William S. Anderson, Chairman

Over 20 years of experience in beverage distribution, family business management, and real estate acquisitions and management

  • Chairman, CEO and founder, First Beverage Capital
  • Former Executive Vice-President of Topa Equities, Ltd., a diversified holding company and one of the top 10 largest beer distributors in the United States
  • Former President of Topa Properties, Ltd., a diversified real estate company
  • Former attorney with O'Melveny and Myers
  • Member of California and Washington DC Bar Associations
  • BA from Bowdoin College and JD from UCLA School of Law

W.L. Lyons Brown III, Member

Over 20 years of experience in the beverage industry

  • Founder and CEO of Altamar Brands, focused on developing luxury brands in the premium segment of the spirits industry
  • Entrepreneur in Residence at the Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
  • Fifth-generation member of the Brown-Forman family, the distillers of Jack Daniel's and Southern Comfort
  • Seventeen years of experience at Brown-Forman, where he held senior sales and marketing positions in Europe and in the United States
  • Bachelor's degree in history from the University of Virginia and MBA from the Colgate Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia

Joe Ogilvie, Member

Professional athlete and investor

  • Founder and CEO of Ogilvie Capital, an investment advisory firm
  • Member of the PGA Tour since 1999.
  • Has served nine years on the PGA Tour Player Advisory Council.
  • Past Member of PGA Tour Policy Board 2006-2008
  • PGA of America Board 2006-2007
  • Board Member of Houston Golf Association 2006-present
  • Board Member of Horizon Bank of Texas
  • Bachelor's degree in Economics from Duke University

Pat Haden, Member

Over 20 years of experience in private equity investment

  • General partner of Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth middle-market companies
  • Expertise in financial services and specialty distribution
  • Board member of Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) and Bradshaw International, Inc.
  • Graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with an English major from the University of Southern California
  • Played in three Rose Bowl games for USC and two national championships; named co-MVP in the 1975 Rose Bowl and inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
  • Rhodes scholar who studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University
  • J.D. from Loyola Law School.

David Cronenbold, Member

Over 20 years experience in the title industry

  • Vice chairman and director, of First Beverage Realty Partners
  • Senior vice president, Lawyers Title Company
  • One of the original founders , and later president, of County Title Holding Corp., the parent of Southland Title
  • Former CEO of C21 Award, Inc. the largest residential C21 franchisee on the West Coast and second largest in the world
  • Former senior vice president of the LandAmerica Financial Group
  • Active with several organizations and foundations, including the Young Presidents' Organization, the World Presidents' Organization, the Chief Executives Organization, the UCLA Alumni Association, and the Southland Children's Foundation.
  • Attended the University of California Los Angeles, where he majored in Economics and minored in History.