SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 35

(By Senators Ferns, Plymale, Kessler and D. Hall)

Recognizing Robert Sincavich of Wheeling, West Virginia, for being named chairman of the American Wholesale Marketers Association and for his service to the convenience product distribution industry in the State of West Virginia.

            Whereas, The American Wholesale Marketers Association is an international trade organization representing convenience distributors in the United States whose distributor members represent more than $85 billion in convenience product sales; and

            Whereas, Mr. Robert Sincavich will assume the chairmanship of the American Wholesale Marketers Association at the association’s annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, later this month; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia, and attended the Linsly Institute and also received a degree in psychology from Allegheny College; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich is president of Team Sledd, a convenience store wholesale product distributor established in Wheeling in 1937; and

            Whereas, Under the leadership of Mr. Sincavich, Team Sledd has grown from a company with less than thirty employees with $3 million in revenue to more than two hundred sixty employees with $560 million in revenue over the past thirty years; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich has established Team Sledd as the preeminent supplier of convenience retail products and services in the six state Mid-Atlantic region, serving customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and West Virginia; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich and his business partner, Mr. Randy Emanuelson, purchased Sledd Company in 1996 and have built it into today’s Team Sledd, a top twenty-five United States convenience wholesaler; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich is a two-time past president of the West Virginia Wholesalers Association; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich is a board member on the Ohio Wholesale Marketers Association and also chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Legislative Conference relating to convenience distribution issues; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich serves on the board for the Regional Economic Development Council; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich is entering his thirty-fourth year in the convenience distribution industry; and

            Whereas, Mr. Sincavich and his wife of nearly 32 years, Dianne, have four children: daughters Carrie, Kimberly and Erin; and son Evan; therefore, be it

            Resolved by the Senate:

            That the Senate hereby recognizes Robert Sincavich of Wheeling, West Virginia, for being named chairman of the American Wholesale Marketers Association and for his service to the convenience product distribution industry in the State of West Virginia; and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to Mr. Robert Sincavich.