NACS 50th Anniversary: Celebrating 50 Years

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All of our team members come from various product backgrounds and different parts of the country.

The information below is for reference from our 2011 event in Chicago. Check back to this section for updates on our 2012 event in Las Vegas.

 

Charles Adams
Vice President, Retail Merchandising
Valero Energy Corporation

Gary Arthur Jr.
Senior Vice President, Retail Marketing
Valero

Carl Bayer
Director, Industry Data Acquisition & Analysis
NACS

Alan Beach
Vice President, Merchandising
7-Eleven, Inc.

Lyle Beckwith
Senior Vice President, Government Relations
NACS

Jon Beauchamp
Senior Vice President
SymphonyIRI Group

Steven Bernstein
Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP

Gwenn Bezard
Co-Founder & Research Director
Aite Group​

David Bishop
Managing Partner
Balvor LLC

Willard Bishop
President
Willard Bishop

Alec Bleday
Assistant Brand Manager
The Pantry, Inc.

Joseph Bona
President, Retail Division
CBX

Chip Bonner, Jr.
EVP & General Counsel
Stripes LLC

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

Bob Brown, Jr.
Account Director
QualPro, Inc.

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

Douglas Burdick
Director, Creative Strategy
Integrate, Inc.

Tod Butler
Vice President of Business Development
Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc.

Nancy Caldarola
Consultant, Hospitality Mgmt, Food Safety & Profit
Concept Associations, Inc.

Paul Candon
Marketing & Corporate services Director
Topaz Energy Group Limited

Spencer Cavalier, CFA, ASA
Director
Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc.

Rick Claes
Managing Member
Bluestone Petroleum Partners, LLC

Katherine Clark
Director, Human Resources

Pacific Convenience & Fuels LLC

Edward Collupy
Vice President, Retail & POS Systems
The Pantry, Inc.

Dara Cooper
Senior Project Manager
Fresh Moves

Ron Coppel
SVP, National Accounts
Eby-Brown Company LLC

Lucia Crater
Vice President, Retail Sales
Cardtronics, Inc.

Craig Culver
CEO & Co-Founder
Culvers

Erika Curtis
Product Specialist, Electronic Payment Systems
GROWMARK, Inc.

Eric Dana
Principal
Dana Insurance and Risk Management

Michael Davis
Vice President, Member Services
NACS

Jay Dempsey
Manager Merchandising Technology
Love's Travel Stops

Karim Dhukani
President
W&J Investments, Inc.

Kit Dietz
Principal
Dietz Consulting LLC

James Dodge
Vice President, North American Lead Retail Consulting & Analytics
The Nielsen Company

Keith Dotson
HR Director
Tri Star Energy, LLC dba Dailys Convenience Store

Brad Douglass
President
Douglass Distributing Company

William Drake
Director, Executive Education, Food Industry Mgmt Program
Cornell University

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

Greg Ehrlich
President
Convevo Partners

John Eichberger
Vice President, Government Relations
NACS

Rick Ellison
Director, Operations Support
Pilot Travel Centers LLC

John Essegian
Executive Vice President
TNS Landis

Jim Eup
Senior Product Marketing Manager
ExactTarget

David Fialkov
Associate
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Corey Fitze
Director, Government Relations
NACS

Christianna Frizzell 
Manager, Customer Relationship

Speedway LLC

Brad Gaskins
COO
The McIntosh Group LLC

Jim Gentry
Director, Fuel Purchasing
Gas America Services, Inc.

Larry Gerosa
President
Precision C-Store Management Ltd. dba Jud's Food Stores

Richard Ginther
Category Manager
Kum & Go, L.C.

Evan Gladstone
Executive Managing Director
NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC

Robert Gough
Executive Editor
Oil Price Information Service (OPIS)

Varish Goyal
President
Vintners Distributors, Inc

Christopher Grau
Territory Manager
Wallis Companies

Matthew Green
Manager, Payroll, Benefits & Compensation
Speedway LLC

Tim Greenfield
President
Gold Mobile

Sid Gregory
President
Gregory & Associates

Henrique Guterres
Products Manager
Ipiranga Produtos de Petroleo S/A

James Hachtel
Senior Category Manager
BP/ampm

Joseph Hamza
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Tedeschi Food Shops, Inc

Julia Herz
Director, Craft Beer Program
Brewers Association

Kevin Higar
Director Operator of Product Development
Technomic, Inc.

Michael Hostetler
Lecturer of Leadership
Cornell University

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Ray Hutchinson
Vice President, Corporate Development
Gilbarco Veeder-Root

Denise Indovina
Vice President, Sales
ICOM, a div of Epsilon Targeting

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

Charley Jones
President
Stinker Stores

Coleman Jones
Biofuel Implementation Manager
General Motors (eGM)

Jennie Jones
Vice President, Marketing
S & D Coffee, Inc.


Doug Kantor
Partner
Steptoe and Johnson LLP

Glenn Katz
President & COO
Spacenet

Brandon Kelmar
National Channel Manager, Convenience
The Boston Beer Company

Anthony Kenney
President
Speedway LLC

Dae Kim
Vice President, Research
NACS

James Kirkland
Vice President, Merchandising
E-Z Mart Stores, Inc

Ashley Kroger
Manager
Wallis Companies

Matt Lachut
Director of Marketing
Giant Eagle

Jeff Lenard
Vice President, Communications
NACS

Joe Leto
President
Energy Analysts International, Inc.

Elaine Levin
Vice President, Futures Specialist

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Pat Lewis
Partner
Oasis Stop N Go LLC

John Lofstock
Editor-in-Chief
Harbor Communications dba Convenience Store Decisions

Karen MacCannell
Business Development Manager
The McIntosh Group LLC

Doug MacKay
President 
The Glen Douglas Group

Jimmy McCarthy, III
Vice President, Sales & Operations
Tom Thumb Food Stores, Inc.

Jon Marinas
President & CEO
JMM Management Group, LLC

Ric Martin
Vice President, Chain Account Development
Bunn North America

James Maxey
Vice President, Retail Services
Valero Energy Corporation

Lanny McIntosh
President
The McIntosh Group LLC

Terry McKenna
Principal

Convenience Store Coaches Inc

Linda McKenna-Welch
Principal
Convenience Store Coaches, Inc.

Michael McLaughlin
Product Development Manager
Wawa, Inc.

Paul Melton
Vice President, Enterprise Sales
Cybera, Inc.

 

Zora Milenkovic
Head of Global Tobacco Research
Euromonitor International

Maria Minor
Senior Graphic & Multi-Media Designer
NACS

Thomas Moher
Director, Real Estate & Business Development
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

Steven Montgomery
President
b2b Solutions, LLC

Dan Munford
Partner
Insight Research

Scott Negley
Product Manager, Alternative Energy
Dresser Wayne

Carin Nersesian
Director of Government Relations
NACS

Michael Newman
Executive Vice President
NOCO Express, Div of NOCO Energy Corp.

Kathryn O'Brien
Senior Director, Branded Marketing Operations
Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies

Gregory Parker
President/CEO

Parker's dba The Parker Companies

Joseph Petrowski
CEO
Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies

Barbara Poremba
Vice President, Foodservice
Coca-Cola Refreshments

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

Catherine Porter
Sr. Manager Customer Marketing
Sara Lee Foodservice

Trey Powell
Director of National Procurement US
Circle K Florida Region

Stephen Quinn
Principal
Integrate, Inc.

John Mark Reimann
Business Development
Buddy's Kitchen, Inc.

Owen Resh
EV Product Director
Aker Wade

Quinn Ricker
President & CEO
Ricker Oil Co.

Bill Ritter
President
Ritter & Associates LP

 

Fred Rozell
Director, Retail Pricing
Oil Price Information Service (OPIS)

Dennis Ruben
Managing Director
NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC

Brock Rule
Hopkins Appraisal Services

Nancy Rumpf
Benefits Manager
Quick Chek Corporation

Lesley Saitta
CEO
Impact 21 Group, LLC

Enrique Sales
President
Abierto Networks, LLC

John Schaninger
Vice President, Marketing
Quick Chek Corporation

Stephen Seymour
Director, Personnel
United Refining Company dba Country Fair/Kwik Fill

Wanda Sheffield
Vice President, Operations
Miller Oil Co., Inc.

Steve Shing
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Grocery Supply Company a div of GSC Ent., Inc.

Becky Smith
Director of Human Resources

Wallis Companies

Spencer Spinnell
Director of Emerging Platforms
Google

Stewart Spinx
CEO & Founder
The Spinx Company, Inc.

Earl Springer
Manager, Employee Programs
Sheetz, Inc.

Jim Stapleton
Head of Sales & Account
Management
ISIS

Duane Statler
Vice President, Information Management
Rhodes 101 Stop Convenience Stores

Sherri Stone
Vice President
Petroleum Marketers Association of America

Roy Strasburger
President, International Division
Strasburger Enterprises, Inc.

James Summers
President & COO
Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores​

Gray Taylor
Executive Director
PCATS, Inc.​​

John Thompson
Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP

Wendy Ulaszek
Consultant
Lansberg, Gersick & Associates

John Underwood
Vice President
Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc.

Joel Velasco
Senior Vice President, External Relations
Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.

Erik Vlugt
Vice President Product Marketing, Integrated Systems
VeriFone, Inc.

Katie Wagner
Vice President
MWS Enterprises, Inc

Bonnie Wells
Project Coordinator
LJT Management Services Inc

Mark Wells
President
LJT Management Services Inc.

Stephen White
Vice President & CFO
Robinson Oil Corporation

Wayne Wills
Vice President, Merchandising
Certified Oil Company

Jim Wisner
President
Wisner Marketing Group, Inc.

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

Scott Zaremba
President 

Zarco 66, Inc. dba Zarco 66 Earth Friendly Fuels

Joseph Zay III
Vice President, Field Operations
Environmental Alliance, Inc.

John Zikias
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Thorntons Inc.