Speakers

• Joe Wiebe Content Manager, BC Ale Trail
  

  Joe Wiebe

  Content Manager, BC Ale Trail

  The “Thirsty Writer,” Joe Wiebe is a co-founder and Beer Director of Victoria Beer Week, which takes place annually each spring, and co-founder of the BC Ale Trail, for which he is the Content Manager. A graduate of UBC’s MFA Creative Writing program, Joe has been a freelance writer for 20 years, writing hundreds of articles on a wide range of subjects including arts and culture, sports, business and travel. Since 2008 he has mainly written about craft beer in a wide variety of publications. He is the author of Craft Beer Revolution: The Insider’s Guide to B.C. Breweries, which was a B.C. bestseller in 2013 and won the Gourmand Award for Best Beer Book in Canada. Joe is a beer columnist for CBC Radio, and often appears on other radio and TV shows as a craft beer expert. He emceed the Canadian Brewing Awards and regularly hosts panel discussions and beer seminars in venues throughout British Columbia. Joe has participated as a judge at the Canada Beer Cup and the BC Beer Awards, and is the Head Judge for the Okanagan Fest of Ale.

• Lundy Dale Membership Coordinator, BC Craft Brewers Guild
  

  Lundy Dale

  Membership Coordinator, BC Craft Brewers Guild

  Since her first sip of a Shaftebury Cream Ale back in the late 90s Monica has been a craft beer enthusiast, and it became her mission to build a community around it. Her tool of choice – Social Media. After stints in Banking and the Travel Industry, Monica has now spent a decade working in Communications and Social Media roles across a variety of industries with a focus primarily on the craft beer industry. Monica joined the BC Craft Brewers Guild in 2017 as Communications Coordinator and the BC Ale Trail as Social Media and Community Manager. She was promoted to BC Ale Trail Project Lead in 2019 when the BC Craft Brewers Guild took over as Lead Administrator.

• Monica Frost Project Lead, BC Ale Trail
  

  Monica Frost

  Project Lead, BC Ale Trail

  Since her first sip of a Shaftebury Cream Ale back in the late 90s Monica has been a craft beer enthusiast, and it became her mission to build a community around it. Her tool of choice – Social Media. After stints in Banking and the Travel Industry, Monica has now spent a decade working in Communications and Social Media roles across a variety of industries with a focus primarily on the craft beer industry. Monica joined the BC Craft Brewers Guild in 2017 as Communications Coordinator and the BC Ale Trail as Social Media and Community Manager. She was promoted to BC Ale Trail Project Lead in 2019 when the BC Craft Brewers Guild took over as Lead Administrator.

• Tamara Vidito Social Media Coordinator, BC Ale Trail
  

  Tamara Vidito

  Social Media Coordinator, BC Ale Trail

  Tamara is a recent graduate of KPU’s Public Relations program, and is thrilled to be back in the craft beer industry.