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):

Chair

Jose Victor Pardo Paterno
President & Chief Executive Officer
Philippine Seven Corp. dba 7-Eleven Convenience Store

Member

Carlos Arenas
CEO
Cadena Comercial OXXO S.A. de C.V.

Joseph Boyle
Freshstop CEO
FreshStop

Carol Chen
Global CMO & SVP Shell Mobility
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited

Stephane Coum
CEO


Gary Harris
Head of Brand
SPAR International

Mariette Kristenson
CEO
Reitan Convenience AS

Leonardo Remiao Linden
CEO
Ipiranga Produtos de Petroleo S/A

Leonardo Ljubetic
Chief Corporate Development & Strategy Officer
Copec S.A.

Tomoyasu Marutani
Chairman
Secoma Co., Ltd.

Samir Modi
President
Twenty Four Seven Retail Stores Private Ltd.

David Pitron
VP Global Proposition Development


Patrick Steppe
CEO
Lekkerland SE

Ken Wakabayashi
Co-CEO of 7-Eleven International
7-Eleven, Inc.

Special Advisor

Stephen Brady
Global Head of Sales
Techniche

Mark Calhoun
Head of International Sales
The Hershey Company

Linnea Geiss
Chief Operating Officer
PDI Technologies

Dan Munford
CEO
Insight Research

Craig Panter
CEO
Cullinan Group

Claudio Reboredo
Partner
FGC Fuels Marketing

Marvin Vines
Vice President Industry Leadership
The Coca-Cola Company

Staff Liaison

Henry Armour
President and CEO
NACS

Gray O. Taylor
Executive Director
Conexxus

Mark Wohltmann
Director, NACS Global
NACS