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All of our team members come from various product backgrounds and different parts of the country. They may have helpful shipping tips from your area or display ideas for your products. Pick the best match to your product line or location – reach out to a team member that may have the best answers for you!

Todd Ablowitz
Senior Vice President, Sales

Double Diamond Group

Pamela Adams
Regional Development Director
Constant Contact, Inc.

Judy Affek
Senior Director for Learning & Execution Improvement
7-Eleven Inc.

Barry Ahern
Director, Operations & HR

Verc Enterprises



Jeannie Amerson
Advertising and Loyalty Manager
Flash Foods, Inc. The Jones Company

Renee Andrew-Lewis
Loyalty Consultant

KickBack, LLC dba KickBack Rewards System



James Andrews
BrandInfluence

Paul Ballew
Vice President

The Integer Group

Cathy Barber
Sales Manager, CT

L.E. Belcher, Inc.

Jack Bastable
National Practice Leader

CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc.



Jon Bausman
Director of Media & Brand Development
Ricker Oil Co.

Julie Becker
Vice President, Environmental Affairs
Alliance of Auto Manufacturers

Bill Benjamin
CEO

Institute for Health and Human Potential

Scott Berhang
Director, Client Education
Oil Price Information Service

Willard Bishop
Chairman
 
Willard Bishop

Ira Blumenthal
President
Co-Opportunities, Inc.

Beth Boggs
Managing Partner
Boggs, Avellino, Lach, and Boggs

Joseph Bona
President, Retail Division
CBX

Kevin Boonie
Senior Loss Control Consultant
Collins and Associates

Mike Boyd
Vice President of Sales

LSI Industries

Rodney Brent
HR Manager

Kwik Chek Food Stores, Inc.

Paul Breslin
Instructor
J. Mack Robinson College of Business

James Bressi
Director, Food Research & Development
Kwik Trip, Inc.

Keith Broviak
Director, Marketing
Ricker Oil Co.

Ronald Brown
Carolina HealthSpan Institute

Rahim Budhwani
CEO
6040, LLC

Robert Buhler
President and CEO
Open Pantry Food Marts of Wisconsin, Inc.

Jenny Bullard
Chief Information Officer
Flash Foods, Inc. The Jones Company

Donald Burke
Senior Vice President, Information Management

Management Science Associates

Nancy Caldarola
Consultant, Hospitality Management, Food Safety & Profitability Improvement

Concept Associates, Inc.

Priscilla Cale
Program Director
University of Connecticut

Conrad Carney, II 
Chief Executive Officer
CMSText

Dave Carpenter
President 
J.D. Carpenter Companies, Inc.

 

Wences Casares
Founder

Bling Nation

David Caudill
Senior Director, IT
Thorntons Inc.

Constance Chiara
President

CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc.

Joseph Chiovera
Senior Director - Fresh Foods Procurement, QA, R&D
7-Eleven Inc.

Parke Collins, II
President 
Collins & Associates

Edward Collupy
Vice President, Information Services

The Pantry, Inc.

Ron Coppel
Vice President, Development

Eby-Brown Company LLC

Brandi Cushman
Category Manager C.N. Brown Company

The Big Apple Food Stores

Jack Cushman
Vice President of Foodservice
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, Inc.

Lisa Dell Alba
Vice President Operations
Square One Markets, Inc.

Kevin Dowell
Human Resources Manager

FKG Oil Company dba Moto Mart

Fran Duskiewicz
Senior Executive Vice President
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, Inc.

Nancy Eddleman
Senior Accountant

Amite Foods Inc.

John Eichberger
Vice President, Government Relations
NACS

Jim Ellis
Senior Consultant

PRISM Information Network

Alan Epstein
Principal
The Epstein Group

David Ezell
Engineering
VeriFone, Inc.

Kevin Farley
Vice President, Marketing

GSP Marketing Technologies

Tom Feltenstein
CEO/Founder

Tom Feltenstein’s Power Marketing Academy

Julie Fields
Director, Government Relations
NACS

Jim Fiene
Chief Operating Officer

Open Pantry Food Marts of Wisconsin, Inc.

John Fisher
Senior Vice President, Foodservice

The Pantry, Inc.

Corey Fitze
Director, Government Relations
NACS

Robert Forsyth
President

FKG Oil Compaqny dba Moto Mart

Christianna Frizzell 
Manager, Customer Relationship

Speedway SuperAmerica LLC

Randy Fulkerson
President/CEO

ABC Consulting Group

Scott Garfinkel
Managing Director

Morgan Keegan & Company Inc.

Derek Gaskins
Vice President, Marketing

NACS

Dan Gilligan
President 
Petroleum Marketers
Association of America

Frank Gleeson
Retail Director
Topaz Energy Group

Robert Gough
Executive Editor
Oil Price Information Service (OPIS)

Robert Graboyes
Senior Healthcare Advisor

National Federation of Independent Business

Thomas Gresham
President & CEO
Double Quick, Inc.

Kevin Grieve
CEO

Mocapay

Ieva Grimm
Operations/Store Manager

Sheetz, Inc.

Yana Gutierrez
Vice President, Business Development

American Express

Greg Hamilton
Director of Category Management, Tobacco

Thorntons Inc.

Bill Hanifin 
Managing Director
Hanifin Loyalty, LLC

Patrick Hare
Director, In-Store Marketing

Kraft Foods Global, Inc.

Scott Hartman
President and CEO
CHR Corp. dba Rutter's Farm Stores

Kevin Higar
Director Operator Product Development
Technomic, Inc.

Scott Hill
Vice President Convenience Sales
Jack Link's Beef Jerky

Greg Hodge
Retail Analyst

M&M Planet Retail

Tim Horton
Vice President, Business Development

First Data Corporation

Sonja Hubbard
CEO
E-Z Mart Stores, Inc.

Tracey Hughes
Vice President, Strategic Planning

Wallis Companies



Larry Jackson, Jr.
Managing Partner
GTG Business Resources, LLC dba Good To Go Markets

Elizabeth Jarocki
RVP, Retail Team

Kraft Foods Global, Inc.

Steven Johnson
Vice President, Convenience Retail

Coca-Cola

Steven Jones
Owner
Double Edge Development Group, Inc. dba Johnny Junxions

Doug Kantor
Partner
Steptoe and Johnson LLP

Patrick Kelly
Policy Advisory

American Petroleum Institute

Leroy Kelsey
Director, Industry Analytics
NACS

Thomas Kelso
Managing Director
Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc.

Dae Kim
Vice President, Research

NACS

Marcy Klipfel
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Kum & Go, L.C.

Kyle Krause
President and CEO

Kum & Go, L.C.

Mark Krull
Category Development Manager
The Hershey Company

Matt Lachut
Director, Marketing
Giant Eagle

Kabir Laiwalla
Chief Executive Officer
Platinum Federal Credit Union

Ron Lamberty
Vice President, Market Development
American Coalition for Ethanol

Alan Landy
Lean Retail Manager

Topaz Energy Group

Daniel Lassner
Gilbarco Veeder-Root

Chip Lavigne
President

Lavigne Oil Company

Michael Lawshe
President 
Paragon Solutions

Donny Lawson
Vice President
Ecolab - Kay Chemical

Jeff Lenard
Vice President, Communications
NACS

Joe Leto
Energy Analysts International, Inc.

Pat Lewis
Partner
Oasis Stop N Go LLC

Christopher Lietz
Director, Corporate Programs
Coalfire Systems, Inc.

Tracie Lilly
Chief People Officer
The Spinx Company, Inc.

Steve Loehr
Vice President Operations, Support

Kwik Trip

Mark Lucas
Vice President, Managed Services
Coalfire Systems, Inc.

Chris Lybeer
President

Radiant Systems, Inc.

James Maas
Maas Presentations

John MacDougall
President and CEO
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, Inc.

Doug MacKay
President 
The Glen Douglas Group

William MacKay
Managing Director

The Glen Douglas Group

Jill Manchester
Vice President, Immediate Consumption

Kraft Foods Global, Inc.

Gaurang Maniar
Giant Eagle

Brad McGuinness
Vice President, Development
VeriFone, Inc.

Terry McKenna
Principal

Convenience Store Coaches Inc.

Linda McKenna-Welch
Principal
Convenience Store Coaches, Inc.

Robert McMillon
Director, Solution Development
RSA

David Meiners
Owner

Meiners Market

Jeffrey Miller
President
Miller Oil Co., Inc. Miller Mart

Dick Mills
Holiday Station Stores, Inc.

Terry Monroe
Consultant
American Business Brokers

Dan Munford
Partner
Insight Research

David Murdock
Executive Vice President

Honey Farms Inc.

G.M. Murphy
Managing Partner

The Murphy Group LLC

Kate Ngo
Manager, Marketing Strategy and Communication

Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies

Richard Oneslager
President

Balmar Petroleum

Sarah Owen
First Data Corporation

Kimberly Owen
Director of Human Resources

QuikTrip Corporation

Pat Pape
Managing Partner

Brookview Advisors Inc.

Gregory Parker
President/CEO

Parker's dba The Parker Companies

Tara Paster
President 

Paster Training, Inc.

Donna Perkins
POS/Pricebook

E-Z Stop Food Marts, Inc.

Robert Perkins
Director, Marketing
Rutter's

Erik Peterson
Director of Store Engineering
Kwik Trip, Inc.

Glenn Plumby
Vice President, Operations

Speedway SuperAmerica LLC

David Portalatin
Director, Industry Analysis
The NPD Group, Inc.

Dux Raymond Sy
Managing Partner
Innovative-e, Inc.

Tom Rebel
Partner

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Wendy Redmond 
Director, Sales Convenience & On the Go

Lance, Inc.

Quinn Ricker
President
Ricker Oil Co.

Bill Ritter
President
Ritter & Associates LP

Sam Robb
Vice President, Marketing

Georgia-Pacific Professional

Stephanie Robert
Director, Event Marketing and Communications

NACS

Keith Roberts
Director
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

Thomas Robinson
President

Robinson Oil Corporation

Michael Roman
Downstream Issues Manager

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Dennis Ruben
Managing Director
NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC

James Russo
Vice President, Marketing

The Nielsen Company

Lesley Saitta
CEO
Impact 21 Group, LLC

Sharon Scace
Solution Design Authority

BP / ampm

Jared Scheeler
Owner

Bobby and Steve's Auto World

Mark Schumacher
Corporate Director, Fuel Management
SUPERVALU, Inc.

Joshua Seldman
Executive Stamina

Paul Servais
Food Service Zone Leader

Kwik Trip, Inc.

Paul Sewell
Group Managing Director
Sewell Group

Wanda Sheffield
Vice President, Operations

Miller Oil Co., Inc. Miller Mart

John Sileo

Becky Smith
Director of Human Resources

Wallis Companies

Nick Spann
Director, Information Systems

WILCOHESS, LLC

Lisa Stewart
President

Impact 21 Group, LLC

Sam Susser
President & CEO

Stripes LLC

Robert Swanson
Director, Research & Statistics

NACS

David Tate
Assistant Clinical Professor
Yale University School of Medicine



Gray Taylor
Consultant

Jim Terry, AIA, LEED AP, CASp
CEO
Evan Terry Associates

 

Lorrie Thomas
CEO & Marketing Therapist
Web Marketing Therapy

Paul Torcellini
Team Leader, Commercial Buildings Research

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

William Trefethen
Managing Director

Trefethen Advisors, LLC

Norman Turiano
Fuel Operations Manager
Wawa, Inc.

Paula Vaughan
Associate Principal

Perkins & Will

Leo Vercollone
Owner and President
Verc Enterprises, Inc.

Joseph Vonder Haar
President and CEO

JoeV LLC

Pedro Voyer
Senior Vice President, Franchising & Development

Burger King

William Wade
Senior Developer
PDI

Katie Wagner
Vice President
MWS Enterprises, Inc.

John Wallace
Director of Product Management

Emerson Climate Technologies

Jared Weiner
Vice President

Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.

Jerry Weiner
Vice President, Foodservice

Rutter's Farm Stores

Mark Wells
President
LJT Management Services Inc.

Roger Woodman
Senior Vice President

Morgan Keegan & Company Inc.

Scott Zaremba
President 

Zarco 66, Inc. dba Zarco 66 Earth Friendly Fuels

John Zikias
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Thorntons Inc.