Enjoy this special edition of Daily Brew. To celebrate the intersection of Employee Appreciation Day and Women’s History Month, we are highlighting the great work of women in the beer industry!
TODAY'S NEWS
Betty Buck: a leader in the beer community
Last year NBWA honored Betty Buck, owner of Buck Distributing in Maryland and former NBWA Board Chairman, with NBWA’s Life Service Award. Watch this short clip to hear more about her leadership in the beer industry and the community from her daughters who happen to be following in her footsteps.
Check out this profile of the outstanding female advocates in the beer industry including some of NBWA’s female leaders – Executive Vice President of Government Affairs Laurie Knight, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kim McKinnish and Vice President of Membership and Meetings Patti Rouzie.
Laura Markstein, the head of Markstein Sales Co., talks about taking over the family business and being one of the top woman-owned businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. “It is interesting to see how times have changed, and now there are so many suppliers that are really encouraging more diversity and having more women in their management teams, which I think is wonderful,” Markstein said.
Today it might seem that beer is a male-dominated industry. However, let us not forget that women historically were the world’s first brewers. Explore the role women played in beer’s history from the Egyptian times through to today.
