The annual NATO Board of Director elections are now officially concluded. The NATO member retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers elected to a new two-year term on the NATO Board of Directors beginning January 1, 2017 include the following:

Retail Directors Elected

• Mary Szarmach, The Cigarette Store Corp.
• Phil Metzinger, Brookshire Bros./Tobacco Barns
• Bob Roberts, Smok’em, Inc.
• Steve Rush, Holiday Companies
• Kevin Taylor, Circle K

Wholesale Directors Elected

• Mike Gold, Arango Cigar Co.
• Pete Lippe, Core-Mark International

Manufacturer Directors Elected

• Larry Sherman, Nat Sherman Company
• Ron Milstein, ITG Brands

A special thank you to the following NATO members that were also candidates for a board of directors position:

• Phil Wilhelm, 7-Eleven
• Andrea Jackson, Tobacco Beverage Co. d/b/a Big Smoke and Tobacco Connection
• Ron Jung, Smokes
• Rich Mione, GPM Investments
• Ben Reinhart, Kocolene Marketing
• Bill Noah, Scandinavian Tobacco Group
• Russ Mancuso, U.S. Tobacco Cooperative
• Anthony Hemsley, Logic Technology Development LLC