NACS Show 2025
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
  • Chicago | McCormick Place
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Nancy Wilson

Sr. Director, QA, Risk and Safety
Wawa, Inc.

Nancy Wilson has been an associate of Wawa Inc. for twenty-one years and is currently the Senior Director of Quality Assurance, Risk Management and Safety.  Prior to this, Nancy served in different management positions within Risk Management and Human Resources.  In addition to her role today, Nancy is a member of the Food Policy Leadership group at Wawa and helps facilitate the Company’s external Food Policy Council.  She also sits on many internal committees to support Wawa’s strategic plan and provide guidance and direction in her areas of expertise.  Throughout 2020 and 2021, Nancy led the COVID-19 Crisis Team and related work for Wawa.  Outside of Wawa, Nancy is the past president of the Philadelphia Chapter of Central Atlantic Association of Food and Drug Officials, and a member of the Philadelphia Area Risk Managers Association and Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness.

Prior to Wawa, Nancy worked as a consultant for Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Nancy’s career started in Finance with six years of experience in financial analysis and project management working for Lockheed Martin and GlaxoSmithKline.  Nancy received her bachelor’s degree from Drexel University with a dual concentration in Finance and Marketing.  Nancy lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and has two adult children.  

Format: Awards Awards
Awards announcements and presentation.
Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Panel Panel
Multiple presenters, experts in a certain field discussing and sharing expertise and experience with one another.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.

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Navigating Outbreaks with Food Safety Scenario Planning

Foodborne illness outbreaks can disrupt the entire food supply chain, from growers to retailers to consumers.  In this interactive session, industry experts will guide you through steps to...

October 14, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
Foodservice
Format: Roundtable Roundtable
 
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