Michelle Abdollah
Category Manager, Beverage Alcohol
Extramile Convenience Stores LLC
Category Management
Doug Beech
Attorney
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
Operations
Jon Berg
Thought Leadership VP, Beverage Alcohol Vertical
NIQ
Category Management
Lisa Biggs
President/CEO & Co-Owner
Impact 21
Supplier
Eric Blumenthal
Sr. Vice President, North America Operating Unit
Coca-Cola Company
HR/Labor
Nate Brazier
President and Chief Operating Officer
Stinker Stores
Category Management
David Brindise
Senior Category Manager
Ferrero USA
Category Management
Kevin Carroll
Executive Director of Payments
RaceTrac, Inc.
Operations
John Cena
Actor, Author, Philanthropist
WWE Superstar
Abigail Cerra
Innovation & Brand Marketing
Refuel Operating Company
Marketing
Byron Coleman
Manager of Loss Prevention and Security
Wawa
Operations
Ed Collupy
Executive Consultant
Conexxus
Leadership
Karl Doenges
Consultant
NACS and Transportation Energy Institute
Fuels
Don Emery
Manager, POS Applications & Product
CHS Inc. (Cenex)
Technology
Steve Evans
Chief Technology Officer
Haffner's
Leadership
Julie Farmer
Category Manager, Beverage Alcohol
Circle K
Category Management
Vish Ganapthy
Director, Customer Engineering Retail
Google
Operations
Charles Gray
Chief Revenue Officer
Paytronix Systems
Marketing
Rebecca Gregory
Center Store Category Manager
Weigel's Stores, Inc.
Category Management
Lisa Ham
Director of Merchandising and Space Planning
Yesway
Category Management
Robert Hampton
Vice President, Technology Services and Innovation
Jackson's Food Stores, Inc.
Customer Experience
Joe Hamza
Chief Operating Officer
Nouria Energy Corp
Foodservice
Al Hebert
Reporter/News Producer & Founder
Gas Station Gourmet
James Hervey
Director, Product Management, Americas Petroleum Solutions
Verifone, Inc.
Operations
Larry Hughes
Vice President, Corporate Human Resources and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
7-Eleven, Inc.
Leadership
Stephanie Hurt
Head of Food Innovation & Development
QuikTrip
Foodservice
Jen Johnson
Director of Business Development - Localized Marketing
THRIVR
Customer Experience
Kristin Kelly
Strategic Communications
HudsonLake
Spotlight Session
Peter Kempton Jr.
Senior Category Manager
TravelCenters of America
Category Management
Bill Kent
Chairman/CEO
Kent Kwik Convenience Stores
Operations
Jake Kiser
Chief Customer Officer
Stuzo LLC
Marketing
Lance Klatt
Executive Director
Minnesota Service Station & Convenience Store Assoc.
Government Relations
Jeff Kramer
Managing Director
NRC Realty & Capital Advisors
Operations
Ruth Ann Lilly
Sr. VP Merchandising and Marketing
GPM Investments, LLC
Category Management
Joanne Loce
Managing Partner
Fortify Leadership Group
Professional Development
Alessandra Magnasco
Governmental Affairs and Regulatory Director
California Fuels & Convenience Alliance
Government Relations
Vito Maurici
Customer Experience Officer
McLane Company, Inc.
Supplier
Alan Meyer
CEO
Meyer Oil Co. dba Mach 1 Stores
Customer Experience
Scott Minton
Director of Business Development
OnCue Marketing
Fuels
Kent Montgomery
Senior Vice President, Industry Relations & Multicultural Development
PepsiCo.
Leadership
Andrea Neurohr
Vice President, Marketing
Coen Markets, Inc.
Customer Experience
Doug New
Chief Information Officer
Nouria Energy Corporation
Technology
Brian Norris
Executive Director, Retail Data & Product Management
OPIS, a Dow Jones Company
Customer Experience
Alex Olympidis
President of Operations
Family Express Corporation
HR/Labor
Ken Parent
Former President, Pilot Travel Centers LLC
Board Member, Stuzo
Marketing
Bruce Porter
Chief Science Officer
SparkCognition
Operations
Evan Powell
Food Protection Manager – Retail
Kwik Trip, Inc.
Foodservice
Trey Powell
Senior Vice President, Global Merchandising
Circle K
HR/Labor
David Prevost
Director, Operations South Florida
Wawa, Inc.
Category Management
Greg Price
Sr. Trainer
LJT Management
Small Operator Workshop
Rachel Puepke
VP, Marketing & Merchandising
CEFCO Convenience Stores
Marketing
Chris Rapanick
Managing Director, NACS Research
NACS
Category Management
Peter Rasmussen
CEO and Founder
Convenience and Energy Advisors
Category Management
Brian Renaud
Director of Retail Fuel Pricing and Analytics
Sheetz
Fuels
Don Rhoads
President/CEO
The Convenience Group LLC
Eva Rigamonti
Assoc. General Counsel - Executive Director of Public Policy
RaceTrac, Inc.
Government Relations
Kathy Risch
SVP Thought Leadership & Shopper Insights
Acosta Group
Category Management
Steve Rodriguez
VP Analytics and Insights
Advantage Solutions
Category Management
Adam Ruessler
Senior Category Manager
Love's Travel Stops
Marketing
Eric Rush
Director of Marketing
Tri Star Energy, LLC dba Twice Daily
Marketing
Liza Salaria
Senior Principal Consultant
Impact 21
Pre-Conference Workshop
Kevin Scott
Co-Founder
ADDO Worldwide
Spotlight Session
Sean Sharpe
Category Manager Food and Hot Beverage
Murphy USA
Scott Shepard
Director, EV Program Research
Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE)
Fuels
Travis Smith
Chief Development Officer
Refuel Operating Company
Operations
Tony Sparks
Head of Customer Wow!
Curby's Express Market
Foodservice
Chris Stewart
VP Merchandising
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
Category Management
Jon Taets
Director, Government Relations
NACS
Government Relations
Kaleigh Theriault
Client Manager, Beverage Alcohol Thought Leadership
NIQ
Category Management
Ben Tienor
Director, Gulp Media Network and Director, Brand & Customer Insights
7-Eleven, Inc.
Marketing
Zeynep Ton
Professor
MIT Sloan School of Management
Rene Trapp
Head of Retail Category Management
Valora Holding AG
Operations
Michelle Weckstein
Director of Food and Beverage Brands
Southwest Georgia Oil dba SunStop
Supplier
Mark Wells
Owner
LJT Management
Small Operator Workshop
Chad White
Food Service Category Manager
Rutter’s
Foodservice
Amy Wood
Director of Enterprise IT
Friendly Express, Inc.
Operations
Ted Wright
Co-Owner
Stuckey's Corporation
Marketing
Jason Zelinski
Vice President for North American Retail
NIQ
Category Management