Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) Chairman Tim Holden on Thursday assumed the role of chairman of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA), the national association representing jurisdictions that directly control the distribution and sale of beverage alcohol within their borders.
Established in 1938, NABCA serves its members by providing research, analytics, and alcohol regulatory information, and acts as liaison to federal, state, and local governments, research groups, public health associations, the media, and other organizations impacting alcohol policy, a press release said.
Holden has served on the NABCA board of directors since 2015. He has been involved in several of the association’s committees including Finance, Governance, Public Affairs, Internal Affairs, the Pension Plan Trustees Committee, and the Chairman’s Task Force.
As NABCA chairman, Holden’s theme will be, “Power of the Past, Forces of the Future.”
“The ‘power of our past’ has set the stage for NABCA and its members to be ‘forces of the future’ in our states. The last two years in particular have challenged the entire world, and the beverage alcohol industry was not spared,” Holden said in the release. “This is our opportunity to acknowledge a new and different world in which we do business, collaborate in ways we maybe never would have imagined before, and demonstrate leadership, to show that our value to our states is more than just dollars added to a bottom line.”
Holden has been the PLCB chairman since Feb. 17, 2015.
He was a member of Congress for 10 terms, representing the Sixth District from 1993 to 2002 and the 17th District from 2003 to 2012. The Sixth District was comprised of Schuylkill and Berks counties, as well as parts of Northumberland and Montgomery counties. The 17th District was comprised of Schuylkill, Dauphin, and Lebanon counties, as well as parts of Perry and Berks counties.
Holden replaces outgoing NABCA chairman Gregg Mineo, director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations in Maine. The NABCA chairman is chosen by his peers and serves a one-year term.
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