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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!



Henry Armour

President & CEO
NACS


Todd Ablowitz

President
Double Diamond Group


Kristine Anderson
C-Store Manager
Upper Sioux Community Prairie's Edge Conv. Store


Rachel Andreasson

Executive Vice President
Marketing
Wallis Companies


Paul Ballew

Vice President
Insight & Strategy

The Integer Group


Cathy Barber

Sales Manager
L.E. Belcher, Inc.


Brett Barclay

CEO
HIM!


Lyle Beckwith
Senior Vice President,
Government Relations

NACS


Scott Berhang

Director, Client Education
OPIS


Steven Bernstein

Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP



Lisa Berry

Director-Client Development Services
Retail Fuels & Convenience
The NPD Group, Inc.



David Bishop

Managing Partner
Balvor LLC



Richard Blotter

Director, Payments Practice
W. Capra Consulting Group



Ira Blumenthal

President
Co-Opportunities, Inc.



Joseph Bona

President, Retail Division
CBX



Harry Bond

Chairman
Monical Pizza Corporation



Angela Bozeman
Assistant Director of HR
Lard Oil Company


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


Keith Broviak

Director, Marketing
Ricker Oil Company



Rahim Budhwani

CEO
6040, LLC



Robert Buhler

President & CEO
Open Pantry Food Marts of Wisconsin, Inc.



Jenny Bullard

Chief Information Officer
Flash Foods, Inc. The Jones Company



Donald Burke

Senior Vice President
Management Science Associates, Inc.



Joe Burke

Vice President
Retail Industry Affairs

Coca-Cola



Blake Burrus

Senior Vice President
Global Verticals

The Nielsen Company



Chet Cadieux

President & CEO
QuikTrip Corporation



Debby Cannon

Georgia State University School of Hospitality


Dave Carpenter

President
J.D. Carpenter Companies, Inc.


Peter Chappell

Senior Category Manager
Central Canada
Alimentation Couche-Tard dba Mac's Convenience Stores


Stuart Clark

Senior Vice President,
Sales & Marketing

McLane Company, Inc.


Edward Collupy

Vice President, Information Technology
The Pantry, Inc.


Rick Cosmer

Vice President, Sales & Operations

Mansfield Oil Company


Kent Couch

Owner
Couch Investments, LLC dba Stop & Go Mini Mart/Shell


Rick Dakin

President & Senior Security Strategist
Coalfire Systems, Inc.


Michael Davis

Vice President,
Member Services

NACS


Kelly Dewey

Sales & Marketing Manager
Express Convenience Centers


Dean Durling
President/CEO
Quick Chek Corporation


John Eichberger

Vice President,
Government Relations
NACS


Julie Fields

Government Relations Manager
NACS


Christianna Frizzell

Customer Relationship
Speedway SuperAmerica LLC


Scott Garfinkel

Managing Director
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.


Walt Gavin

Leadership Coach
Leadership i2i


Bryan Gildenberg
Chief Knowledge Officer
Management Ventures, Inc.


Dan Gilligan

President
PMAA


Frank Gleeson

Retail & Marketing Director
Topaz Energy Group


Robert Gough

Executive Editor
OPIS


Varish Goyal

Operations Manager
Vintners Distributors Inc.


Michael Greene

CEO
HIM!


Robert Grimes

Chairman
Accuvia


Ieva Grimm
Research & Business Intelligence
Sheetz, Inc.


James Hachtel

Senior Category Manager
BP


David Hansen

Customer Vice President
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.


Jim Huguelet

Payment Architect
W. Capra Consulting Group


Erik Hauser

Founder & Creative Director
Swivel Media


Ben Jatlow

Director
Information Technology

High's of Baltimore, Inc.


Steven Johnson

Vice President,
Convenience Retail
The Coca-Cola Company


Benita Kahn

Partner
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP


Doug Kantor

Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP


Neerja Kathuria

Vice President,
International & Industry Analytics
NACS


Leroy Kelsey

Industry Analytics Manager
NACS


Thomas Kelso

Manging Director
Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc.


Anthony Kenney

President
Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC


Fawaz Khalil

Director, Services, Marketing & Product Management

Gilbarco Veeder-Root


John Kleine

Executive Director

BP Amoco Marketers Association


Tom Kloza

Publisher/Chief Oil Analyst
OPIS


Greg Landry

Managing Director
Trefethen & Company, LLC


Chip Lavigne

President
Lavigne Oil Company


Donny Lawson

Vice President
Ecolab - Kay Chemical


Jeff Lenard

Vice President
Communications

NACS


Patrick Lewis

Partner
Oasis Stop N Go LLC


Richard Libonate

General Manager - Retail Sales
The FRS Company


Tracie Lilly

Chief People Officer
The Spinx Company, Inc.


Steve Loehr

Vice President
Operations Support

Kwik Trip Inc.


Leonard Loper

President and CEO
Rainbow Markets


Douglas MacKay

President
The Glen Douglas Group


William MacKay

Managing Director
The Glen Douglas Group


Jill Manchester

Vice President,
Immediate Consumption

Kraft Foods Global, Inc.


Matt McCourt

Director, C-Stores
Information Resources Inc.


Terry McKenna

Founder & Principal
Convenience Store Coaches Inc.


Linda McKenna-Welch

Founder & Principal
Convenience Store Coaches Inc.


Johnny Milazzo

President
Lard Oil Company, Inc.


Nick Mihnovets

Director
Convenience Research
Advantage Sales & Marketing


Jeffrey Miller

President
Miller Oil Col, Inc. dba Miller Mart


Kristen Moore
Director. Product Leadership
The Nielsen Company


Dan Munford

Partner
Insight Research


David Murdock

Executive Vice President
Honey Farms, Inc.


Clifford Nass

Stanford University


Samer Odeh

President
Power Mart Corp. dba Power Mart



Gabriel Olives
Vice President, IT/Petroleum
Turkey Hill Minit Markets



Richard Oneslager

President
Balmar Petroleum



George Overstreet, Jr.

Professor

McIntire School of Commerce



Gregory Parker

President/CEO
Parker's dba The Parker Companies



Tara Paster

President
Paster Training



David Portalatin

Director, Industry Analysis
The NPD Group, Inc.


Robert Perkins

Director, Marketing
CHR Corp. dba Rutter's Farm Stores


Glenn Plumby

Vice President, Marketing
Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC


Pat Raycroft

Vice President
W. Capra Consulting Group


Quinn Ricker

Director, Operations
Ricker Oil Co.


Bonnie Riggs

Restaurant Industry Analyst
The NPD Group, Inc.


Thomas Robinson

President 
Robinson Oil Corporation


Fred Rozell

Director of Retail Pricing
OPIS


Dennis Ruben

Managing Director
NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC


David Ryan

Vice President & Director,
Retail Operations

L.E. Belcher, Inc.


Liza Salaria

Senior Director,
Sales/Merchandising 

Giant Eagle


John Scardina

Vice President, Purchasing
Eby-Brown Company LLC


Nathan Schaffer

Director, Downstream & Petrochemicals
PFC Energy



John Schaninger

Vice President, Sales & Merchandising
Quick Chek Corporation



Jeffrey Schouten

Director, Customer Solutions 
MillerCoors



Carol Scott

Washington Speakers Bureau



Stephanie Scotti

Principal Trainer
Professionally Speaking



Stephen Sheetz

Chairman of the Board
Sheetz, Inc.



Andrew Shockey

Director
Field Operations - Risk Consultant

Federated Insurance



Kevin Smartt

President/Owner
Kwik Chek Food Stores, Inc.


Julie Sobelman

Senior Consultant
The Murphy Group, LLC


Stewart Spinks

CEO
The Spinx Company, Inc.


Gilbert Stenholm, Jr.

Consultant
Spencer Stuart


Lisa Stewart

President
Impact 21 Group, LLC


Roy Strasburger
President, International Division
Strasburger Enterprises, Inc.


Bob Swanson
Director
Research & Statistics
NACS


Jim Suppa
Vice President, Operations
United Refining Company dba Country Fair/Kwik Fill


Chris Tampio

Senior Director
Government Relations

NACS



Brent Taylor

Director
Marketing/Merchandising
TETCO Stores



Gray Taylor

Payments Consultant
NACS



Chris Tiller
Director, Retail Operations

Flash Foods, Inc. The Jones Company



Malcolm Tinkler

Managing Director
Greengate Energy Limited



Nichole Torsey

President 
Mt. Counties Supply Co.



E. Neil Trautwein

Vice President
Employee Benefits Policy Counsel, National Retail Federation



Leo Vercollone

Owner/President
Verc Enterprises, Inc.



Nancy Waldron

Category Management Analyst
S & D Coffee, Inc.


Brian Washburn

Regional Vice President
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.


Jerry Weinberger
Vice President
Customer Service
 


Jerry Weiner

Vice President, Foodservice
CHR Corp. dba Rutter's Farm Stores


Mark Wells

President
LJT Management Services, Inc.


Jim Wenner
Vice President, IT
Sheetz, Inc.


Steven Wheeless

Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP


John Wilkins, IV

Vice President, Retail Strategy
Miller Zell, Inc.


Warren Wilmot
CEO
7-Eleven Stores Pty. Ltd.


Mark Wolbert

Director, Sales & Marketing
Wilson Farms


Lisa Wollan

Head of Consumer Insights & Brand Strategy
Wawa, Inc.


Scott Wood

Executive Director
PCATS, Inc.


Roger Woodman

Managing Director
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.


Iris Yost

Franchisee
Vice President SNFOA
7-Eleven dba Yost Family 7-Elevens


Charles Young

CIO & General Manager
Impact 21 Group, LLC


Scott Zaremba

President
Zarco 66, Inc., dba Zarco 66 Earth Friendly Fuels


John ZIkias

Vice President, Marketing
Thorntons Inc.