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  • Joe Dininger has worked in Specialty Coffee for going on 13 years and is currently the Product Development and Quality Manager at Heine Brothers Coffee. He develops new products and seasonal menus and ...
  • Joey Stazzone is the President (and Chief Coffee Hunter) of Cafe Kreyol. In 2012 Stazzone took his experience with chemistry, cross breeding, and backyard botany, and began working in developing count ...
  • Julia Leach leads Toddy, LLC, a company at the forefront of cold brewing since 1964. Julia’s team helps cafes and roasters around the world to develop cold brew programs that highlight the nuances of ...
  • Julie is the owner of GreenPod Coffee Packing, a revolutionary compostable coffee pod manufacturer specializing in co-packing for other specialty roasters. As small-batch roasters first, Julie and her ...
  • Justin Shepherd is the owner of Spencer’s Coffee, which operates three distinct locations in the midsize college town of Bowling Green, Ky. A disaffected journalist, Justin acquired the business in 20 ...
  • Keith Hawkins has been in the coffee industry for over 25 years and is a passionate coffee connoisseur. Keith’s pragmatic approach to the coffee industry is to educate, introduce and inspire the consu ...
  • I was born and raised in Maui, Hawaii and moved to Louisville, Kentucky for college in 2012. Like any good student who takes a “break” from college, I got a job as a barista and started working at Sun ...
  • Kenneth R. Olson (he/him) is co-founder and publisher of Barista Magazine the worldwide trade magazine for the professional coffee community. He has written extensively about specialty coffee, travele ...
  • 2021 Oct/Nov Barista Magazine Featured cover and article. Competitor in the Barista League Online (S2). Going on year 10 in the coffee industry, in which I've pushed for creativity in signature bevera ...
  • LaToya owned and operated Coffee & Cream in her hometown in the early 2000's leaving it behind when she relocated to Louisville Kentucky. She along with her husband's support now owns and operates 2 l ...
  • Manish Shah is the owner of Maya Tea Company, a Tucson, Arizona-based manufacturer and distributor of fine loose leaf tea blends. He began his tea company in 1996 with a single product, and has since ...
  • PerfectCube Mark Calhoun and Jim Starcev are serial entrepreneurs. They have started and sold multiple businesses over the last 16 years, ranging from technology to gelato. Their latest company, Perfe ...
  • Culture & Community Ambassador, Dillanos Mike Miller has been in the Coffee industry for over 15 years. He has owned 3 coffee businesses including a coffee shop in the Virgin Islands, a Drive-Thru in ...
  • Paul co-founded Birch Coffee, a New York City-based coffee company, in 2009. Since then, the company has grown to 14 locations and is doing 10x the revenue it was doing by the end of year three. Paul ...
  • Rob Arnold is the owner of Pregame Coffee in Louisville, KY. He's originally from Iowa, attended Iowa State University, and then joined the U.S. Navy. Upon leaving the Navy, he went back to school for ...
  • Experiences Coordinator, Monin Ryan has been with Monin since 2008, taking a small 5-year break to teach Middle School English. She came back to the coffee world in 2020 and dove right into marketing. ...
  • My name is Sean, Founder of West Lou Coffee. West Lou Coffee is a coffee roastery that was started from a deep love for coffee and for my home community. I was born and raised in the West End of Louis ...
  • Stacy joined the specialty coffee industry in 1998 when she took a job at Kaldi’s Coffeehouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since that time, she’s used her extensive language skills and travel experience in ru ...
  • In the past 5 years as Sucafina North America’s QC Manager, Susan has cupped 450,000 cups of coffee. Prior to Sucafina, Susan was managing cafes and putting her Q Grader certification to work by evalu ...
  • Account Executive, Caffe Umbria Terika Raak has been in the industry for more than 17 years and continues to get excited about learning new things each day.  Over the past few years Terika has enjoyed ...
  • Tom Palm has 25 years of experience in the restaurant and foodservice industry. He is the founder of Design & Layout Services, a company specializing in the design of specialty coffee shops. Working w ...
  • Will is the Marketing Director for all of Heine Bros' 17 cafe locations in addition to wholesale and e-commerce. He previously worked in the caffeine industry as a Creative Director with Alani Nutriti ...