WSSA Board of Directors
The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) and National Association of Beverage Importers (NABI) founded WSSA in 1976 to act as a shipping cooperative. As a not for profit trade association, WSSA has been able to combine the total volume of its member shipments to achieve preferential rates and service from each of its carriers and vendors.
The Board of Directors consists of major wholesalers and importers throughout the country. Their goal today is the same as it was in the beginning; combine the purchasing power of the industry to reduce import costs and achieve reliable service.
Chairman of the Board
V. James Andretta, Jr.*
Empire Merchants North, LLC
132 Flatbush Avenue
Kingston, NY 12402-1608
Term Expires: 2011
President
Louis Healey*
Allied Beverage Group
600 Washington Avenue
Carlstadt, NJ 07072
Term Expires: 2012
Vice President
Howard Jacobs*
R & R Marketing
Ten Patton Drive
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Term Expires: 2011
Director
Robert Epsten
Major Brands, Inc.
550 E. 13th Street
N. Kansas City, MO 64116
Term Expires: 2012
Director
Kim Gary
Kent Beverage Co., Inc.
650 36th Street S.E.
Wyoming, MI 49548
Term Expires: 2010
Director
Kenneth J. Mancini
Rhode Island Distributing Co.
119 Hopkins Hill Road
West Greenwich, RI 02817
Term Expires: 2012
Director
Charles Merinoff
Empire Merchants LLC
16 Bridgewater Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Term Expires: 2010
Director
James Rubenstein
Horizon Beverage Group
80 Stockwell Drive
Avon, MA 02322
Term Expires: 2011
Director
Giovanni Chiarelli*
Albatrans International Freight Forwarders
149-10 183rd Street
Jamaica, NY 11413
*Member of Executive Committee
