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Join us next week for our October BREW Roundtable! We'll be exploring beer distributor family leave policies and how they impact recruiting and retaining valuable personnel. Register: https://lnkd.in/g3BCMqa5 Thanks to our sponsor Paragon Beverage Advisors, LLC and top-notch panel: 🍺 Debbie Immel, Keg 1 🍺 Randy Jozwiakowski, Paragon Beverage Advisors 🍺 Kim McKinnish, NBWA 🍺 Annie Pfinsgraff, Watkins Distributing

Capped off a memorable #NBWA2024 week in San Diego with a record-breaking Making Moves event hosted by NBWA BREW and Alliance For Women in Beer. Over 430 beer and beverage leaders from all three tiers gathered to elevate their careers and celebrate women’s important role in the industry.

We were honored to have accomplished distributor leaders share their stories and industry perspectives on day two of Making Moves: • Laurel Slick, Reyes Beverage Group • Portia Dowell-Simmons, Glazer's Beer and Beverage, LLC • Sinead Carey, Breakthru Beverage Group • Tandy Harvey, Breakthru Beverage Group • Bridget Smith, Origlio Beverage

Two of today's most innovative beverage leaders lit up the stage at Making Moves. Thank you to Merrilee Kick and Sofia Colucci for sharing your stories with us!

Making Moves 2024 has officially begun! Kicking things off with a fantastic keynote from Erika Ayers Badan on how to set yourself up for career success. "I’m a huge proponent of failure. Barstool Sports wouldn’t have been the same if we hadn’t failed, day after day, painfully, publicly. If you are constantly putting yourself in a place where you’re uncomfortable and learning how to fail and get back up — it trains you to handle a lot."

We're so excited to Make Moves tomorrow with beverage leaders from across the country! After two action-packed days of content, we'll close the event in style with a terrific trio of industry trailblazers: • Rosalie Kennedy, Athletic Brewing Co. • Whitney Stevenson, JuneShine • Erica Taylor, The Boston Beer Company We can't wait to get started! Thank you to sponsors JuneShine and Ippolito Christian (https://lnkd.in/eTAbv7Tx) for helping make this year's Making Moves the biggest one yet.

Can you believe Making Moves kicks off in just ONE day? We can't wait to hear Colleen Lucas discuss her work to highlight the Americans who bring our beers to life from seed to sip By sharing the stories of the people behind the beer we all enjoy, leaders like Colleen are elevating the beer category and its impact on the economy and communities across the country. Thank you to sponsor Draftline Technologies for helping us shine a light on the incredible women in the beer industry!

Women are increasingly playing a major role in the challenging and rewarding world of beverage business operations. At next week's Making Moves, hear from three industry leaders who exemplify what it takes to excel in the crucial crucible of operations and supply chain. • Natalie Burbidge, Constellation Brands • Stacey Karczewski, Mark Anthony Brewing Inc. • Bridget Smith, Origlio Beverage Thank you to Constellation Brands for helping make these conversations possible!

Take a trip to the west coast with Tandy Harvey and Sinead Carey at next week's Making Moves! These industry vets from Breakthru Beverage California will share lessons from competing in the country’s biggest market that will help all beverage professionals raise their game. Thanks to sponsors Schilling Cider and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. for helping make our time in the Golden State so memorable!

At next week's Making Moves, we'll explore how to identify your natural talents and find your NEXT. Following an electrifying keynote from Zeal of the Heel authors Dr. Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer, PhD, MBA, SPHR, BCC and Kimberly Rath, they will lead a panel discussion with industry leaders about how each of them have identified and put into action their own Now, Near, Next: • Portia Dowell-Simmons, Glazer's Beer and Beverage, LLC • Connie Kim, The HEINEKEN Company • Laurel Slick, Reyes Beverage Group Thank you to sponsors Owl's Brew and Tamarron Consulting (https://lnkd.in/efdtad_p) for making important discussions like these possible!