LAS VEGAS -- The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) announced the election of its 2015-16 Executive Committee during its board of directors meeting at the NACS Show in Las Vegas.
NACS named Jack Kofdarali, president of Corona, Calif.-based J&T Management Inc., as the association's 2015-16 chairman. Kofdarali also chairs the NACS Executive Committee, which provides strategic direction and financial oversight to the association.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Kofdarali came to United States in 1980. He and his family purchased their first business, a liquor store in Newport Beach, Calif. In 1990, they purchased their first gas station in Calimesa, Calif. In 2000, he became sole owner of J&R Oil Co. He expanded J&R Oil into J&T Management as the business grew and interests diversified. J&T Management also specializes in building commercial retail centers throughout Southern California as well as owning and managing apartment units in Texas.
The group also named the following retail members to the NACS Executive Committee:
- Vice Chairman-Treasurer: Peter Tedeschi, president and CEO at Rockland, Mass.-based Tedeschi Food Shops.
- Vice Chairman, Legislative: Joe Sheetz, president and CEO at Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz Inc.
- Vice Chairman, Convention: Wendy Chronister, CEO of Chronister Oil Co. (Qik-n-EZ) in Springfield, Ill.
- Vice Chairman, Research: Kevin Smartt, CEO of Austin, Texas-based Kwik Chek Food Stores Inc.
- Vice Chairman, Member Services: Rahim Budhwani, CEO at Hoover, Ala.-based 6040 LLC.
- Vice Chairman, International: Frank Gleeson, Managing Director at Dublin, Ireland-based Aramark Ireland.
- Vice Chairman: Tony Kenney, President at Enon, Ohio-based Speedway LLC.
Also on the NACS Executive Committee are 2014-15 NACS Chairman Steve Loehr, vice president of operations support at La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip Inc. and 2013-14 NACS Chairman Brad Call, vice president of adventure culture at North Salt Lake City, Utah-based Maverik Inc.
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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