Lucia Romanello Crater, vice president of retail sales for Cardtronics Inc., has been named 2012-13 chairman of the NACS Supplier Board.

In addition, Bob Sears, director of trade and state relations, Altria Group Distribution Co., was named chair-elect and will succeed Crater as 2013-14 chairman. Crater and Sears were named to their positions during the NACS Supplier Board meeting at the NACS Show in Las Vegas.

Crater joined Cardtronics in April 2011. Before that, she spent nine years at US Nutrition, the last three years as director of sales. Crater has been active in NACS since 1989, and was a founding member and executive committee member of the Network of Executive Women. She earned a B.A. from James Madison University.

Sears joined Philip Morris USA in 1996 as its director of trade marketing for national accounts. He has held a number of increasingly responsible positions for Philip Morris and Altria before being named to his current position earlier this year. Sears is a member of the board of directors of AWMA, NATO and Virginia Capitol Region of the American Red Cross. Sears earned a B.A. from Syracuse University.

The NACS Show, runs through Oct. 10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The NACS Supplier Board is comprised of individuals from NACS supplier member companies that represent different product and service categories in the convenience store industry.  Three vice chairmen also were elected to the five-member Supplier Board leadership team:

 •    Kevin Martello, director of convenience, Dr Pepper Snapple Group;

 •    Wendy Redmond, director of sales-convenience format, Snyder’s-Lance Inc.; and

 •   Joseph Vonder Haar, managing partner, iSEE Store Innovations Inc.

In addition, six new members were elected to the NACS Supplier Board:

  •   Stephen Brady, vice president of convenience & military, McLane Co. Inc.;

  •   Shultz Hartgrove III, senior vice president of development for convenience & non-traditional, Quiznos Sub;

  •   Drew Mize, chief operating officer, The Pinnacle Corp.;

  •  Tim Quinn, vice president of trade development, Mars Chocolate North America LLC;

  •  Michael Stipetic, sales manager, west, BIC Corp.; and

   •  Terry Thomas, general manager and vice president of PepsiCo sales, drug, dollar and convenience, PepsiCo, Inc.