From The Brewers Association:
Natural products event executive joins Boulder-based team
Boulder, CO (Oct. 2, 2024) — The Brewers Association (BA) is pleased to announce the addition of Lacey Gautier as its new vice president of meetings and events. In this role, Gautier will oversee all the association’s events, conferences, and competitions, including the marquee Craft Brewers Conference™ & BrewExpo America®; Great American Beer Festival® ; World Beer Cup® and National Homebrew Competition.
“I am thrilled to join the Brewers Association team,” said Gautier. “The BA has a longstanding history of highly successful events, and I look forward to joining a team committed to curating highly transformative and exciting experiences. With the Great American Beer Festival right around the corner, I am excited to start my career with the BA during such a fun and festive time.”
Gautier is a decorated event leader with over 15 years of professional experience developing and executing events. Most recently, she was vice president of events for Informa Markets’ natural products portfolio where she was responsible for overseeing the strategy, development, growth, and execution of five events annually, ranging from executive summits to trade shows, most notably the Natural Products Expo, with 70,000+ attendees and 3,000+ exhibiting brands.
“We are pleased to welcome Lacey to the Brewers Association team,” said Bob Pease, president and CEO of the BA. “I’m excited for Lacey to contribute her expertise and fresh eyes to shaping the future of our existing events and identifying new scalable ways to engage with our members and prospective members.”
Gautier is based in Boulder, Colo., and started in her new role at the Brewers Association on Oct. 1, 2024.
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The Brewers Association (BA) is a not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, their beers, and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The BA represents 5,000-plus U.S. breweries and more than 30,000 homebrewers. The BA’s independent craft brewer seal is a widely adopted symbol that differentiates beers by small and independent craft brewers. The BA organizes events, including the World Beer Cup®, Great American Beer Festival®, Craft Brewers Conference™ & BrewExpo America®, Homebrew Con™, National Homebrew Competition, and American Craft Beer Week®. The BA publishes The New Brewer® and Zymurgy® magazines, and Brewers Publications® is the leading publisher of brewing literature in the U.S. Beer lovers are invited to learn more about the dynamic world of craft beer at CraftBeer.com® and about homebrewing via the BA’s American Homebrewers Association®. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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