Speaker Series

A slate of coffee sector innovators committed to education and to sharing their knowledge and expertise with the Whittier College community is at the core of the highly successful Coffee Speaker Series.

2020-21 Speakers

Dr. Jamel Velji – Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Claremont Mckenna College

Peter Giuliano – Director at Coffee Science Foundation, Chief Research Officer, Specialty Coffee Association

Kevin Morales – Assistant Director of Food and Beverage, Terranea Resort

Nora Burkey – Founder and Executive Director, The Chain Collaborative

Nathalie Gabbay – President of RGC Coffee

2021-22 Speakers

Sam Mazzella – Senior Trader at RGC Coffee

Andrew Margenot – Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Mollie Moisan – Head of Coffee at Bewley’s North America

Susan Heller Evenson – Trader and Position Analyst at Atlas Coffee Importers

Peter Giuliano – Executive Director at Coffee Science Foundation

Benjamin Myers – Growers Program Manager at FRINJ Coffee

Michael Sheridan – Director of Sourcing and Shared Value at Intelligentsia Coffee

Nora Johnson – Commodities Manager at Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA

Sarah Grant – Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton