NACS Foundation Installs New Board Members

OBERLIN, OHIO – March 15, 2017 - The NACS Foundation announced the installation of its new president, president-elect, and four new directors to the 2017-2018 board during CAMEX 2017 , the National Association of College Stores’ (NACS) annual convention and trade show.

Deanna Casterton , director, Luther Book Shop, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa is the newly-elected president for 2017-18. Casterton succeeds Tom Hoffa , vp of channel partnerships, Pearson, Chanhassen, Minn, who is now the Foundation’s Immediate Past President.

Carol J. Miller Schaefer, CCR , director, NDSU Bookstore, North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., was installed as president-elect.

Newly installed directors are Delinda Bahm , regional sales executive, Jardine Associates, Meriden, Kan.; Allison Hartel , assistant director for marketing and outreach, CU Bookstore, University of Colorado Boulder; Donna Morris-Powell , director of retail operations, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C.; and R. Todd Smith, CCR , director of campus store services, The Loch Shop, Clayton State University, Morrow, Ga.

Directors remaining on the NACS Foundation board are; Julie Banks, CCR , university retail operations manager, University of Dayton Bookstore, Dayton, Ohio; Tracy Dyal, CCR , manager, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Bookstore, Tifton, Ga.; Chris Przybylski, CCR , operations manager, Ozarks Tech Community College Bookstore, Ozarks Technical, Community College, Springfield, Mo and Paul A. Wright, MBA, CCR , store manager, Northern Michigan University Bookstore, Marquette, Mich.

EDITOR’S NOTE : CCR, Certified Collegiate Retailer, is an earned professional designation awarded by NACS.

About NACS Foundation

Operating for 35 years, the NACS Foundation is the only charitable resource for the campus store industry. Since its inception, it has disbursed more than $3 million for industry education and research, and awarded more than 3,000 professional development grants to college store professionals. The NACS Foundation has touched the careers of thousands of campus store professionals and counts some of the industry’s leading vendors among its top corporate donors.

About The National Association of College Stores

The National Association of College Stores (NACS), headquartered in Oberlin, Ohio, is the professional trade association of the $10 billion campus store industry. NACS provides education and other resources that help its member stores support student success, the campus experience, and the academic missions of higher education institutions. The association represents all campus stores, which include nearly 4,000 campuses in the U.S. and Canada, and approximately 1,000 industry-related companies that supply course materials and other merchandise and services to campus stores.