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Rick Humphrey Rick Humphrey, our CEO, often visits Trade Shows where you can see a SkyTracker™ at work. Check the Events page to see if he'll be your way soon.

Serving in the capacity of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of NASCorp, Humphrey conceived and engineered SkyTracker™ direct-to-orbital-satllite remote tank and SmartHome™ monitoring systems for use in the propane, refined fuels anhydrous ammonia and other liquid bulk products industries. Humphrey holds a Bachelor of Science with degrees in Marketing Management and Accounting from Missouri University at Cape Girardeau, MO and underwent a Masters equivalent in engineering at Missouri University’s Rolla, MO School of Mines.

Humphrey served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Century Propane Company, Inc., a provider of energy services to 9,500 residences in 8 states. Humphrey has also served in various industry association capacities including Chairman of the Board to the Missouri Propane Gas Association and as the late Governor Mel Carnahan's, Council Chairman to the Missouri Propane Education and Research Council ("MO-PERC"). As Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman, Humphrey authored proponent legislation for the industry, including the PERC bills, and coordinated opposition to detrimental regulation. Humphrey was Missouri State Director to the National Propane Gas Association's Market Development and Governmental Affairs Committees and was a past Director-at-Large of the Illinois Propane Gas Association. He has been affiliated and active within the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) since 1986 and the Propane Gas Association of Canada (PGAC) since 2007.

Past responsibilities of Humphrey include:
A) Director of National Advertising and Promotions for the Tulsa, OK based Williams Companies where Humphrey scripted, produced, and placed media buys with Grandpa Jones, Minnie Pearl and George "Goober" Lyndsay as Company Spokespersons.
B) Director of National Accounts where Humphrey's department became energy consultants for General Electric's nuclear plants, GTE, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, K.O.A. Campgrounds, NASA and other national entities.
C) Numerous assignments, both subordinate and senior, where Humphrey held full profit and loss responsibilities; the last included assembly of an employee group of 32 managers who, collectively, increased EBITDA to $6.9 million by 1990, up from $754,000, in 1981.
Dwayne McKinney: As Vice-President of NASCorp, McKinney is a three year Board member. McKinney holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business from the University of Tennessee at Martin. In his last position, McKinney was responsible for the launch of 115 Pegasus Satellite Television retail dealerships across rural Kentucky.

He further negotiated Pegasus' dealer commission programs, implemented market promotions to achieve budgeted sales targets and monitored all retail dealer activity within the Kentucky region for Pegasus.

Prior responsibilities of McKinney include management of a thirty-four (34) member sales team for Marion Pepsi-Cola Company. McKinney conducted weekly sales meetings and was accountable for all operating reports and profit targets. McKinney was further responsible for maintenance of quality relations with dealers and customers.

Joe Crocitto Crocitto served our country at home and overseas in management and strategic roles. His experiences have given him unique skills and knowledge, which have been crucial to the development of NASCorp. Joe has been an active Stockholder in NASCorp and holds the seat of Tresurer on NASCorp's Board of Directors. Joe is an elected Director and Treasurer.
Danny Leverette Serving in the capacity of Secretary of the Corporation, Danny has been an active Director, participating in Trade Shows and in the Company's political positioning. In a recent landslide victory for Mayor of one the Nation's fastest growing cites, Danny now presides over the community of Spring Hill, TN (Home to Saturn). Danny also provides NASCorp with various political and business contacts and a "get-it-done" attitude. Danny is Postmaster for the Spring Hill, Tennessee branch of the United States Postal Service. Danny serves as a three (3) year Director.
Dennis Moreno Moreno is a physical education instructor and trainer for Vanderbilt University. He also is a trainer for the Tennessee Titans. Moreno is a real estate investor/developer and has always been an active stockholder in NASCorp. Moreno is an elected Director.
Robert A. Shannon Bob is the founder and President of The Shannon Companies, LLC, a manufacturer's representative for ergonomic material handling equipment and related products. Previously, Bob was a co-founder of Ergonomic Concepts, Inc., a diversified distributor of material handling products. Prior to starting his own business, Bob was Executive Vice-President - General Manager and a member of the Board of Directors of Grimsley & Grimsley, Inc., an industrial distribution firm headquartered in Portsmouth, VA. Bob attended the University of Tennessee and Georgia State University where he majored in Mathematics and industrial management.
Charley Hutchins As President of Sagamore Gas and Appliance, Inc. of Colfax, IN, Charley enrolled Sagamore Gas as a stockholder on August 3, 2000. Sagamore became an active Retail Dealer on June 4, 2001. Sagamore Gas was also the first propane dealer to enroll customers in NASCorp’s SkyTracker™ tank and home monitoring programs. Charley is an industry veteran, having been employed by the Indiana Propane Gas Association as its Executive Director during the 1980’s. Thereafter, Charley and his brother, Brian, acquired two propane distribution companies to operate. Today, Charley has once again emerged as one of the NGL industry’s leaders, being elected by his peers as President of the Indiana Propane Gas Association and to a Director’s position on NASCorp’s Board of Directors.

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