2026 Winners Announced!

CONGRATULATIONS!

2026 winners will be featured in the July/August issue of Convenience Store News Canada magazine, in the All Convenience e-newsletter, at CCentral.ca and via social media.

In addition, winners will be honoured at the annual Star Women in Convenience Awards Ceremony at the International Centre in Toronto on Wednesday, September 23rd!

SENIOR-LEVEL STARS

Sarah Costa

Director, wholesale operations – Eastern Canada

Suncor Energy

Ashley Gorrie

CEO

Gorrie RCP

Pat Macdonald

Co-founder & CEO

United Craft

Elaine McKay

Head of corporate affairs and communications

JTI-Macdonald Corp.

Victoria Osuna

Head of category intelligence and enablement, North America

Circle K | Alimentation Couche-Tard

Amanda (Mandi) Running Rabbit

General manager, operations

Siksika Group of Companies

Milena Trentadue

Managing director

Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

SHINING STARS

Jasmine Ahluwalia

Omni marketing retail manager

Coke Canada Bottling

Jessie Aitchison

Category manager, non-alc beverages

Petro-Canada, a Suncor business

Aron Alderson

Key account manager

Western Refrigeration & Beverage Equipment

Saadia Alleyne

Sales analysis & administration manager

JTI-Macdonald Corp.

Mariam Aly

Senior key account executive

Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

Lorraine Aqui-John

Marketing operations analyst, convenience marketing

Canadian Tire Gas+, Canadian Tire Corporation

Lola Baiyewu

Network delivery advisor

Canadian Mobility Services

Amber Banford

Director of merchandising, marketing and loyalty

MacEwen Petroleum | Quickie

Carole Bonenfant

Sales supervisor

Le Groupe Martel

Catarina Bosnjak

Ice cream Canada sales operations manager

The Magnum Ice Cream Company

Shannon Brown

Foodservice & merchandising manager

North Sun Energy

Jule Chan

Corporate governance and contracts manager

JTI-Macdonald Corp.

Lois Degenstein

Pricebook administrator

Gas King Oil Co. Ltd.

Claudie Ducharme

Fuel pricing manager

Harnois Énergies

Vanessa Dufour

Key account manager

Labatt Canada

Ève Fontaine

Distribution centre optimization manager

Circle K | Alimentation Couche-Tard

Caroline Fredette

Field operations manager

Canadian Tire Gas+, Canadian Tire Corporation

Émilie Girard

Marketing director

Groupe Saga, a division of Groupe Beaudry

Meltem Gunesli

Business development manager – Canada

Gilbarco-Veeder Root, Vontier Corporation

Lindee Hilker

Customer care manager

Core-Mark International

Jessica Hunter

Communications manager

7-Eleven Canada

Sofija Isshak

Territory manager

Imperial Tobacco | BAT

Souha Kaçah

Key account associate

Imperial Tobacco Canada | BAT

Iryna Korzh

Trade activation manager

Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

Émilie Larochelle

Senior account manager

Petro-Canada, a Suncor business

Alexa Law

Director, national key accounts

Sobeys Wholesale

Jennifer Law

Sales planning analyst

Molson Coors Beverage Company

Jini Lee

Area commercial supervisor

Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

Mélanie Léveillé

Senior key account manager – Eastern Canada

Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

Maria Litvak

Real estate manager

Sunoco LP

Averil Loong

Fresh food, QA manager

7-Eleven Canada

Ratanjot Luthra

CAO

Yellow Stores

Sheri Mallory

Key account strategic manager

JTI-Macdonald Corp.

Myriam Marquis

Sales director – small format and alternative channels

Keurig Dr Pepper Canada

Katherine Martineau

Regional sales manager

Sleeman Breweries

Raquel McGowan

Category manager

Cenovus Energy

Sabine Murray

Category specialist

Petro-Canada, a Suncor business

Adriana Padikova

Senior director, franchise operations

INS Market

Jessica C. Panfili

Director, pricing, billing and training

Harnois Énergies

Cassandra Pino

Sales representative - convenience & grocery Ontario

Arterra Wines Canada

Emily Poole

Area sales manager – Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario

PepsiCo

Anca Puiu

Account manager

Sunoco LP

Ashley Robinson

District sales manager

JTI-Macdonald Corp.

Jennifer Schnell

Senior operations & product specialist, c-store

Federated Co‑operatives Limited

Pia Seeger

Trade marketing manager

Trajectory Beverage Partners

Cathy Senderovich

Director of field operations and customer service

Strategic Retail Partners Canada

Amanda Simpson

Convenience retail brand manager

BG Fuels

Susan Sinden

Category manager, beer & wine

MacEwen Petroleum | Quickie

May-May Solomon

Field marketing manager, Western Canada

Circle K | Alimentation Couche-Tard

Laurie Sylvestre

District manager – southwest region

Circle K | Alimentation Couche-Tard

Sarah Trainor

Operations manager, Proxi Network

Harnois Énergies

Allyn Tritter

Senior manager – business development Canada

7-Eleven Canada

Lauren Van Dam

Customer development leader

Mars Snacking

STORE-LEVEL STARS

Isabelle Chrétien

Owner

Le Marché de la Picoleuse | Dépanneur Maxi

Fiona Goy

Owner

Aisle24, Concord, Ont.

Winnie Pabla

Area manager

Petro-Canada, a Suncor business

Leigh Swinimer

Store manager

McDougall Energy | Seaforth Shell