2014-15 Officers continued 2014 Holiday Greetings Executive’s Message W STATE DIRECTORS Kristy Cotrell Morton’s Truck Stops Inc North Las Vegas Chris Kemper Terrible Herbst Oil Las Vegas Twice the Bang for Your Buck! Gregory Michael River City Petroleum Inc Las Vegas Bob Prary Flyers Energy LLC Sparks Associate Board Director Joe McGinley McGinley & Associates Reno With the annual WPMA Convention just around the corner, I would like to announce some exciting news. Again in 2015, WPMA is partnering with NATSO, the national association representing truck stops and travel plazas, to bring our marketer members unparalleled business and networking opportunities. WPMA will share educational resources as well as business and networking opportunities for our marketer members with the members of NATSO, at both the NATSO Show and WPMA’s National Convention & Convenience Store Expo, scheduled to be held this February in Las Vegas. • NEVADA continued • • NEW MEXICO • WPMA Executive Director, Gene Inglesby WPMA’s National Convention & Convenience Store Expo will be held at the Mirage Convention Center on February 17 – 19, 2015, and offers two-and-a-half days of expert speakers, seminars, networking, and access to over 90,000 square feet of tradeshow space, with exhibitors displaying and selling the latest in technology, services, truck and trailer displays, and c-store innovations to meet the needs of the petroleum industry. g h u o C r State President Doug Adams Sandia Oil Co Albuquerque State Vice-President Leland Gould Western Refining Co Albuquerque State PMAA Director Cyndee Biggers Bowlin Travel Centers Albuquerque Immediate Past State President Gary Harrell Bell Gas Inc Roswell State Executive Ruben Baca NMPMA Albuquerque STATE DIRECTORS Jim Allee Farmington Oil Co Farmington The NATSO Show will be held at The Wynn in Las Vegas on February 16 – 19, 2015, and offers two-and-a-half days of innovative ideas, networking, and business opportunities — all designed to meet the unique needs of travel plaza and truckstop leaders. Brian Ashburn Allsup Petroleum Inc Clovis By co-mingling two of the industry’s premier trade shows, this partnership connects those selling petroleum products to consumers with petroleum distributors, wholesalers and jobbers as well as vendors across the industry. NATSO Members and WPMA Marketer Members who register for one trade show automatically will be registered to attend the neighboring show at no additional cost. Each show will feature its own exhibit hall, as well as unique educational programming for attendees. Alan G Franken Franken Oil & Distributing Co Las Vegas e s sT c c u S Log in to wpma.com/national-convention and look for the buttons below to organize your schedule for both shows. Make your plans now to attend both the WPMA Convention and Convenience Store Expo, and the NATSO Show, and get twice the bang for your buck! • WPMA News / Winter 2014 Bruce Payne United Fuel Supply LLC Salt Lake City Brad Randall Tom Randall Distributing Co In Layton Rick Reese Kellerstrass Oil Co, Ogden John Richardson Hone Oil Company, Ogden Mike Wagstaff Holiday Oil, West Valley Cit • WASHINGTON • State President Steve Clark Genesee Fuel & Heating Co Seattle State 1st Vice-President Todd Shaw Vancouver Oil Co Inc Vancouver State 2nd Vice-President Chris Eerkes Sun Pacific Energy Inc Kennewick State PMAA Director Brad Bell Connell Oil Inc Pasco Immediate Past State President Scott Walters PetroCard Inc Spokane State Executive Lea Wilson WOMA Port Orchard State Lobbyist Dave Ducharme Ducharme&Associates Inc Bellevue STATE DIRECTORS Kenny Ross Ross Oil Company Springer Dan Averill Reisner Distributor Inc Anacortes Charles Webb Circle W Pawn & C-Stores Farmington Mike Chandler Chandler Enterprises Inc Toppenish Associate Board Directors Craig Eerkes Sun Pacific Energy Inc Kennewick Sid Jenkins D&H / United Pump Supply Albuquerque Rodney Reynolds Core-Mark International Albuquerque • UTAH • State President Jim Larson Wind River Petroleum Holladay State 1st Vice-President Mike Sullivan Mike’s Chevron Orem State PMAA Director & Immediate Past State President Larry Hansen Overland Petroleum Sandy State Executive John Hill UPMRA Salt Lake City STATE DIRECTORS David Bell Bell Brothers Oil Co Coalville Stacey Bettridge KB Oil Cedar City S Dustin Lunt Rocky Mountain Marketers Provo Christophe Allen Acme Fuel Company Olympia nge • With this partnership, we’re increasing the attendee value proposition for both events. Attendees will benefit from a wide array of educational programming, and exhibitors at both shows will take advantage of the expanded marketing opportunity and additional traffic on the show floor. Doug Hyer Thomas Petroleum LLC North Salt Lake Alex Hodges-Swinford Hodges Oil Co Inc Belen ha h Charley Brewer Brewer Oil Co Santa Fe Carl Hunt JC Hunt Co Inc/ dba BCL Distributing Blanding Ron Glatz Rossoe Energy Systems Seattle Tom Hemingway Broadway Truck Service Spokane Bruce Holmstrom Vancouver Oil Co Inc Vancouver Dan Knelleken Sound Oil Company Inc Seattle Sean Mason Masco Petroleum Aberdeen Robert Ogan Wenatchee Petroleum Wenatchee Frank Pupo, Jr Associated Petroleum Products Tacoma Gerry Ramm Ramm Enterprises Soap Lake Rod Smith RH Smith Distributing Grandview Steve Snider Snider Petroleum Sumner Brian Whitley Whitley Fuel Okanogan 7 S