake, Utah-based Maverik Inc., has been elected vice chairman of government relations for the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). He was named to this position on Oct. 8 at the conclusion of the association’s NACS Show in Atlanta. The NACS Show is ranked as one of the 50 largest annual tradeshows in the United States.

A member-driven organization, NACS is lead by its 30-member Board of Directors.

As the NACS vice chairman of government relations, Call oversees the association’s Legislative Committee.

Prior to joining Maverik full time in 1998, Call was employed as corporate counsel and director of congressional affairs for Fluor Corporation in Washington, D.C. In addition to his NACS activities, Call currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Beehive Bank.

With 220 stores, Maverik is the largest independent chain of convenience stores in the inter-mountain west. Maverik was founded in 1928 by Call’s grandfather.

Call earned a B.S in accounting in 1990 from Brigham Young University and a J.D.in 1993 from the George Washington School of Law. He served as Republican President at both institutions. 

In 2009, U.S. convenience stores had $511 billion in sales – nearly equal the sales of the country’s supermarkets ($556 billion) and the predicted 2010 sales in restaurants ($580 billion), and far greater than and drug stores ($218 billion). Overall, convenience stores accounted for one of every $28 spent in the country last year. In addition, there are 144,541 convenience stores in the United States – one per every 2,100 people. Other competing channels have far fewer stores, according to Nielsen TDLinx, such as supermarkets (35,612 stores), drug stores (37,654 stores) and mass merchandiser/dollar stores mass dollar stores (27,247).

Note to Editors: A photo of Brad Call is available upon request.