New NACS Leadership Takes Helm at Las Vegas Show Lonnie McQuirter, Director of Operations for 36 Lyn Refuel Station in South Minneapolis, has been elected 2026-27 chairman of NACS, the convenience and fuel retailers association. McQuirter assumed his role following the NACS Board of Directors meeting on October 6 during the NACS Show in Las Vegas. 36 Lyn Refuel Station, an independently owned convenience store, has earned three Inc. 5000 honors and recognition in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50. As chairman, McQuirter also leads the NACS Executive Committee, which provides strategic direction and financial oversight to the 65-year-old association.
## Executive Committee Lineup The 2026-27 Executive Committee includes: - Vice Chairman & Treasurer, and Vice Chairman, Legislative: Varish Goyal, CEO, Loop Neighborhood Markets (Atherton, CA)
- Vice Chairman, Retail Engagement: Chris Bambury, President, Bambury Inc. (Sonoma, CA)
- Vice Chairman, At Large: Tom Brennan, Chief Merchandising Officer, Casey's General Stores Inc. (Ankeny, IA)
- Vice Chairman, Research and Technology: Charles McIlvaine, Board Member, Maverik Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Vice Chairman, At Large: Natalie Morhous, CEO, RaceTrac Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
- Vice Chairman, At Large: Travis Sheetz, President & CEO, Sheetz Inc. (Altoona, PA)
- Vice Chairman, At Large: Brian Donaldson, CEO, Maxol Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland) Also serving are 2025-26 NACS Chairman Annie Gauthier, CFO/Co-CEO of St. Romain Oil Company LLC (Y-Not Stop, Mansura, LA), and 2022-23 NACS Chairman Don Rhoads, President & CEO of The Convenience Group LLC (Vancouver, WA). Christian Stein, Managing Member of Center Independent Oil Stores LLC (Clinton, PA), was elected to the NACS Board of Directors. NACS is led by a 30-member board, which includes three retailers from non-North American countries.
Supplier Board Leadership Named The NACS Supplier Board also announced new leadership on October 6.
Kevin LeMoyne, Senior Vice President, Customer Leadership at The Coca-Cola Company, was named 2026-27 Chairman of the Supplier Board, with Mike Gilroy, VP, Trade Development and Sponsorship at Mars Snacking, named Chair-elect. Both will serve as supplier representatives on the NACS Board of Directors. New Supplier Board Vice Chairmen are: - Danielle Holloway, Senior Director, Industry Engagement, Altria Group Distribution Co.
- Kevin Kraft, Vice President, Emerging Channels, Olipop
- Matt Domingo, Senior Director, External Relations, Reynolds Four new members were elected to the Supplier Board: - Jeffry Harrison, Co-founder and President, Rovertown (St. Louis, MO)
- Diane Striegel, Director of Sales, Lifeway Foods Inc. (Boonton, NJ)
- Erik Ogren, CEO, Patron Points Inc. (Woodbury, MN)
- Brad Haga, Senior Vice President, Prepared Food & Dispensed Beverages, Casey's General Stores Inc. (Ankeny, IA)
2026 NACS Show Details The 2026 NACS Show runs October 6–9 at the Las Vegas Convenience Center, featuring 445,000 square feet of expo space, 250-plus new exhibitors, thousands of new products and technology solutions, and more than 50 education sessions.
Why It Matters
NACS represents retail member companies that cumulatively operate more than 400,000 stores in 50-plus countries, including 45,000 stores in the United States. The U.S. convenience store industry operates nearly 152,000 stores, conducting 160 million daily transactions with $818 billion in annual sales.
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