Gwen Gattsek has joined NACS on April 8 as its full-time data services manager.

Gattsek had served as temporary help to NACS’ marketing department since July 2012 and has been integral in enhancing the association’s data management capabilities, especially related to e-mail communications to members.

She also had worked as a consultant to NACS in 2009 and 2010, supervising the data management of NACS’ record-setting petition drives against swipe fees.

Gattsek also has experience as a business owner, serving as a manager and later as owner of The Flower Market, a retail floral business serving a number of national accounts. More recently, she was building manager and fresh flower buyer for Middle Atlantic Wholesale Florist.

Gattsek earned a B.A. in biology with a concentration in psychology from the University of Virginia. She is a resident of Alexandria.