Outlook Leadership

  Gathering the Great Minds
Represented at this event is an unparalleled gathering of influence, ingenuity, and creativity from the convenience/petroleum industry. It is this collection of great minds that has the power through shared ideas and meaningful interaction that will stimulate not only your marketplace, but perhaps the economy as a whole.

 

  2008 Attendees
Company Name Title
7-Eleven Rita Bargerhuff Vice President Marketing
7-Eleven Iris Yost Franchisee/SNFOA Vice President
7-Eleven Windy City Area Franchisees Bob Strauss President
AKM Convenience, LLC Carl Green Officer
Alon USA Avsha Klachuk Director, Marketing Tech
Aramark Matthew Bianchin EM Convenience Retailing Manager
Aramark Mark Burnette GM, Convenience Retailing & Specialty Coffee, Southeast
Aramark Peter Czimback Nat’l Mngr. for Specialty Coffee & Beverage Strategy
Aramark Steve Gordon GM, Convenience Retailing & Specialty Coffee, East
Aramark Frank Knights GM, Convenience Retailing & Specialty Coffee, Mid Atlantic
Aramark April Russell GM, Convenience Retailing & Specialty Coffee, Midwest
Aramark Philip Sparrow GM, Convenience Retailing & Specialty Coffee, South
Aramark Mark Walker AVP, Convenience Retailing & Specialty Coffee
Aramark Jeff Wood GM, Convenience Retailing & Specialty Coffee
Army and AirForce Exchange Services Rosa Brown DMM Bev/Tobacco
Army and AirForce Exchange Services David Destefani DMM-Retail Food
Army and AirForce Exchange Services John Engroff VP Consumables
B & B Convenience DBA Breakers Bill Beale General Manager
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Rick Wilshe Merchandise Manager, Convenience & Café
Blockbuster David Forshey President
Bolla Management Harry Singh President
BP Products North America, Inc. Tonjia Bier Asst. Category Manager
BP Products North America, Inc. Jeff Forteza Sourcing & Supply Chain Manager
BP Products North America, Inc. Natalie Nader Asst. Category Manager -- Center of Store
Bruce C Butler, LLC Bruce Butler Store Operator
C.E. Taylor Oil, Inc. Janet Haag VP Retail Operations
CANEX Mac McMillan VP
CANEX Brian Tweedle Director, Merchandising & Marketing
CEFCO Mike Hinshaw Executive VP of Retail
CEFCO Mark LaPierre Zone Manager, Operations
CEFCO Al Miller Zone Manager Operations
Chevron Corporation Sheryl Forster Category Manager
Chevron Corporation Jeff Hersh Merchandising Mgr
Chevron Corporation Carrie Paulik Franchise Concept Developer
CHR Corporation (Rutter’s Farm Stores) Jerome Weiner VP Food Service
Christys Country Stores Inc Cindy McMurray Manager
Christys Country Stores Inc Jonathon McMurray Manager
Christys Country Stores Inc Wyatt McMurray President
CHS, Inc. Bob Gumatz Manager
Circle K Great Lakes Region Mike Galati Categrory Manager
Circle K Great Lakes Region Larry Vertal Category Manager
Circle K Gulf Coast Region Jason Broussard Director of Marketing & Fuel
Circle K Gulf Coast Region Lynn Lewis Sr. Marketing and Advertising Specialist
Circle K Gulf Coast Region Ari Rothman Manager, Brand Marketing
Circle K Midwest Region Ivy Heazeltine Director of Food Service - MW
Circle K Midwest Region Jennifer Martz Category Manager
Circle K Midwest Region Ray Zeiher Category Manager - MW
Circle K Southeast Region Greg Dean Director of Food Service
Circle K Southeast Region Bob Windt Category Manager Food Service
CITGO Petroleum Corp. Eric Kolber Central Regional Brand Manager
CITGO Petroleum Corporation Deborah Stokley Marketing Support Mgr.
CITGO Petroleum Corporation Ray Vaslavsky Region Marketing Programs Manager
City Stop, Inc. Jim DeGray Marketing Manager
Community Markets, Inc. Jackie Kinlaw President
ConocoPhillips Company Zane Power Category Manager, Cigarettes & Tobacco
Consolidated Buying Company Pamela Romeli Vice President, Retail Division
Country Fair, Inc. Gary Dougan Sales Manager, Food Service
Country Fair, Inc. William Strayer Director, Food Service
Cumberland Farms, Inc. Anne Flint Head Buyer
Cumberland Farms, Inc. Dan McNulty Fresh Foods Category Manager
Cumberland Farms, Inc. Kevin Platt Catagory Manager
Cumberland Farms, Inc. Ron Saumur Director of Retail Business Development
Dash In Food Stores Inc. Brian Grabarek Category Manager
DH Management Co Pamela Donner Owner
DH Management Co Glenn Murray Merchandise Manager
Dodge’s Stores Roy Langston VP Marketing
Dodge’s Stores Nat Leathers Senior VP
Dodge’s Stores & Saving Station, Inc. Park Dodge Senior VP
Dodge’s Stores & Saving Station, Inc. Penny Robertson Dept Leader Merchandising
Douglass Distributing Retail Co. Tamra Bragg Vice President Operations
Douglass Distributing Retail Co. Diane McCarty President
Erickson Oil Products Darren Forbes VP of Merchandise
Erickson Oil Products Peter McClure Merchandising Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation Brett Atherton Merchandise Specialist
ExxonMobil Corporation Joseph Chiovera Concept Development Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation Megan Harrison Category Specialist
ExxonMobil Corporation Pam Hill Merchandise Coordinator
ExxonMobil Corporation Todd McFarland Global Category Director
ExxonMobil Corporation Joe Murphy Merchandising Specialist
ExxonMobil Corporation Doug Rosencrans Central Texas CORS Operations Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation Robert Serna Merchandising Specialist
ExxonMobil Corporation Shavonne Spencer Category Specialist
Fas Mart / Shore Stop Dave Arensdorf Category Manager
Fas Mart / Shore Stop Dave Eisenburg No Title Given
Fas Mart / Shore Stop Sue Koski Category Manager
Fas Mart / Shore Stop Dave McComas CEO
Fas Mart / Shore Stop Russ Quick Sr. VP of Marketing
Fas Mart / Shore Stop Sharon Trow Category Manager
Faw Companies Greg Faw Vice President
Fearless Farris Service Stations (Stinker Stores) Lon Audet Marketing & Merchandising Director
Forward Corporation Lundy Edwards General Manager
Forward Corporation Margery Edwards Executive Assistant
Forward Corporation Robin McTaggart Merchandise Manager
Forward Corporation Terry McTaggart President
Gasamat Oil Corp. / Smoker Friendly Terry Gallagher Jr. President
Gasamat Oil Corp. / Smoker Friendly Mary Szarmach Vice President, Trade Marketing
Gate Petroleum Co. Matt Hieb Director of Tobacco
Gate Petroleum Co. Mary Valenza Buyer/Merchandiser
Green Valley Grocery Clifford Beadle Chief Operating Officer
Green Valley Grocery David Crawford General Manager
Handee Marts, Inc. Mike Triantafellou Chief Operating Officer
H-E-Butt Grocery Company James Aulds V.P., Petroleum Marketing
H-E-Butt Grocery Company Alma Gutierrez Pharmacist
Holiday StationStores Rick Friedrichsen Category Sales Manager
Holiday StationStores Martha Glende Director of Merchandising
Holmes Oil Company, Inc. Doris Bridges Director of Gasoline Marketing
Holmes Oil Company, Inc. Lance Farlow CFO
Holmes Oil Company, Inc. Barber Holmes Director of Commercial Fuels
Holmes Oil Company, Inc. Edward Holmes President
Holmes Oil Company, Inc. Ed Wazney Director of Marketing
Hutchinson Oil Company Randy Bates VP of Retail
Hutchinson Oil Company Clay Brooks Foodservice Manager
Hutchinson Oil Company David Hutchinson President
Hutchinson Oil Company Dave Monson Merchandising/Marketing
Irving Oil Corporation Lorilynn DeMarchi Marketing and Operations Manager
Irving Oil Corporation Pam McKay US Operations Manager
Irving Oil Limited Robert Bell Food Service Category Mgr. Canada/USA
JOPO, Inc. Jon Fleck Buyer
JOPO, Inc. Ian Johnstone President
K&G Petroleum (Jenny’s Market) Kami Dadras Director of Operation
Kolkhorst Petroleum Co., Inc. Mark Jackson VP-Operations
Kolkhorst Petroleum Co., Inc. Jim Kolkhorst President
Kroger Convenience Stores Kenneth Nuss Corporate Marketing Director
Kum & Go, L.C. Jodi Benson Category Manager
Kum & Go, L.C. Tom Caskey Category Manager
Kum & Go, L.C. Kevin Krause Senior Vice President
Kum & Go, L.C. Greg Tornberg Vice President Fresh Foods
Lakehead Companies Tammy Rein Manager
Loves Travel Stops & Country Stores David Frankenfield Director of Facility Revenue
Loves Travel Stops & Country Stores David Johnson Category Manager
Martin & Bayley, Inc., d/b/a Huck’s Todd Jenney CEO
Martin & Bayley, Inc., d/b/a Huck’s Tim Tilford VP of Marketing
Midtex Oil, L.P. Michael Garrott, Sr. Retail Coordinator
Midwest Petroleum Company Brian Grotewiel Merchandiser
Midwest Petroleum Company James McNutt Assistant Merchandiser
Midwest Petroleum Company Andy Neely General Manager
MoCo Market Megan Ramey Founder & Owner
National Food Brands Inc. Mario Arena CEO
Nat’l Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees Bill Bindal Title Not Given
Nat’l Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees Joe Galea President San Francisco Chapter
Nat’l Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees Jivtesh Gill President, Central California Valley
Nat’l Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees Tariq Khan Chairman
Nat’l Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees Dennis Lane Chairman
Nat’l Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees Roger St. George Executive Vice Chairman
Nat’l Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees Steve Williams Title Not Given
Nat’l Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees Marilee Wright Vice Chairman Accountant / Retail Information System
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, Inc. Greg Garnsey Associate Director of Food Service
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, Inc. Matthew Paduano VP Information
Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, Inc. Jared Sturtevant Director of Category Management
Ocean Petroleum / Wine Rack Ed Ellis CEO
Open Pantry Food Marts of Wisconsin James Fiene Executive Vice President
Open Pantry Food Marts of Wisconsin Jim Schutz Director of Food Service
Pester Marketing Company Jack Pester Chairman
Pester Marketing Company Richard Spresser President
Petro-Canada Ed Burcher Sr. Director, Neighbours and Foodservice
Petro-Canada Ron McIntosh Sr. Director
Petroles Crevier Jean Provost Manager Non Petroleum Products
POPS Marty Doepke POPS General Manager
POPS Rand Elliott Title not Given
POPS David Poerio Ttitle not Given
Pride Marsha Del Monte Vice President
Pride Jennifer Dorman Director of Operations
Pride Michelle Webber Director of Marketing
Ranglers C Stores, Inc Bradley Haile President
Ranglers C Stores, Inc Donald Haile President
Ranglers C Stores, Inc Stephanie Haile Buyer
Ranglers C Stores, Inc Sylvia Haile Secretary
Road Ranger, LLC Dan Arnold President
Road Ranger, LLC Doug Parker Sr Director of Marketing
Road Ranger, LLC RJ Rymas Director of Retail Operations
Royal Buying Group, Inc. Christine Brown Director of Vendors
Royal Buying Group, Inc. Sharon Porter Director of Business Development
Royal Buying Group, Inc. Michael Zielinski President, CEO
Rutters Farm Stores Robert Perkins Director of Marketing
Sandri Sunoco Kirsten Wedegartner Marketing Director
Sheetz, Inc. Keith Boston Director of Culinary Development
Shell Oil Products USA Jerry Peffer Category Manager
Shell Oil Products USA Nancy Prior Category Manager - Business Services
Short Line Express Market Duane Shields Owner
Smoke N Go LLC Thane Aucoin CEO
Smoke N Go LLC Fred Hoyt President
Smoke N Go LLC Richard Hoyt COO
Southwest Convenience Stores, LLC Michael Scarpelli VP of Marketing
Southwest Convenience Stores, LLC John West Director of Sales and Marketing
Stop-N-Go of Madison, Inc. Kenneth Pearson Director of Marketing
Sunoco APlus Convenience Stores Bonita Trigg McCummings National Category Manager
Sunoco, Inc. John Krapf Sr. Category Rep
Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company Natalie Anwar Programs Specialist
Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company Lorei Hawthorne Loyalty Programs Supervisor
Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company Monica Prado Marketing Speciliast
Tetco Stores LP Charnann Cox Car Wash Manager
Tetco Stores LP Lorraine Kosub Category Manager, Snack & Candy
Tetco Stores LP Jim Nutt Director of Marketing
Tetco Stores LP David Olivares Marketing and Merchandise Manager
Texas Star Investments, Inc. Tabor Brooks Vice President
Texas Star Investments, Inc. J.P. Jordan Merchandising Manager
Texas Star Investments, Inc. David Sisler District Manager
Texas Star Investments, Inc. Diane Soto District Manager
The Spinx Company, Inc. Brad Eaton Category Manager
Thorntons, Inc. Melina Hall Director of Food Services
Thorntons, Inc. Tony Miller Senior Vice President Marketing
Tom Thumb Food Stores Mary Neises VP of Marketing
TravelCenters of America Pete Chrystal Category Manager
Travelcenters of America Kirk Matthews Category Manager
TravelCenters of America Tom Newbould Manager, Retail Store Marketing
TravelCenters of America Lloyd Sanford Director of Sales and Merchandising
TravelCenters of America David Stukus Category Manager
U-Gas, Inc. Betty Taylor Secretary
U-Gas, Inc. Paul Taylor CEO
Valero Energy Corporation Hal Adams VP Merchandising and Store Development
Valero Energy Corporation Gary Arthur, Jr. SVP Retail Marketing
Valero Energy Corporation Tony Bartys Vice President, Operations and Marketing
Valero Energy Corporation Paul Clark VP, Construction and Administration
Valero Energy Corporation Geoff DeCastro Senior Category Manager
Valero Energy Corporation Pat Fitzpatrick Senior Category Manager
Valero Energy Corporation Tammy Floyd Retail Controller
Valero Energy Corporation Jimmy Gibson Senior Category Manager
Valero Energy Corporation Mark Haley Food Service Operations Manager
Valero Energy Corporation Joe Kim Regional Vice President
Valero Energy Corporation Mike Lane Food Service Category Manager
Valero Energy Corporation Pete Linton Regional Vice President
Valero Energy Corporation Henry Martinez Director, Human Resources
Valero Energy Corporation James Maxey Director, Development and Maintenance
Valero Energy Corporation Steve Motz VP Asset Development and Administration
Valero Energy Corporation Chuck Pettibon Senior Category Manager
Valero Energy Corporation Lisa Short Executive Assistant
Valero Energy Corporation Cheryl Thomas Vice President, Retail Systems
Valero Energy Corporation John Urbanik Marketing Programs Manager
Village Pantry, LLC Steve Kidd Category Manager
Village Pantry, LLC Jack Lewis Category Manager
Village Pantry, LLC Greg Marlow Category Director
Village Pantry, LLC Chad Prast Director of Food Service
Village Pantry, LLC Mike Ross Sr. Vice President of Marketing & Fuel
Wallis Companies Brian Peak Director of Operations
Wallis Companies John Phillips Director of Merchandising
Wawa, Inc. Jon Axelsson Wawa Supply Chain Mgr
Wawa, Inc. Nick Pacitti Project Manager
Wawa, Inc. Lisa Wollan Head of Consumer Insights and Brand Strategy
Wawa. Inc Jane Griffith Director, QA and Food Safety
Wayne Oil Co., Inc. / Ballpark Stores Jenna Rheault Marketing Admin
Wayne Oil Co., Inc. / Ballpark Stores Richard Shortt Director of Marketing
Wayne Oil Co., Inc. / Ballpark Stores John Strickland, Jr. President
Weigel Stores, Inc. Ken McMullen President
Weigel Stores, Inc. Bill Weigel Chairman
Wilson Farms, Inc. Richard Pajak Category Manager
Worsley Companies, Inc. Cecil Worsley President / CEO

 


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