Accountability.org has named Robert Corridor, CEO of Ole Smoky Distillery, because the group’s new Chair of its Board of Administrators. Moreover, Tara Engel, Vice President, Public and Nationwide Affairs, Pernod Ricard, will function Vice Chair.
They assumed their positions starting January 1, 2024, and can every serve for 2 years.
Accountability.org is a nationwide nonprofit that goals to eradicate drunk driving and work with others to finish all impaired driving, eradicate underage ingesting and empower adults to make accountable alcohol selections.
Corridor has greater than 4 a long time {of professional} experience within the meals and beverage business. He has been CEO of Ole Smoky Distillery since 2016. Along with Corridor’s work with Accountability.org, he has additionally served on the board of The Boys and Ladies Membership of the Smoky Mountains.
“I’m pleased with my appointment and excited for the way forward for Accountability.org,” Corridor says. “I’m dedicated to working along with business leaders and advocates on our collective missions, and I’m assured that Accountability.org will proceed to make a constructive impression on advancing alcohol accountability in 2024 and past.”
Engel, incoming Vice Chair, has greater than thirty years of expertise in public affairs, and nearly twenty years at Pernod Ricard in management positions. With a background rooted in public advocacy, Engel performed a job in leveraging the distilled spirits business in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic by transitioning distilleries to the manufacturing of hand sanitizer. She has helped lead Pernod Ricard’s engagement with Accountability.org.
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“Pernod Ricard is pleased with the work that we do every single day to embrace accountability, and I’m wanting to tackle this new problem and assist to advance the mission of Accountability.org,” Engel says. “This isn’t only a job—the work we do saves lives. Accountability.org has taken the function of business significantly, and can proceed to successfully interact leaders throughout the board to have an actual impression on security.”
Marc Bromfeld, Director of Company Affairs & Company Social Accountability at Edrington Americas, will step down as Chair, having held the place of chair for 2 full phrases starting in 2019. Throughout his tenure, Bromfeld navigated Accountability.org by way of the challenges of the pandemic, supported the group by way of each management modifications and the event of a brand new five-year strategic plan.
Corridor and Engel, together with the remainder of the Board of Administrators, will proceed to obtain steering from Accountability.org’s impartial Nationwide Advisory Board, which is comprised of medical and academic professionals, a former state Legal professional Common and different specialists in mission-related fields.
“The way forward for Accountability.org is brilliant. The excellent management of Marc Bromfeld left its mark, and now I’m excited to see the group’s Board within the fingers of Robert and Tara,” says Chris Swonger, Presidents and CEO of Accountability.org and the Distilled Spirits Council of the USA. “I’m assured that we’re primed for the additional success of the group as we transfer into this subsequent section.”
On the latest convening of the Board of Administrators, Accountability.org additionally accepted a brand new strategic plan. Set to launch in 2024, it’s going to outline the group’s function pertaining to rising psychological well being issues, in addition to kind campaigns that can strengthen relationships with the hospitality business to advance alcohol accountability.
“We’re excited to unveil our new strategic plan, which can permit us to dive deeper into our mission areas,” says Leslie Kimball, Government Director of Accountability.org. “Robert’s and Tara’s management, together with the work of our complete membership, shall be key in guaranteeing that we proceed to see declines in underage ingesting and drunk driving and educate American adults about alcohol accountability.”
Operational for greater than 30 years, Accountability.org is funded by Bacardi USA, Inc.; Beam Suntory Inc.; Brown-Forman; Campari Group; Constellation Manufacturers; Diageo; Edrington, Mast-Jägermeister US, Inc.; Moët Hennessy USA; Ole Smoky, LLC; Pernod Ricard USA; and William Grant & Sons.
