Joe Bowlin
President
McCarty-Hull Inc.
Amarillo, TX

Pat Carrico (DEF chairman)
President
Richmond-Master Distributors Inc.
South Bend, IN

John Guarnieri (education and research co-chair)
Vice president of operations
Albert Guarnieri & Co.
Warren, OH

Valerie Held (L.A. Bantle committee chair)
Vice president, corporate administration
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco
Greenwich, CT

Ricky Jones
Vice president
Andalusia Distributing Co.
Andalusia, AL

Tom Joyce (manufacturer representative)
Director of customer and industry affairs
Hershey Foods Corp.
Hershey, PA

Scott Ramminger
President and CEO
AWMA/DEF
Washington, DC

Steve Shing
Corporate vice president, marketing and trade relations
GSC Enterprises Inc.
Sulphur Springs, TX

Mike Stulberg
Twinco Romax
Medina, MN

Joe Wackerly (education and research co-chair)
General manager
J.F. Walker Co. Inc.
Gahanna, OH

STAFF:

Scott Ramminger and Kathy Trost (Manager of education)
AWMA/DEF
Fairfax, VA