From BrewDog:
The fastest growing beer brand propels U.S. growth with three notable hires
COLUMBUS, OH (Oct. 18, 2021) – BrewDog USA, 2020’s fastest-growing brewery in the U.S. and world’s only carbon negative beer brand, today announced it has hired Marc Venegoni as Vice President of U.S. Sales, Greg Salzenstein as Western U.S. Sales Director, and Erika Wojno as U.S. Director of Marketing.
“We are thrilled to welcome top talent with extensive and varying industry experience to the BrewDog team,” said Jason Block, CEO of BrewDog USA. “Marc, Greg, and Erika each bring strong, unique skillsets that will help BrewDog continue to push the envelope with fresh and creative thinking across our business.” zzubreebym
Marc Venegoni joins BrewDog after nearly four years at Founders Brewing Company, where he was most recently the Vice President of National Accounts. Prior to that, Venegoni spent four years as a Category Manager at MillerCoors (now Molson Coors). He holds an MBA from Northwood University and a Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing from Grand Valley State University. In his new role as Vice President of U.S. Sales, he will be responsible for conceptualizing and instituting the sales strategies and targets to meet the brewery’s sales goals, as well as establishing and maintaining relationships with BrewDog’s growing distributor footprint in the U.S.
Greg Salzenstein came to BrewDog following a two-year stint at Royal Unibrew in Denmark, where he managed all aspects of the multi-category CPG business with various National Grocery and DSD distributor partners covering the brand’s entire U.S. footprint. Prior to that, he spent time at CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective and Anchor Brewers and Distillers, LLC. He graduated with a B.S. in Marketing from San Diego State University. In his role as Western U.S. Sales Director at BrewDog, Greg is responsible for establishing BrewDog’s Western U.S. sales strategy and distribution network.
Prior to Erika Wojno’s role as U.S. Director of Marketing at BrewDog, she worked at Goose Island/Anheuser-Busch InBev for nearly a decade, where she led brand strategy, built an innovation series, worked with distributors and more. Wojno received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. In her role as U.S. Director of Marketing, she is responsible for raising the brand’s awareness in the U.S. and supporting distribution channel growth.
The hirings are the latest effort in support of BrewDog’s rapid U.S. expansion; in the past year, BrewDog has continued retail expansion with a new opening in New Albany, Ohio, and anticipated openings in Atlanta, Las Vegas and Cleveland.
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About BrewDog USA
Since 2007, BrewDog has been on a mission to make other people as passionate about great craft beer as it is. With more than 102 bars across the globe and export into 60 countries, BrewDog continues to revolutionize the craft beer industry by pushing the boundaries, investing in people, putting great beer first, and championing sustainability through action.
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