Session: How to plan for, what to know and what to say when an FDA enforcement agent pays you a visit.

Speaker: David Spross of NATO

Date: January 31st, 2024 – Las Vegas, NV

About The Speaker: David Spross is the current Executive Director of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO), a national retail trade association that represents more than 66,000 retail stores throughout the country. He has over 20 years of association, corporate, government relations and community engagement experience.

From 2009-2023, David worked in various government relations roles at Reynolds. David served as the senior vice president of government relations & strategic engagement at Reynolds. In this role, he oversaw the federal, state and local government relations team on implementing the Company’s transforming tobacco vision and strategies. Prior to that, David was the vice president of state government relations where he led a 50-state government relations team managing tobacco legislative issues. His Reynolds career started managing state government relations regions in the Midwest and the West.

Prior to joining Reynolds, he worked in the government relations department at United States Smokeless Tobacco Company for nine years.

Additionally, he serves on the Association Board of Directors for the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina where chaired the Advancement Committee, leading the development plan for the Y’s Annual Fund and Capital Campaigns. He also served two terms on the Executive Board of the North Carolina State Chamber of Commerce.

David received a bachelor’s degree in justice from the American University in Washington, DC.