This podcast is a mix of all things empowerment, people who make a difference in the world, the world of cocktails and adult beverage culture and the marketing and branding behind business strategy. Listen and learn while you're entertained by our guests. Christie Lawler is the founder of CJL CONSULTiNG (a marketing agency) and The WITI Group (a nonprofit foundation that provides mentorship and support to women employed in the hospitality industry). Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s ...
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Carlo Barone
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Carlo is the VP of National Accounts for Greenbar Distillery and has dedicated his career to building brands. His enthusiasm for people and his passion for the beverage industry has made one of those folks that is loved by everyone who has ever had the pleasure of meeting him. Carlo simply has never met a stranger and we love him for it! Connect wi…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Hilary McCain
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Hilary is the Founder and CEO of Sweet Reason, a hemp and cannabis beverage company that exists to calm the minds of humankind. She founded the company out of an obsession with the future of hemp and cannabis beverages and how they would impact our society, culture and social lives. She is passionate about the role that CBD can have in helping peop…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Laura Hoffman
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Laura Hoffman spent 20 years cultivating a thriving wine and spirits career while becoming the first woman to manage a fine wine sales team working for both distributors and global suppliers and running NAOP teams. As she built and expanded her C-suite expertise, she realized that enlightened personal wellbeing, strategic coping mechanisms, and inc…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Lori Kranczer
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Lori Kranczer is the Founder of Everyday Planned Giving LLC, a consulting firm that advises on customized planned giving programs that substantially and consistently support organizations. With more than 20 years of her career spent advising nonprofits, she believes firmly that planned giving, or “legacy giving,” which are ways donors make impactfu…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Darrell Butler
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Darrell W. Butler created the Award winning Fat Darrell® Sandwich that was named as best in the nation and featured on Good Morning America, Travel, Food Network and more! Darrell is also a diverse media personality and digital content provider with a background in entertainment, live events production and fitness. Follow Darrell on Facebook, Twitt…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Jeffrey Koch
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Jeffrey Koch is the National Accounts Manager for Shaw-Ross International. Over the last three decades his career has touched many aspects of our industry including restaurant operations, ambassadorship, field & multi-cultural marketing, and mixology and sales with some of the most iconic brands and concepts out there. For the past six years, he ha…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Andrew Fitzgerald
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Andrew Fitzgerald happens to be one of the people responsible for launching the hard seltzer category that has taken the U.S. by storm in recent years. Working with White Claw and then Truly, he has built a career of brand building and marketing expertise spanning more than 20 years in the U.S. as well as his homeland, Ireland. Connect with Andrew …
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Trudy Thomas
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Trudy Thomas is the Director of Operations at Kennedy Concepts. She is most widely known for her roles in building the beverage program at some of Marriott International's finest properties. She just joined Kennedy Concepts as the Director of Operations. She carries a wealth of knowledge, a skill set that never seems to end and her experiences are …
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Jennifer McKeough
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Jennifer McKeough is the Vice President of Sales with Share A Splash Wine Co. and a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW). Her career in the hospitality industry has taken her from purchasing for restaurants and retailers to sales for wholesalers and distributors to national account suppliers. She continues her study of wine – which is as much her hob…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Ben Salisbury
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Ben Salisbury is the founder and president of Salisbury Creative Group, a sales strategy consulting firm helping wineries and craft distilleries leverage technology in their sales process. Ben's experience in the adult beverage industry has taken him on a variety of journeys from privately held companies to globally traded enterprises. In his role …
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Jamie Hunt is Founder of Fast Penny Spirits, a distillery creating American-made amari. A mostly Seattle native, Jamie is known for launching innovative digital products and experiences for global companies as well as seeking out delicious food and cocktails at home and on the road. In creating Fast Penny Spirits, she digs deep into her Sicilian he…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Katelin Holloway
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Katelin is a Partner at Initialized Capital as well as an Independent Advisor and Angel Investor supporting small business enterprises. As a People Executive turned Venture Capitalist, Katelin is passionate about building scalable, inclusive institutional cultures. First introduced to the notion of intentional cultural development at Pixar Animatio…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Nicola Nice
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Nicola is the creator, founder and owner of Pomp and Whimsy Gin as well as one of the founding members of the Women's Cocktail Collective. As a trained sociologist brand strategist-turned spirits producer, Dr. Nicola Nice, has made a career advising Fortune 500 companies on international branding and consumer insights. Over the past 15 years, in a …
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Dan Newcomb
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Dan is the founder of Liquor License Advisor. He’s advised the nation’s most prominent restaurant, hotel and retail brands for over 15 years. His work in the world of liquor licensing isn’t limited to brokering. Dan also consults many of the largest food and beverage customers in the country on topics such as market research, real estate zoning and…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Keith Sarasin
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Chef Keith Sarasin is the creator of Industry United, a Facebook group focused on helping the food and beverage industry. He is also a Chef and Restaurateur. Keith's love for food was developed at a young age when he would cook for his mother using old cook books that were given to him by his grandmother. He began his culinary career at the age of …
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Andrea Hoffer
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Andrea has been in the business of hiring, leading and motivating people for over 25 years. She is currently the Founder and CEO of AHA! Recruiting Experts. The core purpose of AHA! is to give leaders their time and freedom back by helping them attract, engage, and retain team members who believe in and support their vision. Andrea, a former spa ow…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Allison Evanow
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Allison Evanow Founder and CEO of Square One Organic Spirits, the U.S.’s first all organic spirits company that she started in 2004. Since the launch of Square One Organic Vodka in 2006, Allison has lead the company’s growth as a successful, independent spirits company with a portfolio of five organic spirits and distribution across the U.S. and se…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Heather Cox
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Heather Cox is the president of Certify My Company as well as an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, and consultant. She brings her tireless energy to the cause of making the business world more closely resemble the real world. Heather champions diversity and inclusion through her work as an entrepreneur, giving business leaders the tools to impro…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Julie Rhodes
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Julie is the owner of Not Your Hobby Marketing Solutions, with over 20,000 hours of experience on the business side of the specialty beer industry and more than 15 years of experience working in the service industry. She is an authority on beer sales, marketing, team management, distributor partnership management, supply chain logistics, and custom…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Jayne Portnoy
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Jayne is the Founder of JP Consulting and The Pen2Paper Project. She is a brand coach, marketing strategist, speaker, yoga instructor and committed humanitarian. JP Consulting is the outcome of over twenty years in the entertainment and hospitality industry directly responsible for launching, shaping and growing Fortune 500 brands and people, with …
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Yvette Mathis
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Yvette is the National Account Manager for Nestle Waters North America. She is a beautiful human in every way and her story is reflective of her inspiring journey. You can follow Yvette on Twitter and Instagram or reach her via email, Yvette.Mathis@waters.nestle.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christie-lawler/…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Daniel Singer
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Daniel is the Founder & CEO of FILTHY FOOD®. From acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company to being inspired by an idea in 2007. Daniel embarked on a two-year olive pilgrimage, exploring hundreds of varieties of cultivatable olives before creating FILTHY FOOD®, a line of garnishes made specifically for cocktails. Over the last decade Filthy® has b…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Jesse Estes
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Jesse is the Global Brand Ambassador for Tequila Ocho and can be found leading seminars, tastings, and masterclasses on tequila and other agave spirits across the world. He is also the author of two cocktail books, Tequila Beyond Sunrise and From Dram to Manhattan, and regularly contributes articles to trade publications. You can follow Jesse on In…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Paul Hletko
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In 2011, Paul opened the FEW Distillery and since then has produced award wining spirits that are original, distinctive and playful. His love for the nuances & flavor of whiskey and his flexibility to innovate with gin have made them FEW’s backbone products, but he continues to play around and innovate daily with limited expressions and new collabo…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Kathy Casey
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Kathy is the owner of Kathy Casey Food Studios® – Liquid Kitchen®, a global agency specializing in food and beverage innovation and concept development. Her team can often be found in the field training staff and supporting new openings. A successful restaurant owner and operator, Kathy’s concepts include, Dish D’Lish®, a “Food to Go Go” favorite f…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Mike Herchuck
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Mike is the Director of Operations for American Social Bar & Kitchen, a hot emerging chain from Florida. Mike has quite literally grown up in the food and beverage industry and has turned that family history into a fantastic career. He's a great leader in the drinks business, an awesome human and an overall pretty cool guy. He's passionate about hi…
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Kate is the Co-Founder and CEO of Be Bold Now, a conscious consulting practice whose mission is to build an inter-sectional community of women and men, who strive to inspire, empower and support each other to take bold pragmatic action to accelerate gender parity and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Kate is a change agent and thought l…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Angelica Sbai
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Angelica is the Director of Operations & Beverage of Kind of One Concepts based in Cleveland, OH. Over her 20 years in the restaurant industry, she has served as a bartender, manager and worked her way to the corporate level serving as a director of beverage and operations. Angelica is a Certified Sommelier, a Certified Specialist of Wine, Cicerone…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Susan Freeman
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Susan is the Founder and CEO of Freeman Means Business, a company that focuses on solving communication challenges in the workplace. Through online and in-person workshops, speaking engagements and her own podcast - Wonder Women in Business - Susan teaches various communication styles, while providing the tools her clients need to nurture and grow …
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Kelley Augspurger
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Kelley is the manager of Food & Beverage Strategic Development for AMC Theatres, specializing in large-scale alcohol and concession/restaurant operations. She resides in the Kansas City metro area with her husband, two children, two cats and two dogs. When not wrangling children, playing volleyball or singing at local events, Kelley is a regular ho…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Sara Cavanaugh
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Sara is one the most highly-respected women in the national accounts arena. Her candor and honesty have always been her guiding principles and with every role she's taken, she has made a lasting impact. As both a Sommelier and Cicerone really knows her stuff! And now she takes all of her genius to the sales side as the VP of Sales for Wake Up Wine.…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Kristen Davis
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Kristen Davis is sitting on the front lines of the current crisis. Through her organization CORE (coregives.org), she is working tirelessly to provide support to the families that are the most vulnerable - those who make their living in the food and beverage industry. A former industry member, turned mom, turned CORE recipient due to her daughter's…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Kendra Losee
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Kendra is the CEO of Mota Marketing, a marketing agency focused on the Cannabis and CBD industry. She is the host of Cannabis Marketing Live, All puff, No Fluff - a Facebook Live show as well as an empowered woman doing her part to help the world. In our ever-changing society, Kendra is one of the pioneers in Cannabis and continues to use her backg…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Chef Brother Luck
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Brother is a celebrity chef with an incredible spirit and a willingness to always be giving to others. He may be best known for his appearances on Top Chef Seasons 15 and 16, Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay and Last Chance Kitchen. He owns and runs two restaurants in Colorado Springs, Four by Brother Luck and Lucky Dumpling and spends his free time volunt…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Colleen McClellan
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Colleen serves as the Director of Client Solutions for Datassential, and she is a genius. Her work creates wonderful impacts on the food and beverage industry helping us all to better understand industry and flavor trends. I'm so proud to call her a friend. She is one of those women who just engage you immediately with her warm smile and authentici…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Tony Abou-Ganim
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Tony is one of the reasons why Bartending, Mixology and Craft Cocktail Culture exist as career paths for our industry. Thanks to his work as a founding pioneer of what we know today as American Cocktail Culture, we all get to enjoy a better cocktail experience as consumers. Tony, AKA The Modern Mixologist is not only one of the most well known mixo…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Jeremy Parsons
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Jeremy is the Founder of Cocktails - The Fluid Experience, a catering and events company in Canada. Jeremy serves as a mixologist for a plethora of global brands as well as CJL CONSULTiNG's clients. He is the author behind two books, Cold Tea at Three and Invite: Cocktails, Canapés and Company and the host of The Gastro Guru launching on Amazon in …
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Anjali Kundra
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Anjali is the Co-Founder of Partender, an app-based inventory tool that reduces the time on task from hours to just minutes. As a fellow female entrepreneur, I always love learning from my dear friend and hearing her thoughts on the world. In this episode, you will learn how this dynamic woman went from wanderlust to world domination. Learn more ab…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Jessica Bernosky
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Jessica is the Director of Beverage Development for The Breakthru Beverage Group and a really wonderful human to know and have in your circle. She has been an inspiration to so many others in the hospitality industry over the course of her career - and perhaps she's made an even bigger impact on those same people personally... speaking from persona…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Alissa Carpenter
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Alissa is a multi-generational workplace expert, owner of Everything’s Not Ok and That’s OK, and host of Humanize Your Workplace podcast. She makes a positive impact by helping to bridge communication gaps across generations, job functions, and geographies. She has worked with organizations ranging from non-profits to multi-billion-dollar enterpris…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Demitri Pallis
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Demitri is the Founder of Demitri's Gourmet Mixes. A serial inventor and lifelong entrepreneur, his products will "Wow" you as much as his kind nature, engaging personality and infectious smile. You can find Demitri and his products on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn as well as through his website.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Andrea Cargill
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Andrea is a serial philanthropist and talent manager. She spends her time building others through her work in STEAM initiatives and giving back to her community when she isn't traveling and working as Chef Katsuji Tanabe's manager. She has dedicated her life to serving others and shares the passion for humanity with everyone she encounters. Andrea'…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Angel Vasquez
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Angel is the genius behind The Cocktail Portal and Bartenders Portal. She is an incredibly talented photographer who dedicates her life's work to highlighting the talented men and women who make our drinks... our bartenders. She empowers others with her work and her passion is as immeasurable as her talent. She also happens to be the official photo…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Helena Tubis
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Helena is the VP of Sales & Marketing for Kelvin Slush Co. and she is always smiling. She is energetic and always looking to find a way to help others. You will learn what RSF (resting smile face) truly means when you hear her speak. And if you're lucky enough to meet her... she's even more engaging in person. She is the friend you didn't even know…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Allison Parc
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Allison is the Founder & President of Brenne French Whisky and she radiates joy. I had the fortune of being introduced to Allison by a colleague when I was looking for a female brand owner to serve as a keynote speaker for the first WITI Conference in 2018. Within seconds of starting our call, I was enamored with her sheer positivity, zest for life…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Chef Brian Duffy
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Brian Duffy may be a celebrity chef, but he's one of those genuine people who is as real and natural in every day life as he is on television. A truly nice guy and always willing to help others, teach others and support those around him. Learn more about what makes Chef tick and how he has become a force in the culinary world. Follow him on Instagr…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Nichelle Ritter
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Nichelle is the Beverage Director for The Food Hall Co. and she is the perfect example of a client becoming a dear friend. She is loved and respected by all who are lucky enough to work with her and I am blessed to also be able to call her a best friend. She is creative, brilliant and so very talented. She is a rare human and everyone needs a Niche…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Kim Cook-Sorano
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Kim is the Director of Food & Beverage for Galaxy Theatres and she is one of the most positive people one could encounter. She goes from stranger to friend almost instantly when you meet her. Kim's story and background are inspiring and every conversation you have with her leaves you wanting to learn more. Find Kim on LinkedIn. --- Support this pod…
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Mixing up the Mainstream with Beth Borkosky
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Beth is the Director of National Accounts On-Premise for American Beverage Marketers and she is one of those people you absolutely want in your tribe. For me, she is a former competitor turned bestie. Her sense of humor, honesty and candor draws you in and is always entertaining. Beth is awesome. Be like Beth. Find Beth on LinkedIn. --- Support thi…
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