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JAMES A. MCGREEVY III has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the trade association that represents America’s brewers, beer importers and industry suppliers.  He joins the Beer Institute from the American Beverage Association (ABA), where he was Senior Vice President of Government Affairs.  McGreevy will lead the Beer... Read More

MAX L. SHAPIRA will take over for Jeffrey O’Neill as Chairman of the national trade association representing distillers and importers.  Shapira, President of Heaven Hill Distilleries, has been a long-term member of the organization.  The association also welcomed two new members to Presidents’ Forum: Jonathan Yusen, President and Managing Director... Read More

Michael J. Dolan has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer for the drinks company.  He has been a member of the Board of Bacardi Limited since 2OO9, and most recently served as Chairman and CEO of IMG Worldwide, a global leader in sports, fashion and media.  Previously, he was... Read More

Lester Jones will join the National Beer Wholesalers Association in the position of Chief Economist.  Jones has more than 2O years of experience in research, survey methodology and applied economics.  He most recently served as Chief Economist at the Beer Institute, where he developed and executed significant research initiatives.  In... Read More

Three top executives with Beam Inc., which is being acquired by Suntory Holdings Ltd., have announced their resignations.  Chief Financial Officer ROBERT PROBST and corporate controller LEO MIERZWICKI are pursuing other professional opportunities.  For both, their decisions were linked to the changes of their roles as a result of the... Read More

President and Chief Officer ED SHIRLEY is retiring from the company after a 36-year career.  An interim CEO will be announced and serve until a successor is appointed.  During his tenure with Bacardí Limited, Shirley helped reignite the company’s global marketing with new campaigns for Bacardí rum, Dewar’s Blended Scotch... Read More

KRIS SIRCHIO has been named Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Sirchio will lead all facets of NAB, including its brewery operations, alehouses and sales and marketing efforts.  Previously, he has led profit and growth across companies and brands including Brown-Forman, Syngenta and Procter & Gamble.  Most recently Sirchio served... Read More

Bill Nesto, MW and Frances Di Savino’s THE WORLD OF SICILIAN WINE has just won the André Simon Award for the best wine book of 2O13.  The awards were established in 1965 by the French-born André Simon, who was a champagne shipper, notable gourmet, prolific writer, president of the Wine... Read More

ASHLEY CESARIO has been appointed Jordan’s new Northeast Regional Sales Director.  She will be responsible for wine sales and promotion initiatives, distributor management and Tastevin digital wine list app sales.  Her territory includes Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.  Previously Cesario... Read More

KEVIN MARTIN has been named VP of Sales by the Essex-based rum company.  Most recently, Martin was Bar Manager at Eastern Standard for seven years.  In his new position he will work directly with on-premise and off-premise accounts in Boston and New York to build the brand and a sales... Read More