The Hall of Fame honor individual retailers and suppliers for exceptional achievement in the convenience store industry and exemplary service to NYACS.
Conley, vice president of retail marketing with United Refining Co., oversees its Kwik Fill/Red Apple Division, which operates 160 [image-nocss] locations in New York and 132 more in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Heavily involved in c-store industry activities, he has served on the NYACS board since 2005, was its 2008-2009 chairman and is extremely active on its legislative committee.
Conley joined Warren Pa.-based United Refining 33 years ago as a wholesale manager. He was promoted to terminal manager in Rochester, then returned to company headquarters to focus on the expanding retail side of business, advancing to director of operations, then director of retail marketing, and his current position. Prior to his career with United Refining, he was employed with Sun Oil Co. for eight years.
Keeney is senior key account manager for the Syracuse Chain Division of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., servicing upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania.
He joined the NYACS associate board, an advisory body of leading c-store suppliers, in 1998. After serving as board chairman in 2003-2004, he has remained active as a board member and as a key player on the NYACS convention committee.
Keeney joined RJR in 1985 as a sales representative in New Haven Conn., was promoted in 1987 to training and development manager there, and in 1993 became division manager in Springfield, Mass., before being assigned to Syracuse in 1996.
The Chairman's Banquet will be the closing event of NYACS' two-day Trade Show & Convention May 18-19 in Rochester, featuring a golf outing, welcome party, educational seminars, trade show exhibits, prizes and other activities for member and nonmember retailers and suppliers.
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