Welcome to the Convenience-Store Women (CSW) People Roundup, where women in the convenience-store industry are highlighted for career changes, promotions, retirements and more each month. Read on for news about retailers, suppliers, distributors and more.
Retailers
Gretchen Watkins (pictured above), president of Shell USA, Houston, is leaving on July 31, after seven years with the energy giant. Shell’s EVP Gulf of America Colette Hirstius will succeed Watkins effective Aug. 1. Hirstius will retain her position overseeing the company’s operations in the Gulf of America, as she steps into her new role.
“Colette’s appointment supports Shell’s strategic priorities outlined at CMD25 [Capital Markets Day], simplifying our organizational structure to enhance focus and reinforcing our commitment to delivering value from advantaged positions and integrated businesses in key markets such as the United States,” a Shell spokesperson told CSP Daily News.
Shell’s CEO Wael Sawan thanked Watkins for her service as president of Shell USA, and said that her leadership has been “key to driving performance, discipline and simplification in our US-based businesses.”
- Shell is No. 38 on CSP’s 2025 Top 40 Update to the 2024 Top 202 ranking of U.S. c-store chains by store count. Watch for the full 2025 Top 202 ranking in the June issue of CSP magazine and in CSP Daily News.
Terri Micklin, president of GetGo Café + Market, is no longer with the company as part of the pending sale of the business to Alimentation Couche-Tard. GetGo's Vice President of Operations Mike Maraldo will be leading the business unit moving forward, the company confirmed to CSP. Giant Eagle agreed to sell its GetGo convenience stores to Circle K owner Alimentation Couche-Tard in August.
- Alimentation Couche-Tard is No. 2 on CSP’s 2025 Top 40 Update to the 2024 Top 202 ranking of U.S. c-store chains by store count. Watch for the full 2025 Top 202 ranking in the June issue of CSP magazine and in CSP Daily News.
Dollar Tree, Chesapeake, Virginia, has named Roxanne Weng as its new chief supply chain officer. Weng was appointed following the retirement of Mike Kindy.
Weng most recently worked at Uline, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, where she oversaw the company's creative operations.
Weng brings more than 30 years of retail operations experience with the majority of her career at Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens. During her tenure there, she held roles of increasing responsibility in both store operations and supply chain and worked as a pharmacist. In her role as chief supply chain officer at Walgreens, she led distribution, transportation, inventory management and master data management.
Associations
Annie Starke Lange (pictured above) has joined the National Confectioners Association, Washington, D.C., as vice president of government Affairs. She will play a key role in advancing the association’s public policy agenda on behalf of the $54 billion U.S. confectionery industry.
“Annie’s deep understanding of the policy landscape and experience in government affairs uniquely position her to advance the confectionery industry’s standing with key stakeholders in a significant way,” John Downs, NCA president and CEO, said. “As we look ahead to the issues shaping the future of chocolate and candy, Annie’s expertise will be a tremendous asset to our member companies, and I’m thrilled to welcome her to the team.”
Lange most recently served at the senior director of Federal Affairs for the Beer Institute, where she worked on tax, trade, agricultural, and nutrition policy. She previously held roles at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and worked on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont and received her juris doctor from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
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