As the calendar moves fully into the holiday season, convenience retailers are busy making moves at the top of their organizations. Three different retailers made c-suite changes last month while a few other big names made notable VP-level appointments.
Below are the top c-store executive moves from November. And here’s our roundup from October in case you missed it.
TA taps Dollar Tree exec as CEO
TravelCenters of America hired Jason Nordin as its new CEO. He replaced Debbi Boffa, who stepped down from the role in mid-October.
Nordin joined TA from discount retailer Dollar Tree, where he held multiple roles, including president of its Family Dollar brand for the past year.
Nordin also spent 12 years with Pilot Company — one of TA’s biggest competitors — including six years as chief operating officer.
He joined TA amid the company’s “targeted business improvement plan” to contend with “continued margin pressure,” CFO Kate Thompson said during BP’s third-quarter earnings presentation in early November.
RaceTrac welcomes first CIO
RaceTrac named Ameet Shetty as its first-ever chief information officer.
Shetty joined the company from financial services firm Equifax, where he had been chief data officer since 2024. He also spent three years as CIO for Pilot, where he led enterprise data strategy and data engineering and oversaw the modernization of its IT infrastructure.
This move comes about three months after RaceTrac revealed it would add the CIO role. Longtime Vice President of IT John Lukas, who oversaw RaceTrac’s technology infrastructure and spearheaded the revamp of its loyalty app and back-end marketing systems, is retiring at the end of the year.
EG Group makes 2 C-suite moves
EG Group has named Mike Leon chief accounting officer and Bob Swan chief human resources officer, according to its third-quarter trading update. Leon has already taken his new position and Swan will assume his new role on Jun. 5, 2026.
Leon joined EG Group from building materials wholesaler Jeld-Wen, where he was chief accounting officer and senior vice president of corporate finance, according to a statement from EG Group. In that role, he oversaw areas like global accounting, shared services and tax, as well as led the company's Enterprise Risk Management function. He also served for almost five years as chief accounting officer of packaging manufacturer Sealed Air Corporation, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Swan is joining from imaging and radiation oncology services company Akumin, where he led the company’s HR transformation, according to EG Group. Earlier in his career, he served for three and a half years as SVP of HR for convenience retailer Stripes, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Stewart’s promotes 2 to VP
Stewart’s Shops named Alison Abbey vice president of personnel and Kelli Derway VP of facilities.
Abbey joined Stewart’s in 2006 working in personnel for the company’s plant in Greenfield, New York, and has worked in personnel for the last 10 years at the company’s corporate office in Ballston Spa. She replaced Tony Carnevale, who is retiring.
Derway joined Stewart’s in 1993 as facilities coordinator, according to the announcement. Since then, she has served as facilities manager and facilities director. The VP of facilities role was most recently held by Chad Kiesow, who was promoted to chief operating officer of the company in early 2024, before becoming president in June.
Yesway hires new facilities VP
Yesway has hired Robert Drake as VP of facilities. He’ll lead facilities maintenance and repair operations for Yesway’s network of over 400 convenience stores across the South and Southwest.
Drake joined Yesway after a decade at Murphy USA, where he most recently worked as director of strategic maintenance and facilities. He’s also held leadership positions with since-defunct Kangaroo Express operator The Pantry as well as SureTemp Mechanical and Trane Commercial Systems.
Refuel foodservice leader earns promotion
Refuel Operating Company named Monique Ravenel vice president of foodservice. Ravenel has worked as Refuel’s director of proprietary foods and QSR operations for two years. Before that, she spent nearly eight years as a regional restaurant leader for 7-Eleven, where her priorities included opening and expanding 7-Eleven’s Raise the Roost fried chicken QSR, as well as testing products, creating recipes and working with vendors on restaurant item selection.
Ravenel also spent nearly a decade as a market manager for Circle K in South Carolina.
