FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Brian Wright, managing partner of Executive Leadership Solutions, has announced that Mike Rasnak has joined the company as a senior executive recruiter. He joins Executive Leadership Solutions after previously serving as division vice president of operations for more than 600 stores with Speedway SuperAmerica and he later served as vice president of marketing for Family Express.
Rasnak is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy. He was class president for three years and a member of the executive search committee for a new chancellor. He has attended [image-nocss] Penn State 's Executive Strategic Management Program, been through the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, N.C., and a graduate of Ashland Chemicals “Simply the Best” program.
His career has been heavily tilted to retail for 30 years. It started by purchasing his first of three pharmacies in the Chicago market during his senior year of college. He then helped developed the Kmart pharmacies through out the Midwest, opening more than 200 units in seven states. In the mid-1970s, Rasnak was recruited by SuperAmerica to develop pharmacies within convenience stores. This led to a whole new direction in careers as he was promoted to regional vice president of operations. With the joint venture of Speedway SuperAmerica, he was named divisional vice president of operations with more than 600 stores under his leadership.
Rasnak has been active in numerous pharmacy and oil convenience organizations. Most recently, he assisted Family Express in the development of in-house commissary, bakery and self distribution as the vice president of marketing.
"AddingMike to our team is exciting due to his in-depth experience in the c-store and petroleum industries. Like all of our senior executive recruiters, Mike has many years of actually working in the industry. As such, Mikewill really bringgreat value to our client companies and candidates," Wright said.
Executive Leadership Solutions is an executive search firm that specializes in executive recruitment for the c-store, petroleum and travel center industries.
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