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Executive Committee

The Executive Committee's charge is to exercise the authority of the Board of Governors (BOG) in the management of the affairs of the Association during the intervals between BOG meetings. The Executive Committee will drive the continuous strategic planning process and make recommendations to the BOG. The committee will communicate Association matters and interface with membership, Districts, and other brewing related organizations, and the headquarters staff.

President
Brian Faivre
New Realm Brewing
1st Vice President
Steve Bradt
Hopsteiner
2nd Vice President
Katrina Marin Bruner
Anheuser-Busch Inc
Treasurer
Benjamin Bailey
Troegs Brewing Co
Past President
Molly Browning
Lallemand Brewing
Ex-officio Member
Kelly Braniff
MBAA

Board of Governor Representatives

District Carolinas
Aaron Wall
Foothills Brewing Co
District Eastern Canada
Cedric Tallobre
Wick Station
District Georgia
Mitch A. Steele
New Realm Brewing Co
District Great Plains
Steve Bradt
Hopsteiner
District Michigan
Alec J. Mull
Bell's Brewery
District Mid-Atlantic
Jasper Akerboom
jasperyeast
District Mid-South
Jordan Skeen
Local Legend Brewing Company
District Midwest
Doug J. Beedy
Lotus Beverage Alliance
District Milwaukee
Joe Walts
Karben4 Brewing
District New England
Vilija T. Bizinkauskas
Break Rock Brewing
District New York
Heather N. McReynolds
Hopsteiner
District Northern California
Bryan R. Donaldson
Lagunitas Brewing Co
District Northern Illinois
Robert Hunter
Crust Brewing Company
District Northwest
Doug Hindman
 
District Ontario
Ian Johnson
MBAA Ontario
District Philadelphia
Benjamin Bailey
Troegs Brewing Co
District Pittsburgh
Daniel Lee Yarnall
Mindful Brewing Co
District Rocky Mountain
Frances Tietje-Wang
Fermly
District Southeast
William F. Cromie
Simon Says Consulting
District Southern California
Frank M. Bezbatchenko
Statco-DSI, ProMach Inc
District St. Louis
Robert R. Griesedieck
Griesedieck Brothers Brewery
District St. Paul/Minneapolis
Juno Choi
Arbeiter Brewing & Hollingbery Hops
District Texas
Alan L. Ward
Brigadoon Brewery & Brew School LLC
District Western Canada
Shane Groendahl
Blindman Brewing
District Western New York
Scott Grenier
Matt Brewing Co

Past Presidents History

NameTerm
Lauren Torres 2023-2024
Doug Wilson 2022-2023
Andy Tveekrem 2021-2022
John Mallett 2020-2021
Kris Scholl 2019-2020
Toby Eppard 2018-2019
Susan Welch 2017-2018
Roy Johnson 2016-2017
Jim Kuhr 2015-2016
Tom Eplett 2013-2015
Mary Pellettieri 2013 partial term
Horace Cunningham 2012-2013
Michael Sutton 2011-2012
Robert McCaig 2010-2011
Jim Diamantis 2009-2010
George Reisch 2008-2009
Gil Sanchez 2007-2008
Larry Sidor 2006-2007
Jaime Jurado 2005-2006
Paul Kramer 2004-2005
Inge Russell 2003-2004
Frank Kirner 2002-2003
Kathy Kinton 2001-2002
James Steer* 2000-2001
Hugo Patino 1999-2000
Gary Luther 1998-1999
Ray Klimovitz 1997-1998
Allan Fields 1996-1997
Ron Vogel* 1995-1996
John Seabrooks 1994-1995
Joseph Hertrich 1993-1994
Douglas Babcook* 1992-1993
Warren Peter* 1991-1992
John Britnell* 1990-1991
Arnulfo Canales 1989-1990
Vincent Bavisotto* 1988-1989
John Halwey* 1987-1988
John Ehmann 1986-1987
Thomas Reap* 1985-1986
Giorgio Sega 1984-1985
Andrew Steinhubl* 1983-1984
John Piesley* 1982-1983
Fred Gerhardt* 1981-1982
Herbert Oehmichen* 1980-1981
Peter Codd* 1979-1980
William Hipp* 1978-1979
William Stoud* 1977-1978
Ranulph Hudston* 1976-1977
Clement Meyn* 1975-1976
Eugenio Gebauer* 1974-1975
Robert Pflugfelder* 1973-1974
Hans Timmermann* 1972-1973
James Fitzsimons* 1971-1972
Leslie Jessop* 1969-1971
Herman Rosenbusch* 1967-1969
Carl Neubauer* 1965-1967
Ruben Schneider* 1963-1965
Karl Strauss* 1961-1963
Nicholas Schleifer* 1959-1961
Karl Hennige* 1957-1959
Albert Smith* 1955-1957
Joseph Pickett, Sr.* 1953-1955
Francis Ward* 1951-1953
Edward Huber* 1949-1951
Albert Wesp* 1947-1949
B.A. Poelhuis* 1945-1947
Phil Berkes* 1941-1945
George Sippel* 1939-1941
John Russert* 1937-1939
Herman Rosenbusch* 1935-1937
Francis van de Westelaken* 1933-1935
Marcus Maegerlein* 1926-1933
Robert Weigel* 1917-1926
William Carthuas* 1912-1917
Charles Russert* 1908-1912
Edward Wagner* 1904-1908
Joseph Knorr* 1902-1904
Leonhard Michel* 1900-1902
William Wurster* 1898-1900
Leonhard Michel* 1893-1898
Louis Frisch* 1891-1893
Christian Schneider* 1890-1891
William Gerst* 1889-1891
Louis Frisch* 1887-1889

* Deceased | Historical records maintained by the MBAA Archives.
 

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