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Employee Spotlight: Bari Beasley
Meet Bari, adventurer and tasting room jack-of-all-trades!
Employee Spotlight: Nontobeko Mbokwana-Tilton
Love brought our Head Chef to Crested Butte and she stays for the amazing friendships. We’re glad she’s made Montanya part of her family!
Employee Spotlight: Megan Campbell
Meg Campbell has an appetite for adventure—luckily for us, her journey led her to Montanya!
Employee Spotlight: Chloe Bowman
Meet Chloe, Montanya’s JEDI Coordinator. She brings so much positivity to everything she does!
Employee Spotlight: Cody Sexe
Meet Cody, a bartender in the Tasting Room whose strong sense of connection to the land inspires us.
Employee Spotlight: Amy Halasa
Bartender and House Ambassador Amy Halasa just got married and is on the road trip of a lifetime. Meet her in today’s spotlight!
Employee Spotlight: Madison Manning
Maddie has grown into new roles this year, including bartending and creating new cocktails.
Employee Spotlight: Rob Richardson
Our National Sales Director, Rob, has hit the ground running at Montanya (and his pup Duke has made a name for himself too!). Meet Rob!
Employee Spotlight: Andrea Schultz
Our Director of HR & Business Development loves people, dogs and the planet—which makes her right at home here at Montanya.
Employee Spotlight: Melinda Hulm
Our Business Administrator Melinda Hulm and her family have made world travel a way of life, and we are so glad their journey brought them to Crested Butte!
Employee Spotlight: Katie Thomas
Meet Katie, a much-loved member of our Tasting Room crew and now our Sustainability Manager. She’s helping us continue to walk the walk when it comes to minimizing our impact on the Earth.
Employee Spotlight: Kassia Lawrence
Rock climber. Dog Mom. Globe Trotter. Mover and Shaker (and that’s not just a compliment, that’s her job title!).
Employee Spotlight: Elana Hirschkatz
Dog aunt. World traveler. Montanya server who’s learning to bartend. What’s not to love about Elana?
Employee Spotlight: Graham Barr
Our owner Karen Hoskin has described Graham Barr a sort of gentle giant… Tall but never imposing, just quietly getting his work done. Meet Graham!
Employee Spotlight: Cheyenne Eisert
Cheyenne has a special connection to Montanya Distillers. Her aunt Rose Reyes is our chef, and the pair attended culinary school together. It’s been fun to have her in the Tasting Room!
Employee Spotlight: Meet Anna-Marie
We like to think that Anna-Marie Davidson arrival at Montanya Distillers is kismet. A server and bartender, our tasting room was the first establishment she visited during her first trip Crested Butte.
Employee Spotlight: Nia Morales
Nia found her way to Crested Butte from New Jersey. We can so relate to her sense of wanderlust and recognize a kindred spirit when she talks about how life changing travel can be.