LAS VEGAS -- The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) announced the election of its 2014-15 Executive Committee during its board of directors meeting at the NACS Show in Las Vegas.
The association named Steve Loehr, vice president of operations support at La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip Inc., as its 2014-15 chairman. Loehr also chairs the NACS Executive Committee, which provides strategic direction and financial oversight to the association.
Also named to the NACS Executive Committee were the following NACS retail members:
- Vice Chairman-Treasurer: Jack Kofdarali, president at Corona, Calif.-based J&T Management Inc.
- Vice Chairman, Legislative: Peter Tedeschi, president and CEO at Rockland, Mass.-based Tedeschi Food Shops.
- Vice Chairman, Convention: Wendy Chronister, CEO of Springfield, Ill.-based Chronister Oil Co. (Qik-n-EZ).
- Vice Chairman, Research: Joe Sheetz, president and CEO at Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz Inc.
- Vice Chairman, Member Services: Rahim Budhwani, CEO at Hoover, Ala.-based 6040 LLC.
- Vice Chairman, International: Frank Gleeson, retail director at Dublin, Ireland-based Topaz Energy Group Ltd.
- Vice Chairman: Tony Kenney, president at Enon, Ohio-based Speedway LLC.
Also on the NACS Executive Committee are 2013-14 NACS Chairman Brad Call, vice president of adventure culture at Maverik Inc., North Salt Lake City, Utah; and 2012-13 Chairman Dave Carpenter, president and CEO at J.D. Carpenter Cos. Inc., Urbandale, Iowa.
The National Association of Convenience Stores, based in Alexandria, Va., is the international association for convenience store and gas station retailing. It has more than 2,200 retail and more than 1,600 supplier member companies that do business in nearly 50 countries.
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