What is your position in the coffee industry?

coffee roaster, coffee grower

Where are you located? ( City and Country )

Athens, USA

How many years have you been in the industry?

10

If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?

maybe

Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.

I have little experience with roasting, and most of my experience is on growing niche-coffee, where I can offer in regards to an exchange

What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?

Latin America

About Me:

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
•Two decades of experience creating nonprofit organizations, with strategies, and skills for effective management, external communications, and financial sustainability.
•Entrepreneurial spirit and creative actions becoming powerful tools for sustainable, on-the-ground natural and cultural, conservation /eco-business in Ecuador, and the USA.
•Active participation in advocacy of conservation cause in Ecuador, advising and coaching to students/interns/volunteers, professional nonprofit and local leaders.

About My Company:

1000faces emerged out of our belief that respect for geographic origin, direct relationships, and ecological awareness is the basis for creating a more sustainable and responsible coffee culture. Building on these principles, from seed to cup, 1000faces has set out to bring forth coffees of unsurpassed integrity and quality.

1000faces is an adaptive business model that can work between multiple continents and communities through a culture of friendship and an unwavering commitment to quality, justice and equity.

What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?

Relationship Driven: 1000faces considers the customers and farmers with whom it engages to be partners rather than 'consumers' and 'producers'. These dynamic and direct partnerships are essential to our mission and to creating truly great coffee.

Website:

http://www.oursharedforests.org