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NATSO's Executive Committee and Board of Directors

 

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Chairman                   Frank Love

Love's Travel Stops Inc.
P.O. Box 26210
Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0210

Tel: (405) 302-6642
Fax: (901) 284-5806

Frank Love is the President and C.O.O. of Love’s Operating Companies, Inc. Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores operates over 200 interstate travel centers and convenience stores located in 33 states across America. Oklahoma City is the headquarters for Love’s.

After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, Love spent two years with the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company before joining his family’s company in 1994. He and his wife, Malia, have two children.

 

 

   
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Lisa J. Mullings 
NATSO, Inc.
1737 King Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314

Tel: (703) 549-2100
Fax: (703) 684-4525
Lisa Mullings is the President and Chief Executive Officer for NATSO. Prior to this appointment to NATSO’s Executive Committee, she served as NATSO’s Vice President of Public Affairs and Counsel. In that capacity, she lobbied on transportation and tax issues and managed NATSO’s strategic communication plan, serving as NATSO’s primary media contact as well as editor of both the association’s bi-monthly trade publication, Stop Watch, and its weekly e-newsletter.

Prior to joining NATSO in January 1995 as the Associate Director of Government Affairs, Lisa was the communications and government affairs manager for the National Association of Chemical Recyclers. Prior to that, she served for five years as a staff member on the House transportation committee. She received her undergraduate degree in business with a minor in journalism from the University of Maryland in 1994 and her law degree from George Mason University School of Law in 2000. She is married and has two sons.

 

 

   
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Steering Council Chairman
Dan Alsaker

Broadway Truck Stops
P.O. Box 14646
Spokane, WA 99214

Tel: (509) 534-1502
Fax: (509) 340-0838

Dan Alsaker is CEO of Broadway Flying J Truck Stops, and President of Alsaker Corp. The expansion of the family owned company began in 1980 and now includes truckstops, restaurants, casinos and hotels in four states and employs more than 400. During the past three decades, Broadway Truck Stops have expanded into Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Washington.

Alsaker has served as NATSO Chairman for the past two consecutive years, the board of regents of Pacific Lutheran University and as a trustee/president of St. George’s School in Spokane. He has provided leadership and expertise on the University of Idaho College of Business and Economics Advisory Board. He has provided the Alsaker Family Faculty Fellowship to assist the college in attracting and retaining the very best faculty. Alsaker and his wife, Anne, have four children.

 

 

   
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Thomas M. O'Brien
TravelCenters of America
24601 Center Ridge Road, Suite 200
Westlake, OH 44145-5639

Tel: (440) 617-1115
Fax: (440) 808-3301
Thomas M. O'Brien is a Managing Director, President and CEO of TravelCenters of America LLC. O’Brien has also been a senior executive of Reit Management & Research LLC, a real estate investment management company, since 1996. Prior to 1996, O'Brien was a senior manager with Arthur Andersen LLP. O’Brien graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1988. O’Brien is a director of NATSO (since 2007), of VirnetX Holding Corp., a public company engaged in development of internet communication security software (since 2007) and of Christian Relief Services, a charitable organization providing humanitarian services around the world (since 2008).  

 

 

   
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Scott Paulson
Watkins Co. dba Tomahawk  Auto Truck Plaza
181 E. 56th Ave. #600
Denver, CO 80216

Tel: (303) 564-0178
Fax: (303) 293-8069
Scott Paulson is a partner in Silco Oil Co. Silco Oil operates 12 Barn Store Convenience Stores and six Tomahawk Auto Truck Plazas, with four Biscuits Cafes in Colorado and Arizona.

Scott started in the c-store business in 1975 with Q-Superettes in Minneapolis. Q-Superettes was purchased by Total Petroleum Inc. and Paulson was involved in retail marketing in Milwaukee, Detroit and Denver until 1998.In 1998 Scott joined Silco Oil as an operations manager and was part of the management group that purchased Silco in 2000.

Scott has been directly involved in the Tomahawks since the retirement of a partner in 2005.

 

 

   
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At-Large Officer
James J. Goetz
Goetz Companies
P.O. Box 489
I/90-94 Highway 78-South
Portage, WI 53901

Tel: (608) 742-9094
Fax: (608) 742-1856

Jim Goetz is owner-operator of Petro Travel Plaza in Portage Wisc. and vice president of Goetz Co. In addition to his over twenty years experience in the industry, Goetz served as NATSO Chairman in 2006. He also has years experience participating in NATSO’s committees, serving on the Board of Directors and on the Executive Committee. He has been chairman of the Education Committee and the Information and Research Committee and has served on the Nominating Committee, Budget and Audit Committee and Conventions Committee. Goetz graduated from Minnesota’s Hamlin University in 1982.

 

 

   
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Robert Berkstresser
Lee Hi Travel Plaza
2516 N. Lee Hwy.
Lexington, VA 24450

Tel: (540) 463-3478
Fax: (540) 463-7389
Bobby Berkstresser has owned and operated Lee-Hi Travel Plaza since 1981, growing from eight employees to over 140. He has been a member of NATSO for 26 years. Berkstresser has served on the local board of supervisors, Republican Party chairman local party, attended NATSO legislative meetings in Washington, D.C. and attended numerous NATSO conventions.
     
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At-Large Director
Chuck Bosselman

Bosselman Inc.
P.O. Box 1567
Grand Island, NE 68802

Tel: (308) 381-2800
Fax: (308) 382-1160

Chuck Bosselman is the President of Bosselman Inc., which is a Nebraska-based company that opened in 1948. He is a second-generation truckstop operator. He, his wife Jan, and two of his children are active in the business. Bosselman Inc. operates eight travel centers, 40 convenience stores, eight restaurants, multiple fast-food operations, five motels and Bosselman Energy, a wholesale fuel distributorship. Bosselman Inc. has been a member of NATSO since 1964.
     
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At-Large Director
Fred Kirschner

Scranton Petro LP
518 W. Lancaster Ave.
Haverford, PA 19401

Tel: (610) 527-4200
Fax: (609) 291-0199

Fred Kirschner is owner and operator of Scranton Petro in Dupont, Pa. Kirschner has been in the truckstop and travel plaza industry since 1968, joining as a NATSO member in 1976. In addition to serving on many NATSO committees such as Technology and Systems Committee, Kirschner has also served on the Board of Directors of the NATSO Foundation. Kirschner also serves as the Secretary of Energy's National Petroleum council as well as many other charitable boards.
     
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Pat Marchbanks

Bear Mountain Travel Stop
15840 Costajoe Road
Bakersfield, CA 93313

Tel: (661) 834-5733
Fax: (661) 834-0618
Pat Marchbanks currently owns and operates Bear Mountain Travel Plaza in Bakersfield, Calif. Marchbanks joined the truckstop family business in 1976. Marchbanks currently is a board member of NATSO, WATSO and government affairs member of CIOMA. He is the former Chairman of NATSO PAC with Mark Griffin and David Penny, a former NATSO Chairman and a former WATSO president. He is also a former chair of the current company board of trade, former president of Bruces Truckstop Inc. and former board member of Travel Ports of America. Marchbanks graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Administration from California State University at Sacramento in 1976.

 

 

   
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At-Large Director
Delia Moon Meier
Iowa 80 Group
P.O. Box 639
Walcott, IA 52773

Tel: (563) 284-6965
Fax: (563) 284-6475

Delia Moon Meier is the Senior Vice President of Iowa 80 Group and CAT Scale Co. She is a second-generation truckstop operator. Meier has served as a NATSO committee member, NATSO board member, Chairman of the NATSO Foundation and is the current Chairman of NATSO Government Affairs.

Meier was also a past board member of Bettendorf Chamber of Commerce, past chair and long term member of the Chamber Government Affairs Committee, past board member of the Iowa Underground Storage Tank Board and past board member of AMBEST.

Meier also spends her time as a junior Achievement classroom volunteer, member of Asbury United Methodist Church and a Girl Scouts troop leader. Meier received her BBA from the University of Iowa. Delia and her husband, Dave, have three daughters.

 

 

   
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Chain Director
Jimmy A. Haslam

Pilot Travel Centers LLC
P.O. Box 10146
Knoxville, TN 37939

Tel: (865) 588-7488 ext. 2523
Fax: (865) 450-2801

Jimmy Haslam is president and CEO of Pilot Travel Centers. He joined Pilot in 1976 immediately following graduation from the University of Tennessee, where he received a degree in marketing.

In 1980, Haslam was named vice president of sales, development and operations. Haslam was named to his current position in 1996, when Pilot operated 96 travel centers and 50 convenience stores. In 2001, Pilot Corp. partnered with Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC to form Pilot Travel Centers LLC.

Haslam also serves on the boards of Innovation Valley Inc., First Horizon Corp., Ruby Tuesday Inc., Anderson Media Corp., Clayton Family Foundation and on the National Association of Convenience Stores Leadership Council. In 2006, he served as Tennessee statewide campaign chair for the Corker for Senate Campaign.

Haslam is married to Susan "Dee" Bagwell Haslam, CEO of RIVR Media. They have three adult children, Jim, Whitney and Cynthia.

 

 

   
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Roger Phillips
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire LLC
535 Marriot Drive; 8th Floor
Nashville, TN 37214-0991

Tel: (615) 937-3405
Fax: (615) 937-3998
Roger Phillips has been in the tire business since 1978. He worked for Michelin for 12 years and has worked for Bridgestone/Firestone North American for 18 years. At Bridgestone, Phillips has served as Territory Manager, Regional Fleet Manager, District Manager and currently as the Manager of Truckstop Sales for the Bridgestone/Firestone Commercial Group.

Bridgestone/Firestone is a member of NATSO's Chairman's Circle. Phillips serves on NATSO's Allied and Conventions Committee, which he previously co-chaired. Phillips has served as the Chair of the NATSO Foundation Board of Directors and he has also served in the past as the foundation's Secretary/Treasurer and Vice Chair. Phillips also is the auctioneer for the foundation's live auction.

     
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Billy G. Vollenweider
Detroiter Travel Center
21055 West Road
Woodhaven, MI 48183-3245

Tel: (734) 675-4975
Fax: (734) 676-0610
Bill Vollenweider is owner-operator of Detrioiter Travel Center in Woodhaven, Mich. Vollenweider is a past board member of AMBEST. He has been in the industry since 1971, and the travel center joined NATSO in the mid-1960s.