The Task Force is tasked with making a comprehensive assessment of the current alcoholic beverage industry and its regulatory structure in Massachusetts.
They established working groups made up of relevant stakeholders focused on specific areas and topics associated with the industry and its oversight. The task force, which consists of appointees selected by Treasurer Deb Goldberg, Governor Charles Baker, Senate President Stan Rosenberg, and Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo has provided a preliminary report to the Treasurer.
ABCC Operations & Resources – Rachael Rollins, Chair
| Jim Aufiero | Ruby Wines |
| Chief Edward A. Dunne | Falmouth Police Dept./Mass. Chiefs of Police Associations |
| Tricia Farnsworth | Lawson & Weitzen, LLP |
| William Kelley | Considine & Furey LLP |
| Nidhi Kumar | Drizly, Inc. |
| Ted Landers | Seaboard Products Company |
| Evelyn Rodriguez | Lawrence Methuen Community Coalition |
| Tracy Ruzzo | Trillium Brewing Company |
| Richard Scali | Town of Barnstable Regulatory Services |
| Anthony Schiavi | Patriot Spirits, Inc. d/b/a “Liquor 'N More” |
| Jennifer Tatelman | Merrimack Valley Distributing |
| Heather Warner | Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth Coalition |
Industry Improvements – Kate Cook, Chair
| Frank Anzalotti | Massachusetts Package Stores Association |
| William Burke | Burke Distributing Corp. |
| Robert Burns | Night Shift Brewing |
| Louis A. Cassis | Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Massachusetts |
| Edward Cooper | Total Wine & More |
| Melanie DeCarolis | City Wine Tours |
| David M. Fields | Wormtown Brewery |
| Stephen V. Miller | Mcdermott ,Quilty & Miller, Clarke`s at Faneuil Hall |
| Golsa Mirhosseini | Area Four, LLC |
| Charles M. Storey | Harpoon Brewery |
| Michelle Sullivan | The Boston Beer Co. |
| Aimee Vargas | Anheuser-Busch Companies |
Licensing Process – Deborah Gold-Alexander, Chair
| Alisa V. Brewer | Town of Amherst/Select Board |
| Shannon Cudmore | Massachusetts Bay Brewing Company, Inc. |
| Brian Houghton | Massachusetts Food Association |
| Edward LaFortune III | Wachusett Brewing Co. |
| Elizabeth Lint | Cambridge License Commission |
| Christopher Lohring | Notch Brewery & Tap Room |
| Timothy Naimi | Boston Medical Center |
| Maura O'Keefe | Law Department, City of Newton |
| William Russell | Westport Rivers Vineyard/Buzzards Bay Brewing |
| Joseph Slesar | Slesar Bros. Brewing Company, Inc. d/b/a "Beer Works" |
| Frank B. Sousa | Colonial Wholesale Beverage |
| Andrew Upton | DiNocla, Seligson & Upton, LLP |
Local Economic Development – Peter Wilson, Chair
| Drew Brosseau | Mayflower Brewing Company |
| Tanzania Cannon-Eckerle | Brew Practitioners LLC Brewery |
| Lee Cooper | Hopsters LLC, Hopsters Alley LLC |
| Michael Epstein | Horizon Beverage Company |
| Ivria Glass Fried | Miyares and Harrington LLP |
| Sion Kim Harris | Boston Children's Hospital Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research |
| Sam Hendler | Jack's Abby Brewing LLC |
| Bob Luz | Massachusetts Restaurant Association |
| Elizabeth Parsons | Mystic Valley Public Health Coalition/City of Melrose |
| Gary Rogers | True North Ale Company, LLC |
| Carmel Shachar | Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School |
| Keith Sullivan | Medusa Brewing Company |
Public Health, Safety & Prevention – Lisa Wong, Chair
| Sean Barry | Four Seasons Wine & Liquor |
| Wayne F.X. Brasco | City of Waltham |
| Angela J. Cristiani | School Psychologist |
| Alison DeWolfe | Massachusetts Distillers Alliance / Damnation Alley Distillery |
| Matthew Durand | Cumberland Farms, Inc. |
| Maryanne Frangules | Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery |
| Amy Mittelman | Amherst Town Meeting Member |
| Robert Selby | Kappy's Fine Wine and Spirits |
| Brian Shurtleff | Bog Iron Brewing |
| Amy Turncliff | MetroWest Substance Abuse Prevention Alliance; Decisions at Every Turn Coalition; RockFern Scientific Consulting |
| Jason Underwood | Sazerac |