Speaker Lineup

LAST UPDATE: NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Our current speaker lineup (for both BevNET Live & Beverage School) includes:

• Ravi Arunachalam
  VP & General Manager; Golden Gate Beverage Co., Inc.
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• Manoj Bhargava
  CEO and Founder; Living Essentials
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• Jeremy Black
  VP of Marketing; Sambazon
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• Ryan Black
  CEO; Sambazon
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• Larry Braun
  Partner; Sheppard Mullin LLC
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• Hoby Buppert
  CEO; Hobarama, Inc.
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• Gillian Christie
  CEO; Christie Communications
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• Janet DiGiovana
  Co-Founder; DASH Advisors
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• Erik Donhowe
  Vice President Beverage Business Unit; WILD Flavors
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• Robert Groux
  President; Coast Beverage Distributors
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• Steve Haley
  CEO; Celsius Beverage
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• Deryck J. van Rensburg
  President; Venturing & Emerging Brands
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• Tal Johnson
  Managing Partner; Adventure Funds
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• David Karr
  Co-Founder; Guayaki Yerba Maté
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• Steven Kessler
  Co-Founder; Healthy Beverage Company
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• Gerry Khermouch
  Editor; Beverage Business Insights
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• Michael Kirban
  CEO; Vita Coco (All Market Inc.)
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• Jeff Klineman
  Editor; BevNET.com
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• Brent Knudsen
  Managing Partner; Partnership Capital Growth Advisers
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• Brian Krumrei
  Principal; TSG Consumer Partners
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• TJ Louderbeck
  CEO; Bay Area Beverage
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• Ian McLean
  CEO; McLean Design
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• Mark Muench
  CEO; Central Beverage
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• Barry Nathanson
  Publisher; Beverage Spectrum
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• Mark Rampolla
  CEO; ZICO
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• Chris Reed
  Founder and CEO; REED’s Inc.
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• Pat Richardson
  Tax Partner; Moss Adams
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• Jimmy Rosenberg
  President and Founder; Evolution Fresh
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• Erik Rothchild
  Owner; Whey Up
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• James Rouse
  Co-Founder; MIX1
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• Danny Rubenstein
  Co-Founder; DASH Advisors
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• Eric Schnell
  Co-Founder; Healthy Beverage Company
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• Bill Sipper
  Partner; Cascadia Consulting Group
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• Phil Smallwood
  Beverage Category Director; am/pm Stores
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• Christina Staalstrom
  COO; Hobarama, Inc.
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• Greg Steltenpohl
  Founder; Adina
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• Greg Stroh
  Co-Founder; MIX1
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• Jim Tonkin
  Principal; Healthy Brand Builders
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• Kevin Watterson
  President; G. Housen
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• Andrew Whitman
  Managing Partner; 2x Consumer Products Growth Partners
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• Debby Wildrick
  SVP – Sales and Marketing; Equa Water
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