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  • Bright Waffle was born out of a passion for art, design, and coffee. Cam, an experienced chemistry teacher, discovered a love for making things both beautiful and functional while creating materials f ...
  • Chris Deferio is an award-winning coffee professional and coffee shop consultant. With 23 years in the retail specialty coffee industry, he has held numerous training, management, and leadership roles ...
  • Christopher is a coffee professional with 10+ years of experience centered in operations, leadership, and barista work in the industry. Along with partners, he opened Little Lunch Coffee in Venice Bea ...
  • I am a father, music lover and coffee professional tapping into 11 years of experience as a barista, leader, and trainer. My goal is to assist in the ongoing creation of a compassionate, inclusive & a ...
  • David is currently the CEO for La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie, a full service coffee resource that provides the highest quality coffee for consumers, equipment and education for restaurants and cof ...
  • Owner and Operator Emerson Haro started Farm Cup Coffee as an inspiration to bring responsibly sourced coffee back into the United States. Together with his partner Anthony Yuan they worked towards th ...
  • Erica Escalante has spent 14 years in the specialty coffee industry, owning and operating her own cafe from 2013-2021 in Portland, OR. She is currently the Director of Operations for Goodboybob Coffee ...
  • Gefen Skolnick is the founder and CEO of Couplet Coffee, Gen-Z's favorite coffee brand. In a nutshell, Couplet Coffee is aiming to make specialty coffee more fun and approachable. In Gefen's past life ...
  • Heather Perry is the CEO of Klatch Coffee, which was founded by her parents, Mike and Cindy, in 1993 and is still operated as a family business along with Heather’s sister, Holly. Heather is a past pr ...
  • Jackie Nguyen is a first-generation, daughter of a Vietnam war refugee. Jackie lived in New York City for over 10 years as a Broadway actor. However, due to the pandemic, the arts took a huge pause, l ...
  • Owner, Birch Coffee Jeremy 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 en ...
  • Jon Ferguson has been professionally involved within the coffee industry for over 15 years. Following his first specialty coffee cupping in 2005, he established and sold a small roasting company and c ...
  • Kenneth Davids has observed, documented, described and participated in the specialty coffee movement continuously since its inception over 45 years ago. He has published four books on coffee: Coffee: ...
  • 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 ...
  • Kristen Hjelm is a Regional Account Manager for the Bunn-o-Matic corporation. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, their two young children and a wild Cattle Dog. Kristen rec ...
  • 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 ...
  • I'm a Los Angeles native, born the daughter of two felons from South Central LA. 'Easy' is the last word I'd use to describe my upbringing but without the struggle I wouldn't be the proud black woman ...
  • Lauren is the Director of Education at Mill City Roasters®. She served as a Head Judge and National Coordinator for the US Coffee Championships from 2015-2023 and has worked with Pacific Barista Serie ...
  • As owner operator of Pacific Coffee Research in Hawaii, Madeleine oversees the Education and Communications Departments while leading internal and external quality control services. Madeleine has work ...
  • Stephanie Alcala is a trader specializing in sustainable coffee supply chains. She works for RGC Coffee, a family-owned importer whose robust in-house supply chain sustainability program enables her t ...
  • Currently the owner of Copa Vida Café (10 locations) as well as it’s sister roasting company, True Beans Coffee Roasters and it’s parent, HNF & Associates, Steve Chang has been in the Food Service bus ...