Retail Committees
A member-driven organization, NACS is led by a 29-member Board of Directors. The Board performs their advisory and oversight function through well-structured, planned, and assigned committees to take advantage of the expertise of the directors.
Up to twenty seven industry retailers make up the NACS Board of Directors. A diverse store size and regional representation among the Board members is a requirement of the NACS by-laws. No less than one third must represent retail companies with 25 stores or fewer and no less than one third must represent retail companies with 150 stores or more. There must be three Board members from each of the 6 domestic regions, but no more than three from any one state (unless the state has 100+ NACS retail members). In addition, the Chairman and Chairman-elect of the NACS Supplier Board serve on the Board of Directors. Board members are elected by the greater NACS membership, and elections are held each fall during the NACS Show. Individual committees include Legislative, Retail Engagement, Research & Technology and several others.
In 2016, NACS by-laws were addended to create the NACS International Board of Directors. The chairman of the International Board of Directors is a voting member of the domestic NACS Board of Directors, representing region 7.
The structure of the leadership board and committees is as follows (click on a box to list the members of that committee):
General Counsel
Doug Kantor
Member
Carlton A AustinDirector Channel StrategyThe Coca-Cola Company
Jennifer BachVP of Break Time OperationsMFA Oil Company Break Time
Sanjit BajimayaIT DirectorLoop Neighborhood Markets
Justin BaxleyVP, Product Management, RetailPDI Technologies
Bradley ChivingtonVice PresidentJack DickinsonDirector, Partner DevelopmentDover Fueling Solutions
Jay EllingsonChief Science OfficerKwik Trip, Inc.
Keelan GallagherVP Operations SFI BrandsGasamat Oil Corp/Smoker Friendly
Nathan GrahamDirector of Human ResourcesTXB Stores
Heather HearnSupervisor of E-commerce Fraud and Physical SecuriWawa, Inc.
William HesterbergDirector of PurchasingMcLane Company, Inc.
Matt HighSr. Made to Order, Category Sales ManagerSheetz, Inc.
Elizabeth I HofferVice PresidentWeigel's Stores, Inc.
Barbara Lynn KesslerDirector of MarketingCrossAmerica Partners
Maurice LamarcheVice President of Retail OperationsTiger Fuel Company
Blain LefortSr. Director Enterprise Systems and IntegrationCircle K Stores Inc
Alex OlympidisPresident of OperationsFamily Express Corporation
Abhi PatelVP, Information TechnologyNouria Energy Corp.
Fred RozellPresidentOPIS, A Dow Jones Company
Darrin SamahaVP of MarketingThe Parker Companies dba Parker’s Kitchen
Sanjeev SatturuCIOCasey's General Stores, Inc.
Jes SaundersSenior Manager of Store Operations, Continuous ProWawa, Inc.
Gray O. TaylorExecutive DirectorConexxus
Matt TaylorVP C-Store Channel & MilitaryAnheuser-Busch LLC
Courtney TriegerManager of Retail Asset Protection SupportEG America LLC
Melissa Vonder HaarMarketing DirectoriSee Store Innovations
Robert WadeCategory and Supply Chain ManagerExtraMile Convenience Stores, LLC dba ExtraMile
Marci WhiteManager of Industry Event ContentPetroleum Equipment Institute
Derek ZahajkoCEOCAF Outdoor Cleaning
Jason ZelinskiVice President, Global Retail Strategic AccountsNielsenIQ