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):

Retail Members
 
Board of Directors
 
General Counsel
Doug Kantor
     
Executive Committee
Audit
Committee
     
Nominating Committee
 
 
Audit Firm
RSM US LLP
     
 
International Board
of Directors
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Convention Content
Committee
Retail Engagement
Committee
Legislative
Committee
Political
Engagement
Committee
Research & Technology
Committee
Strategic
Communications
Committee
 
 
 
 
Europe, Middle East
Africa Committee
Asia
Committee
Latin America
Committee

Member

Jeannie Amerson
VP of Marketing
W. Capra Consulting Group

Carlton A Austin
Director Channel Strategy
The Coca-Cola Company

Jennifer Bach
VP of Break Time Operations
MFA Oil Company Break Time

Sanjit Bajimaya
IT Director
Loop Neighborhood Markets

Justin Baxley
VP, Product Management, Retail
PDI Technologies

Scott C Boorse
Director of Technical Programs & Industry Affairs
Petroleum Equipment Institute

Bradley Chivington
Vice President


Denton M. Cinquegrana
Chief Oil Analyst
OPIS, A Dow Jones Company

Jon Cox
VP Retail/Convenience Food Service
McLane Company, Inc.

Jack Dickinson
Director, Partner Development
Dover Fueling Solutions

Jay Ellingson
Chief Science Officer
Kwik Trip, Inc.

Keelan Gallagher
VP Operations SFI Brands
Gasamat Oil Corp/Smoker Friendly

Nathan Graham
Director of Human Resources
TXB Stores

Danielle Gutierrez Stone
Senior Director of Retail Operations
Pony Express Group

Heather Hearn
Supervisor of E-commerce Fraud and Physical Securi
Wawa, Inc.

Matt High
Sr. Made to Order, Category Sales Manager
Sheetz, Inc.

Elizabeth I Hoffer
Vice President
Weigel's Stores, Inc.

Barbara Kessler
Senior Director, Category Mgmt & Pricebook
Dash In Food Stores, Inc.

Maurice Lamarche
Vice President of Retail Operations
Tiger Fuel Company

Blain Lefort
Sr. Director Enterprise Systems and Integration
Circle K Stores Inc

Alex Olympidis
President of Operations
Family Express Corporation

Abhi Patel
VP, Information Technology
Nouria Energy Corp.

Fred Rozell
President
OPIS, A Dow Jones Company

Darrin Samaha
VP of Marketing
The Parker Companies dba Parker’s Kitchen

Sanjeev Satturu
CIO
Casey's General Stores, Inc.

Jes Saunders
Senior Manager of Store Operations, Continuous Pro
Wawa, Inc.

Gray O. Taylor
Executive Director
Conexxus

Gray O. Taylor
Executive Director
Conexxus

Matt Taylor
VP C-Store Channel & Military
Anheuser-Busch LLC

Courtney Trieger
Manager of Retail Asset Protection Support
EG America LLC

Melissa Vonder Haar
Marketing Director
iSee Store Innovations

Robert Wade
Category and Supply Chain Manager
ExtraMile Convenience Stores, LLC dba ExtraMile

Derek Zahajko
CEO
CAF Outdoor Cleaning

Jason Zelinski
Vice President, Global Retail Strategic Accounts
NielsenIQ