The award recognizes industry leadership, relationship building and involvement in NYACS.
During the New York Association of Convenience Stores’ (NYACS) recent trade show and convention, Case Marshall of Pit Stop Convenience Stores, Weedsport N.Y, was presented with the first-ever John MacDougall Leadership Award.
Named for the late president of Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes and NYACS co-founder, the award was established this year by NYACS in cooperation with the John and Elaine MacDougall Foundation. MacDougall’s wife Elaine and two of her daughters were on hand for the presentation. Presenting the award was MacDougall’s former colleague Peter Tamburro, now with Marcy N.Y.-based Cliff’s Local Market.
The annual award goes to the individual or company who best demonstrates the qualities that characterized MacDougall’s storied career: Leadership in the industry, a commitment to relationship building, success in the c-store business and active involvement in NYACS.
Marshall has been on the NYACS Retail Board since 1995. He became its chairman in 2001 at age 30, the youngest chairman in NYACS history. He has served as treasurer ever since, and has chaired the Convention Committee since 2011, in addition to acting unofficially as “systems analyst” for the NYACS office. He is a member of the New York Convenience Store Hall of Fame.
In addition to 18 Pit Stop locations throughout the Finger Lakes Region, Marshall and his family operate E&V Energy, a heating oil and propane distribution company; Patriot Tank Lines, a petroleum trucking company; and Pyrus Energy, an alternative energy company.