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	Corporate Officers The Wirtz Beverage Group holds leadership positions in the Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois (WSDI), Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) and the National Beer Wholesalers of America (NBWA). In those roles, they guide policy and advocacy efforts to benefit and support the entire beverage-alcohol industry. Additionally, Wirtz Beverage Group is an active member in national and local trade groups, including the National Association of Beverage Importers and the World Association of the Alcohol Beverage Industry. W. Rockwell Wirtz W. Rockwell Wirtz was named Chairman of Wirtz Corporation in 2007 following the passing of his father, William W. Wirtz, who served as head of the organization for 24 years. In this role, he oversees operations of Wirtz Beverage Group, one of the largest beverage wholesalers in the country whose interests include Judge & Dolph of Illinois; Monarch Beverage Company, DeLuca Liquor and Silver State Distributors in Nevada and Mark VII Distributors and Griggs, Cooper and Co. of Minnesota. Mr. Wirtz also oversees the Corporation’s entities Wirtz Realty and Wirtz Insurance as well as interests in First Security Trust & Savings Bank of Elmwood Park, Illinois and First National Bank of South Miami. Today, Wirtz Corporation remains one of the largest family-owned companies in the United States. Mr. Wirtz is involved with numerous civic and charitable organizations as well as being active in fundraising endeavors for North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Illinois. A former Trustee of Northwestern University, he established the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Endowment for Visiting Artists at Northwestern in honor of his grandmother. Mr. Wirtz is also a former Trustee of Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. The Wirtz family purchased the Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team in 1954 and Rockwell became Chairman of the club in 2007 with one goal in mind: winning a Stanley Cup Championship. His dedication and commitment to Blackhawk Charities, founded by his late father and which has granted over $7.5 million to organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs, Cathedral Shelter, the Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois, Misercordia Home, Blackhawk Alumni Scholarship Fund and the Rehab Institute of Chicago, is unwavering. Mr. Wirtz earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Northwestern University in 1975. Rockwell has three children and he and his wife, Marilyn, reside in the northern suburbs.

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Corporate Officers

The Wirtz Beverage Group holds leadership positions in the Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois (WSDI), Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) and the National Beer Wholesalers of America (NBWA). In those roles, they guide policy and advocacy efforts to benefit and support the entire beverage-alcohol industry. Additionally, Wirtz Beverage Group is an active member in national and local trade groups, including the National Association of Beverage Importers and the World Association of the Alcohol Beverage Industry.

W. Rockwell Wirtz

W. Rockwell Wirtz was named Chairman of Wirtz Corporation in 2007 following the passing of his father, William W. Wirtz, who served as head of the organization for 24 years. In this role, he oversees operations of Wirtz Beverage Group, one of the largest beverage wholesalers in the country whose interests include Judge & Dolph of Illinois; Monarch Beverage Company, DeLuca Liquor and Silver State Distributors in Nevada and Mark VII Distributors and Griggs, Cooper and Co. of Minnesota.

Mr. Wirtz also oversees the Corporation’s entities Wirtz Realty and Wirtz Insurance as well as interests in First Security Trust & Savings Bank of Elmwood Park, Illinois and First National Bank of South Miami. Today, Wirtz Corporation remains one of the largest family-owned companies in the United States.

Mr. Wirtz is involved with numerous civic and charitable organizations as well as being active in fundraising endeavors for North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Illinois. A former Trustee of Northwestern University, he established the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Endowment for Visiting Artists at Northwestern in honor of his grandmother. Mr. Wirtz is also a former Trustee of Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois.

The Wirtz family purchased the Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team in 1954 and Rockwell became Chairman of the club in 2007 with one goal in mind: winning a Stanley Cup Championship. His dedication and commitment to Blackhawk Charities, founded by his late father and which has granted over $7.5 million to organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs, Cathedral Shelter, the Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois, Misercordia Home, Blackhawk Alumni Scholarship Fund and the Rehab Institute of Chicago, is unwavering.

Mr. Wirtz earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Northwestern University in 1975. Rockwell has three children and he and his wife, Marilyn, reside in the northern suburbs.