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 Emeritus
V. James Andretta, Jr.
Empire Merchants North, LLC
132 Flatbush Avenue
Kingston, NY 12402-1608
President
Louis Healey*
Allied Beverage Group
700 Kapkowski Road
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
Vice President
Howard Jacobs*
Formerly with R & R Marketing
Ten Patton Drive
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Director
Tony Amalfitano*
Empire Merchants North
16 Houghtaling Rd
Coxsackie, NY 12051
Director
Serena Campbell*
USA Wine West
3030 Bridgeway, Suite 127
Sausalito, CA 94965
Director
Giovanni Chiarelli*
Albatrans, Inc.
149-10 183rd Street
Jamaica, NY 11413
Director
Pablo Gutzalenko*
Dalla Terra
85 Sheehy Court
Napa, CA 94558
Director
Kenneth J. Mancini
Rhode Island Distributing Co.
119 Hopkins Hill Road
West Greenwich, RI 02817
Director
Dina Opici
Opici Wine Company of NJ
25 De Boer Drive
Glen Rock, NJ 07452
Director
David J. Pardus*
Total Beverage Solution
1671 Belle Isle Ave., Ste. 125
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Director
James Rubenstein
Horizon Beverage Group
80 Stockwell Drive
Avon, MA 02322
Director
Giacomo Turone
Taub Family Companies
777 S Flagler Drive, Suite 1201A
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
*Member of Executive Committee
