May 7, 2024
NEWS FLASH: The Artisan Coffee Imports Team is growing!
We're happy to announce the new consultants on Artisans growing team. Plus Marie Hucal is expecting a special arrival in July. So we're currently at four-and-a-half new people!
Marcia joined our team in late March and three new part-time consultants joined the Artisan team in May!
Cody Gallagher - Green Coffee Logistics - part time. Cody's based in Detroit and will be coming to Ann Arbor 1x/week for on-boarding and job-shadowing with Marie. While working at Artisan, Cody will continue his current position as communications specialist at Food 4 Farmers. He brings a wealth of experience, including roaster, green buyer and barista roles at Schuil and Ferris in Grand Rapids and Uncommon Grounds in Saugatuck.
Shaa'ista Sabir - Green Coffee Sales - Western states - part time. Currently residing in San Diego, CA, Shaa'ista just completed the 1-year NKG Pace fellowship** funded by the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. She was based in IA's San Diego office and rotated through a number of departments and functions, including QC. Shaa'ista passed her Q Grader exam in March of this year (congrats!), is a past competitor and volunteers her time with the USCC championship events, is a former Glitter Cat grad, has managed cafes in Atlanta, GA and was a barista in London in 2017.
Ryan Grenier - Green Coffee Sales - Eastern states - part time. Ryan is based in the Grand Rapids, MI area. He is the founder/owner of Good Medicine Coffee. He roasts on an SF-6 San Franciscan. He's growing his on-line roasting business - check it out - and contributing to the GR area roaster community. Ryan recently developed and sold a luxury lodge business in Montana where guests were treated to his expertly curated and delivered coffee experiences. A highlight from that experience was when Connie Blumhardt, publisher of Roast Magazine, was one of his guests!
Marcia Higgins - Office Administration. marcia@biz.
experience in all types of organizations and many different roles. She loves coffee!
Ryan Grenier - Green Coffee Sales - Eastern states - part time. Ryan is based in the Grand Rapids, MI area. He is the founder/owner of Good Medicine Coffee. He roasts on an SF-6 San Franciscan. He's growing his on-line roasting business - check it out - and contributing to the GR area roaster community. Ryan recently developed and sold a luxury lodge business in Montana where guests were treated to his expertly curated and delivered coffee experiences. A highlight from that experience was when Connie Blumhardt, publisher of Roast Magazine, was one of his guests!
experience in all types of organizations and many different roles. She loves coffee!
Each of our new team members brings a wealth of amazing experience and skills to the Artisan team. We are grateful to have them joining Artisan and contributing towards our mission to
"Trade coffee in sustainable ways that improve the lives of farmers. And we will offer artisan roasters taste with consistency and transparent sourcing that supports the roaster's brand."
The Artisan group is 10 people now including Ruth Ann. Current contractors are:
Marie Hucal - Logistics Manager / QC / Office, part-time
Portia Almendras - Accounting, part-time
Jenn Green - Bookkeeping, part-time
Lane Mitchell - Marketing Manager, part-time
Joe Santiago - Website support, part-time
We could not do what we do without the valueable work of each of these people!
**We are honored to have a graduate of the NKG Pace program join Artisan. This program is one everyone at Artisan, especially Ruth Ann, has admired for its depth of understanding of the issues of racism we face as an industry. We will all benefit when we have more black people in leadership and decision-making positions. We are seeing change, but it feels too slow. NKG Pace is picking up the pace!
What is NKG PACE? It is the Partnership to Advance Racial Equity, a program facilitated through the Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity (CCRE) and the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. In 2020, CCRE Founder Phyllis Johnson put out a call to action to the greater coffee community to create equity in decision-making positions within the industry of which Black Americans have the fewest numbers; despite coffee being an agricultural product of black and brown countries. The program offers an entry-level position in Quality Control at an NKG USA office and a robust educational program that offers insight and real-world experience into the green side of coffee.
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