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CELEBRATING THE 2022 TOP WOMEN IN CONVENIENCE This year’s event featured a record number of honorees and drew record industry attendance A Convenience Store News Staff Report
is known for its spectacle, so it was only fitting that the 2022 Convenience Store News Top Women in Convenience (TWIC) Awards Gala was a record-breaking event, celebrating a record number of honorees and drawing a record number of attendees from across the industry.
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This year's TWIC class comprised 91 honorees, including 40 Rising Stars.
TWIC is the first and only c-store industry program that spotlights the integral role women play in convenience retailing and celebrates individuals across retailer, distributor and supplier businesses for outstanding contributions to their companies and the industry at large. The Oct. 2 awards gala, held at the Renaissance Las Vegas following day two of the 2022 NACS Show, honored the ninth-annual TWIC class comprised of 91 honorees, including five Women of the Year, 36 Senior-Level Leaders, 40 Rising Stars and 10 Mentors, all chosen based on impressive nominations received from their peers. Paula Lashinsky, vice president and brand director for CSNews, noted that this year's honorees distinguished themselves in ways that go beyond achievements that can be neatly listed on paper. “While this year's nominations were replete with details of individual accomplishments — the ‘whats’ — it was the ‘hows’ that were so impressive,” she said. “The descriptions
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