{"id":202,"date":"2026-05-06T20:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:18:49","slug":"nacs-executive-leadership-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/fimp\/programs\/nacs-executive-leadership-program\/","title":{"rendered":"NACS Executive Leadership Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head>\n<\/head><body><p><strong>August 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/Group-cornell_nacs2025_7561-2-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"2025 NACS program participants group photo.\" class=\"wp-image-15566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/Group-cornell_nacs2025_7561-2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/Group-cornell_nacs2025_7561-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/Group-cornell_nacs2025_7561-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/Group-cornell_nacs2025_7561-2.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The NACS Executive Leadership Program at Cornell University provides executives in the convenience store industry with the perspectives needed to understand and successfully respond to the challenges of a competitive marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-program-overview\">Program overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For individuals preparing to take on key leadership roles in retail companies, the program supplements experience with formalized instruction on skills needed to drive long-term organizational performance, as well as 360-degree feedback and 1-on-1 coaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-opportunities-for-participants\">Opportunities for participants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Refine leadership skills that enable companies to drive long-term financial performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepare for the demands of key company roles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn from exceptional faculty and a network of high-performing peers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-should-attend\">Who should attend<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>High-potential executives who have been identified by their companies for expanded leadership responsibilities<\/p>\n\n\n  <section class=\"featured-profiles featured-profiles--condensed  section-heading--wrap bg--clear\">\n          <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n                          <h2>Program instructors<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n      <div class=\"grid-container text-margin-reset global-spacing--4x\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.business.cornell.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty\/photo\/dwh22\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Photo of Daniel Williams Hooker\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/dwh22\/\">Daniel Williams Hooker<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Teaching Professor; Executive Director of the Food Industry Management Program<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/michael_hostetler-400x400-1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Headshot of Michael Hostetler.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/mjh35\/\">Michael Hostetler<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Lecturer, Food Industry Management Program<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"media-section dotted-line--gray background--white span--red  bg--clear\">\n  <div class=\"grid-container\">\n    <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n      <div class=\"cell medium-6\">\n        <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 500\/700\">\n          \n                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/nacs-logo.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"National Association of Convenience Stores logo.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n          \n                  <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"cell medium-6\">\n        <div class=\"media-section__text text-margin-reset\">\n          \n          <h2>Admission details<\/h2>\n\n                      <div class=\"global-spacing--2x\">\n              <div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n                <p><strong>For tuition information and registration:<\/strong><br>\nNational Association of Convenience Stores<br>\n1600 Duke Street<br>\nAlexandria, VA 22314<br>\n(703) 518-7223<\/p>\n\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          \n                      <div class=\"global-spacing--3x button-row\">\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.convenience.org\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn external external\">NACS website<\/a>\n              <a href=\"mailto:bmauro@convenience.org\" target=\"_self\">Email Brandi Mauro<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"sock-cta global-padding--10x bg--tone\">\n  <div class=\"grid-container\">\n    <div class=\"sock-cta__text text-margin-reset\">\n      \n      <h2>For general program questions<\/h2>\n\n              <div class=\"global-spacing--1x intro-text\">\n          <p>Food Industry Management Program<br>\n475 Warren Hall<br>\nCornell University<br>\nIthaca, NY 14853-7801<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"global-spacing--3x\">\n          <ul class=\"btn-row\">\n                          <li><a href=\"mailto:FIMP@cornell.edu\" target=\"_self\" class=\"btn\">Email FIMP<\/a><\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 2027 The NACS 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