Leadership & Staff

Sydney Ross
Chairman
Great Lakes Wine & Spirits
Barkley Stuart
Immediate Past Chairman
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
Danny Wirtz
Vice Chairman
Breakthru Beverage Group
Chris Underwood
Senior Vice President
Young's Market Company
Tom Cole
Vice President
Republic National Distributing Company
Sue McCollum
Secretary
Major Brands Premium Beverage Distributors
Spencer Merinoff
Treasurer
Empire Merchants, LLC
Cutter Smith
Leadership Caucus A Representative
Eder Bros., Inc.
Steven Becker
Leadership Caucus B Representative
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
Richard Leventhal
Leadership Caucus B Representative
Fedway Associates, Inc.
Executive Committee | Staff
Michelle L. Korsmo
President and CEO
Jo Moak
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Dawson Hobbs
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Michael Bilello
Senior Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Arianne Massey
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration
Cindy Nachman-Senders
Senior Consultant, Meetings and Conventions
Catherine McDaniel
Vice President, Federal Affairs | Director of Women's Leadership Council
Jake Hegeman
Assistant General Counsel, Legal and Regulatory Affairs
Bob Wiggans
Senior Director, Membership
Kari Langerman
Senior Director, Meetings and Conventions
Heather Calio
Senior Director, State Affairs
Ali Gormley
Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Steve Rebillot
Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Cody Tucker
Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Emily Magram
Manager, Marketing Communications
Cassie Boehm
Manager, Advocacy Communications
Kalia Sokos
Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
Kristi Hepner
Coordinator, Meetings & Conventions
Ian Spotts
Coordinator, Legal and Regulatory Affairs
Austin Mendes
Coordinator, Federal Affairs
Alex Root
Coordinator, State Affairs
Jessica Perry
Assistant, Finance and Administration