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• Garrett Marrero

  , Founder & CEO, Maui Brewing Co.

  

  Garrett Marrero

  Founder & CEO, Maui Brewing Co.

  Garrett co-founded Maui Brewing Company in 2005 and has made it a successful Regional Craft Brewery and Hawaii’s Largest Craft Brewer. Under his leadership, Maui Brewing Company has grown from a seven-barrel brewpub with 32 employees producing 320 barrels of beer in 2005, to a pub and brewery with over 400 employees on pace to produce nearly 53,000 barrels of beer in 2017. In the ten years since opening, revenues have grown from $1.8M in 2005 to $18M in 2017. Garrett has led numerous legislative initiatives succeeding in changing laws to better support the growing craft industry in Hawaii. In 2014 Garrett also co-founded Maui Stone Craft Beverages, a joint venture between Maui Brewing Company and Stone Brewing Co. in order to distribute craft beers across the State. Garrett holds a BA in Economics, a BA in International Relations, and an AA in Finance. He is passionate about craft beer, food, and Hawaii. Garrett is a Board Member of the Hawaii Small Business Development Center for the SBA, Vice President and Founding Member of the Hawaiian Craft Brewers Guild, and sits on the Government Affairs Committee of the Brewers Association representing Hawaii at the Federal level.

• Eric “Smitty" Smith

  , Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Odell Brewing Company

  

  Eric “Smitty" Smith

  Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Odell Brewing Company

  Eric has dedicated his entire 25-year career to the growth of Odell Brewing. As a member of the Odell executive management team, his focus is on market expansion, portfolio management, product innovation, and coworker development. Outside of Odell initiatives, Eric is passionate about supporting the beer industry as a whole, serving on The Brewers Association’s Market Development Committee, Colorado State University Beverage Business Institute Advisory Board, Tamarron Consulting’s Alliance for Beer Leadership Council as well as committee support to the Colorado Brewers Guild. Odell Brewing is currently the 23rd largest craft brewer in the United States, with distribution across 19 states and two Colorado locations with two more in planning for 2020. As a 100% employee owned brewery, Odell strives to reinforce its commitments to independence through dedication to the Evergreen Principles.

• Matt Fraser

  , President, CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective

  

  Matt Fraser

  President, CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective

  Matt Fraser joined the CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective as Chief Financial Officer in July 2015 after spending eight years at Lazard Freres in its middle market advisory group where he advised Dale Katechis on his partnership with Fireman Capital. As CFO of CANarchy, Matt lead all financial matters in collaboration with CANarchy brewery executives including financial reporting and analysis, forecasting and overall budget management. Matt was elevated to Chief Operating Officer in January 2018 and in May 2018 his role expanded to President of the collective. As President and COO of CANarchy, Fraser leads all business operations in collaboration with the brewery partners and founders across the portfolio of craft breweries, including Cigar City Brewing, Oskar Blues Brewery, Perrin Brewing, Squatters Craft Beer and Wasatch Brewery, Deep Ellum Brewing Company and Three Weavers Brewing. Fraser earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a BA in Economics from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He resides in Chicago with his wife, Jennifer and two daughters.

• Justin Kendall

  , Editor, Brewbound

  

  Justin Kendall

  Editor, Brewbound

  Justin Kendall provides daily coverage of the beer industry on Brewbound.com, conducts live-streamed interviews during Brewbound's events and co-produces the Brewbound podcast. Kendall is a 17-year career journalist who led alt-weekly newspapers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.

• Garrett Marrero, Founder & CEO, Maui Brewing Co.
• Eric “Smitty" Smith, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Odell Brewing Company
• Matt Fraser, President, CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective
• Justin Kendall, Editor, Brewbound

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One-on-One with Sam Calagione

• Sam Calagione

  , Co-founder, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

  

  Sam Calagione

  Co-founder, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

  Sam Calagione is the founder and CEO of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware and Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. He also owns the Dogfish Inn in Lewes, Delaware. Sam is a 2016 James Beard Award recipient was named one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business. The Wall Street Journal has called Sam "a Pioneer of bizarre brews."

• Justin Kendall

  , Editor, Brewbound

  

  Justin Kendall

  Editor, Brewbound

  Justin Kendall provides daily coverage of the beer industry on Brewbound.com, conducts live-streamed interviews during Brewbound's events and co-produces the Brewbound podcast. Kendall is a 17-year career journalist who led alt-weekly newspapers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.

• Sam Calagione, Co-founder, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
• Justin Kendall, Editor, Brewbound

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