Growing up in rural Western Massachusetts, I experienced the Deliverable Fuels industry firsthand. Our family home was heated by coal and wood before converting to fuel oil in the 1960s, giving me an early appreciation for the essential role deliverable fuels play in communities across North America.
My career eventually led me into trade publishing and advertising sales, where I worked with a variety of industry publications before joining Fuel Oil News Magazine. Over the
past 33 years, I developed strong relationships with fuel marketers, equipment manufacturers, distributors, and, importantly, industry trade associations. These relationships helped me advance to the position of Associate Publisher.
Throughout my career, I learned that trade associations
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