CAMILLUS — The New York Association of Convenience Stores recently announced Marcia Russo of Camillus has been elected to the New York Convenience Store Hall of Fame.
NYACS will induct her at its fall conference on Wednesday, Sept. 22, in Clayton.
Friends and industry colleagues are invited to attend by registering at the NYACS web site, nyacs.org.
The hall of fame honors individual retailers and suppliers for exceptional achievement in, and distinguished service to, New York’s convenience store industry.
Russo is a national client development manager for Acosta Sales & Marketing, a full-service sales, marketing and service company, representing leading manufacturers of consumer packaged goods products sold in the convenience store channel as well as all other classes of trade.
Based in Syracuse, Russo manages several of Acosta’s leading national clients including Campbell’s, Procter & Gamble, Edgewell Personal Care, and Spectrum Brands.
She currently manages key accounts in Central New York and Pennsylvania, and has worked with many accounts in the Northeast and nationally throughout her career.
Russo has served on the NYACS Supplier Advisory Board for 15 years, including two as chair, as well as multiple NYACS committees.
Prior to joining Acosta in 1998, she rose through the retail ranks and into a similar business and key account management capacity for Pezrow Food Brokers, a leading regional broker. During her tenure at Pezrow she was first introduced to NYACS through its annual trade show.
Graduating summa cum laude, she earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Buffalo’s D’Youville College.
She grew up in Marilla and Cheektowaga in Erie County.
Russo and her husband Gus reside in Camillus, where she enjoys gardening, boating, volunteering with the Camillus Erie Canal Society, and bowling (she’s in the Central New York Bowling Hall of Fame).
