NACS has added new staff, including a new member of its engagement team.

April VanApeldorn is the NACS director of retail engagement, West.

VanApeldorn most recently served as vice president of operations for Mass Equities, which operates roam’n stop stores. Prior to that, she served as director of dealer wholesale operations for MAPCO Express Inc. She also served in leadership roles with Delek and RaceTrac.

In this newly created role, VanApeldorn is responsible for engaging new and existing member companies and their employees.

“Bringing in industry veterans is part of our commitment to making sure our retailer members have great partners at NACS who help them get the most out of NACS membership, including our educational resources, events and fantastic advocacy team,” said Jeff Burrell, NACS vice president of retail engagement. “April will be at many industry events and also traveling to visit select retailers when able.”

Scott Bolden joined NACS as a marketing manager. Bolden has extensive experience in strategic plan development, managing website and social media content development, exhibits and events marketing and project management. Most recently, Bolden was marketing manager for the Executive Leadership Council.

Romeo Clemente joined NACS as an accounts payable coordinator. Clemente earned a B.S. in finance from Virginia Commonwealth University earlier this year. While in school, he served as a financial advisor intern for First Financial Group and as an accounting intern for Energy Recovery Inc.