ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NBWA Board Chair Phillip A. Short, president and CEO of P.A. Short Distributing Co. in Hollins, Virginia, released the following statement today following the resignation of NBWA President David Rehr:

“David K. Rehr has provided great leadership to the National Beer Wholesalers Association during his tenure over the past 13 years, and the members of NBWA wish him all the best in his new capacity as president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters.

The mark of a great leader is that he builds a great staff, and NBWA is lucky to have wonderful, talented people advocating on behalf of wholesalers in Washington, D.C.
Over the past year the Association hit record numbers in membership dues revenue and political action committee contributions. Just recently, NBWA had the best attended Convention and Trade Show in more than 20 years. That is a great testament to this organization and the people that it represents.

Like many beer wholesaler operations, NBWA has a succession plan already in place that is now being implemented by the NBWA officers and Board of Directors.”