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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
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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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President & CEO
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
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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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Secretary/Treasurer
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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At-Large Officer
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
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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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At-Large Director
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
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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
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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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At-Large Director
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
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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
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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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Allied Director
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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At-Large Director
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. |
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