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SPOTLIGHT

Melissa Everatt
Tri-State Distributors

Your role with How long have you What are your hopes goals? Tell us about
your company/ brief been involved with for the future of the yourself a little:
work bio: I’ve been the FPGA? Propane Industry and I am married to my
with Tri State for 6 Got involved when I our association? husband Randy, and
years – territory sales joined TSD 5 years. Competition is have 2 english cream
representative; we tough and money Golden retrievers; we
are a wholesale dis- Are you on any FPGA is tight for extra’s – currently reside in
tributors and I work in Committees? FPGA helps to keep Altamonte Springs Fl,
the gas division. Du- Suppliers – Chair things evolving and I have had the chance
ties include business Convention looking to the future. to live in a few amaz-
development, sales, Using technology and ing places before
training and cultivat- What advice would other ways to con- settling down later in
ing customer relation- you have for a new tinue to educate the life – Aspen, CO, Sau-
ships member of the FPGA? future of propane use. salito, CA and a few
Background is Get involved – the places in between…..
mostly retail and knowledge, education Are you originally always coming back
sales in the cooking and growth is amaz- from FL? If not, how to Fla.
industry; owned my ing ; all the people did you end up here? Lived in Ft Lauder-
own outdoor kitchen that are a part of this I was born in dale for years before
business for years organization are first Atlanta, GA and we moving back to the
in Ft Lauderdale, in class, empowering moved to Fla when Orlando area.
which TSD was one of and truly passionate. I was about 2. My I love to travel,
my vendors; had to FPGA = great people parents both grew up love the water and
move to Orlando due and a tremendous in Winter Park, FL and the sun, love to cook
to family illness and a resource, no mat- I grew up in St Peters- and entertain, college
opportunity opened ter what part of the burg, football (SEC rules)
up with TSD; very propane business you weekends and spend-
happy to have found are in. How about your fam- ing time with family
my family in TSD ily, your free time ac- and friends doing all
tivities, your personal of those things.

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