LAS VEGAS -- Joe Vonder Haar, managing partner of iSEE Store Innovations Inc., has been named 2014-15 chairman of the NACS Supplier Board.
In addition, Kevin Martello, vice president of convenience for Dr Pepper Snapple Group, was named chair-elect and will succeed Vonder Haar as 2015-16 chairman. Vonder Haar and Martello were named to their positions during the NACS Supplier Board meeting at the 2014 NACS Show in Las Vegas.
Vonder Haar is the managing partner for iSEE Store Innovations LLC. Before founding the company in 2010, he spent 28 years with Anheuser-Busch Inc., retiring as vice president of the convenience store channel. He co-founded iSee Store Innovations in fall 2010.
The NACS Supplier Board comprises individuals from NACS supplier member companies that represent different product and service categories in the convenience store industry. Three vice chairmen also were elected to the five-member Supplier Board leadership team:
- Brad McGuinness, senior vice president, corporate R&D, VeriFone Inc.
- Jay Ard, vice president, national sales, Coca-Cola Refreshments.
- Frank McCarter, vice president of sales, national accounts, Curtis.
In addition, three new members were elected to the NACS Supplier Board:
- Brent Cotten, director, customer and industry affairs, The Hershey Co.
- Frank Squilla, senior vice president, sales, InComm.
- Rick Brindle, vice president, industry development, Mondelēz International.
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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