Welcome to the Convenience-Store Women (CSW) People Roundup, where women in the convenience-store industry are highlighted for career changes, promotions and retirements each month. Read on for news about retailers, suppliers, distributors and more.
Retailers
Barbara Kessler is the new marketing director at CrossAmerica Partners LP, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Prior to her new position, Kessler was senior director of category management and pricebook for the family-owned convenience-store Wills Group, La Plata, Maryland. Kessler also held roles at Chicago-based bp and Thorntons.
Lindsay Griffith, is the new marketing and community outreach manager at InConvenience Inc, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Chicago-based InConvenience Inc is behind the convenience and gas banners The Gas Spot and The Goods Spot. The Chicago-based retailer is a women-led company focusing on providing convenience to customers, opportunities for employees and support to communities “through grassroots approaches and unwavering convictions, all while maintaining a sense of humor and humility,” it said.
Suppliers
Rovertown, a mobile app-builder for convenience-store retailers, has hired Megan Eakes (pictured above) to join the company as head of finance. Prior to joining the St. Louis-based loyalty provider, Eakes spent more than 10 years with professional services firm BDO USA, LLP, Chicago.
Liquid Barcodes, a loyalty, subscription and pump activation company for convenience and fuel retailers, has named Erin Sunderman as director of customer success. In her new role, Sunderman will lead the customer success team operations across the U.S. and Europe and will be an influential member of the global management team, the Fairfax, Virginia based company said. Prior to her new role, Sunderman served as customer insights and loyalty manager for the 170-plus store convenience-store chain United Dairy Farmers, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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