Disaster and recovery plans helped convenience and fuels retailers in Florida affected by Hurricane Ian be among the first businesses to reopen. We’ll talk about how they prepared and about current conditions in the hardest hit areas.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Ned Bowman, Executive Director, Florida Petroleum Marketers Association

Ned Bowman grew up in Connecticut in a family of seven boys and one girl, and went to college at University of New Haven, graduating in 1981 BS and EMBA 1993. While in college, he played football for three years and one of his teammates was Tony Sparano, the former Miami Dolphins head coach. He graduated 1981 and was later honored with a distinguished Alumni Award in 1997. He's been in the heating oil and fuel business for over 25 years, and founded a retail propane distributorship and has been president of a fuel oil and petroleum products distributorship and a heating and cooling contractor business.

Ned was involved with the New England Fuel Institute for over 15 years, and was on the board of directors for the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association Educational Foundation and a board member of the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Dealers Association. He was awarded the ICPA Marketers of the year award in 2004 and joined the Florida Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association as Executive Director in 2010. He has spoken in front of many industry segments including emergency fuel management. Additionally has been a member of Vistage since 2011.