I'm a Kentucky-based brand manager, event producer, and overall innovator with nearly 20 years in the service and hospitality industry. I founded Kentucky’s Original Black Bourbon Enthusiasts (K.O.B.B.E.) a 501c3 that has partnered with brands and organizations from APRON Inc. to the Campari Group and Brown Forman. I've devoted my career to not only increasing the participation of African Americans in the bourbon community but raising awareness of the long history of African Americans in bourbon while ensuring all experiences are innovative and unique from others in the bourbon community. I've created and hosted community-focused, philanthropy-based events with spirit brands that curate distinctive bourbon-themed events geared at being innovative and hospitality-focused. FEATURED IN: Whisky Magazine (May 2021 Cover Feature), Samantha Brown’s "Places to Love", The New York Times, The Washington Post, Punch Magazine, Whisky Advocate Magazine, and much more.