Presenting the Slate of Candidates in the 2022 Coffee Roasters Guild Election
By CRG PAST CHAIR FILIP BARTELAK
Dear members and friends of the Coffee Roasters Guild around the globe,
Today, it is my pleasure to present the slate of candidates in the 2022 CRG Leadership Council elections. The CRG Election Committee has put forward the following professionals after an extensive interview process:
Davide Cobelli
Tonny Butera
Emily Smith
Sara Gibson
Baylee Engberg (incumbent)
The CRG Leadership Council consists of 12 volunteer members who serve a 2-year term, supported by the SCA staff. There are 5 open seats in the 2022 election, and members elected to serve on the council this cycle will serve a term from February 2023 to January 2025. Scroll down to learn more about each candidate.
There are five open seats in this year’s CRG election. As the number of candidates this year is equal to the number of open seats, there is no need to proceed with a voting process, and the CRG Leadership Council has confirmed these five professionals as members of the 2023 CRG Leadership Council, in accordance with the CRG bylaws.
We would like to give the community the chance to provide comments on the professionals listed above. If you have any feedback, please get in touch with us before November 21 by filling out this form.
Thank you to our 2022 Election Committee for the hours of work interviewing all of the nominees that we received. It was a lot of hard work and we appreciate their dedication to the Guild.
Meet the Slate of Candidates
Davide Cobelli
I've been involved in SCA since 2012, as Italian Education Coordinator for 4 y, as SCA Advisory Council Member for 2y (previously SCAE Board of Directors), Now i'm the SCA Italy National Coordinator. But also Micro Roaster since 2018 and I won Italian Roasting Champ on 2020. Very active on promoting Specialty Coffee.
Emily Smith
Emily has worked in green quality control, as a sample roaster, a green buyer, a coffee roaster, an educator, and now as a green coffee sales person with Mercon Specialty. Emily has participated in the USRC as both a competitor and judge. She is committed to helping roasters grow in their education and skills so that they can meet their personal coffee goals. She is passionate about supporting women roasters and producers. Emily resides in the Portland, Oregon region.
Tonny Butera
Worked at National Agricultural Export Development Board Rwanda as coffee cupper Officer for 9yrs and currently working as Business executive for Single Origin Coffee Supplies in Doha Qatar. He skills in coffee cupping, quality control, Roasting, Processing and Logistics & Contract handling.
Sara Gibson
Sara co-founded Sightseer Coffee, an impact-driven roasting company that sources exclusively from women producers. She also recently co-founded Rising Tide Roast Collaborative, a co-roasting space dedicated to positively impacting central Texas roasters through the sharing of equipment, resources, and knowledge. She previously worked as the head roaster and green buyer for Greater Goods Coffee, Roast Magazine’s Micro Roaster of the Year for 2021. Sara is passionate about gender equity, price sustainability, and accessible education in the coffee industry. Prior to coffee, she worked in digital content, marketing, and education. Sara has a degree in International Studies from UC Berkeley. She lives in Austin with her partner, two kids, and too many cats.
Baylee Engberg
Baylee Engberg is a coffee roaster hailing from the Pacific Northwest. She is the Managing Director for She’s The Roaster, an advocacy group that promotes roasting opportunities and scholarships for women and non-binary people. Baylee is also the US Chapter Social Accountability coordinator for the Specialty Coffee Association. She has been in the specialty coffee industry for 15 years, and roasting for the majority of her career. Baylee is currently the Head Roaster and QC Analyst for Caffe Vita."
