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Bryan Roth
Bryan Roth has covered the beer industry for nearly a decade, with reporting on business, cultural and personal…
Steve Beauchesne
Steve Beauchesne is co-founder of Beau’s Brewing Co., a family run, employee-owned, organic Canadian craft brewery. Since its…
Carlos Mendes
Carlos Mendes is a Partner and Co-Chair of the Commercial Real Estate Practice Group and Chair of the…
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Lizzie MacNeill
Founded as the first-to-market Instagram scheduler in 2014, Later (formerly Latergramme) has grown from a simple Instagram tool…
Chad Yakobson
Chad Yakobson is the Owner and Brewer of Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project located in Denver, Colorado. He…
Blind Enthusiasm
Operating since mid 2017, Blind Enthusiasm is driven by our passion for making great beer. We have two…
Steven Fitzgerald
Steven Fitzgerald, co-founder and president of Habanero, thinks about the world of work a lot. He has spent…
D Joshua Mayich
Darlings Island Farm is a family-owned and operated hop farm that produces high-quality hops, with a focus on…
Matt Lockhart
Matt Lockhart is the Head of Marketing at Phillips Brewing Company, and for the past two terms has…
Daryn Medwid
With 22 years experience as a sales leader with beverage alcohol giants such as Diageo and MolsonCoors and…
Chloe Smith
Chloe is co-owner of Townsite Brewing, a BC Craft Brewers Guild board member and a Canadian Craft Brewers…
Jenn Vervier
After serving in a variety of positions over 25 years in the US craft brewing industry at New…
Richard Hoy
At Catax we help uncover the hidden value in your company through Scientific Research & Experimental Development tax…
Curt Herzog
Ekos is the industry leader in providing management software to independent craft manufacturing businesses – our flagship platform…
Matt Arruda
CapriCMW is a uniquely independent, locally and employee-owned company with strong roots in BC. With decades of experience…
Leif Miltenberger
Leif Miltenberger is a Managing Partner at Hired Guns Creative, a small but mighty design agency focused on…
Crystal Luxmore
Founded 11 years ago, over 100,000 people around the world hold a Cicerone certification. The Cicerone® Certification Program…
Kim Lawton
Kim Lawton is the Marketing Director at Cannery Brewing in Penticton and she also manages the Penticton Ale…
Neva Parker
Neva Parker earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA and first became interested…
Deirdre Campbell
As managing director of Canadian-based Beattie Tartan, Deirdre has been entrenched in the integrated communications business for more…
Carol-Lynne Michaels
The BC Ale Trail was created by a dedicated team of craft beer allies to connect British Columbia’s…
Jacob Moore
468 Communications creates presence economies – helping organizations be more present with their communities through creative storytelling and…
Nancy More
Nancy More brewed her first beer 40 years ago and has been exploring and having fun in the…
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance.…
Rebecca Whyman
Rebecca Whyman is a craft beer enthusiast. Formerly the beer columnist for CBC's On the Coast, you can…
