"NAW's mission is to advocate its members' interests on national public policy issues that affect the entire wholesale distribution industry. NAW assists merchant wholesaler-distributors to be the most efficient channel for bringing goods to market through benchmarking, strategic management information, networking and high-level conferences. NAW serves as a mechanism, through our Association Executives Council, for the sharing of ideas, programs and skills among the organization's member national associations. The NAW Political Action Committee advances the election of pro-business candidates to federal office and mobilizes the involvement of wholesaler-distributors in the federal electoral process through financial contributions and political education activities, including candidate endorsements and get-out-the-vote programs."