Expert Qualifications
This highly-qualified expert has over 30 years of experience as a market analyst and consultant specializing in the coffee industry. She earned her BS in marketing and management at SUNY Albany and is an active member and past president of the Internation Women's Coffee Alliance. In addition, she is a member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America and the ICE Research Program. This expert regularly contributes articles to industry publications such as Coffee and Cocoa Internation and publishes major independent studies on the coffee industry. She formerly served as the vice president of senior soft analysts at Shearson Lehman Hutton and as the senior vice president of senior soft analysts at Merrill Lynch. There, she provided softs research to institutional and investment baking clients to aide them in making smarter hedging decisions on coffee, sugar and cocoa. Next, she worked as the director of news and research at Intercommerical Markets where she provided key insights regarding the coffee industry. Currently, this expert is the founder and president of an independent commodities research and consulting company that specializes in coffee, cocoa, and sugar market analysis.
