Dear NJGCA Members,
This week your Association held its annual elections for seats on our Board of Directors, as per the organization’s by-laws. Several new members were elected, including new officers. I am deeply humbled to have been selected by my fellow Board Directors to serve as President of the Association, and I thank them for their confidence in me.
I’m confident I speak on behalf of all the new and current Directors when I say we are all excited to get to work making the association work better than ever, and to expand our influence and advocacy in Trenton and recommit to standing strong on behalf of all the small businesses in our industry.
Thank you also to those stepping off the Board, for all their years of service, in some cases decades, as both members of the association and board members. Thank you to Tim Arata, Sal Fiore, Dan Holsten, Norman Lippmann, and Joe Ocello.
Thanks to all those who came to the office as well to participate.
The newly elected Board Members are:
- Karan Chandi, P and J Fuel, karan@pandjfuel.com
- Marty Glick, National Convenience Distributors (NCD), mglick@thencd.com
- Ed Kashouty, Lakewood Exxon, lakewoodexxon123@yahoo.com
- Harjinder Kehal, Kehal Petroleum, hkehal2@gmail.com
- Mohammed Qureshi, Hazlet Plaza BP, zubair3039@yahoo.com
- Levent Sertbas, Sertbas Inc., paramusotr@gmail.com
Congratulations as well to Craig Copeland, elected Vice President, and Barney Linn, elected Secretary.
Feel free to reach out to any of them with your questions and suggestions for what we can do better. Your thoughts are welcome and encouraged!
Please contact me anytime as well, and I hope you know you can always contact our great professional staff Eric Blomgren (Eric@njgca.org) and Nick De Palma (Nick@njgca.org) or 732-256-9646.
Sincerely,
Ebbie Ashabi, Energy Marketing Partners (EMP)
EbbieAshabi@aol.com
