LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2025
For more than 30 years, Rita Pecilunas has sparked successful collaborations and marketing innovations within the propane industry on state, national and international levels. She has served in leadership roles with several state associations, the NPGA, the World Liquid Gas Association (formerly known as the World LPG Association) and Liquid Gas Europe, in each case bringing an indomitable enthusiasm that inspires action at grassroots and corporate levels.
Undaunted in an industry dominated by men, Pecilunas served as NPGA’s vice president of marketing and member services, where she helped shape its marketing strategies, campaigns and financial growth plans. She also helped to launch Pinnacle 2000, the industry’s first national educational conference, which ran from 1995 to 2006, and revitalize the Southeastern Convention. Pecilunas led the industry’s Centennial Celebration that culminated in 2012’s acclaimed “Clean Air Parade” and helped position propane as a relevant, reliable and clean-burning fuel. She serves as a facilitator for the NPGA Benchmarking Council.
Pecilunas combines her passion and strategic expertise to encourage marketers and fellow industry leaders to grow and expand in creative ways. In her capacity with the Propane Education & Research Council, she helped to develop and roll out the “Marketer Technology Training” initiative that educated marketers about ways to promote the safe and efficient use of propane in their communities and traveled the nation teaching customer service and sales training to customer service representatives as part of the program.
Pecilunas has been the sales director for Otodata since 2019.