NATSO’s Government Affairs Committee is an expert-led group of industry executives that helps identify and advise the association’s strategic engagement on legislation, regulations, policy trends or pending government actions affecting the truck stop, travel center and fuel retailing industry. NATSO’s policy priorities are member-driven and Board approved. The NATSO Government Affairs Committee formally adopts its priority legislative and regulatory issues for the year at NATSO’s annual meeting, after which they are approved by the Board of Directors. NATSO’s 2026 core legislative priorities this year focus on continuing its thought-leadership around a strategic assessment of biofuel and other transportation energy incentive policies as well as highway and freight policies.
Government Affairs Committee Chair
Randy Gard – Chief Operations Officer with Bosselman Enterprises of Grand Island, Neb.
Bosselman Enterprises is among the industry’s most forward-thinking fuel retailers, championing incentives for alternative fuels to expand fuel supply options while promoting consumer choice. Bosselman’s ranks among the first companies to invest in gasoline with 15 percent ethanol, biodiesel and electric vehicle charging stations. Gard’s career includes key roles with Eaton Corporation in the Automotive Components Group, Director of Operations at Hornady Manufacturing, and Director of Operations for Stuart Entertainment. At Vermeer Manufacturing Co. Gard served as Vice President of Global Planning and Business Development. Gard led Chief Automotive Technologies in Grand Island, NE, as President and CEO, during which the company was part of Dover Corporation (DOV), a Fortune 500 company. In addition to serving on NATSO’s Government Affairs Committee, Gard is a member of the Nebraska Ethanol Board and previously served on the Board of the American Coalition for Ethanol.
NATSO’s 2026 Government Affairs Committee Members
Randy Gard, Chair, Bosselman Enterprises
Raina Shoemaker Fromm, Shoemaker’s Travel Centers
Cevdet Acar, Road Ranger
Dan Alsaker, Broadway Group
Mark Augustine, Triplett Inc.
Harman Aulakh, Onvo
Jason Bassett, Sheetz
Doug Beech, Casey’s
Delia Moon Meier, Iowa 80 Group
Herb Hargraves, Sprint Mart
Michael Junk, QuikTrip
Hope Lanier, Travel Centers of America, a bp company
Valkyrie Musarra, Bowlin Travel Centers
Jacob Olson, RaceTrac
Robin Puthusseril, Greater Chicago I-55 Truck Plaza
Andrew Richard, Sapp Bros.
Eva Rigamonti, Pilot Company
Chuck Ryan, AM Best
Bob Wollenman, Deluxe Truck Stop