Alcohol Task Force Working Groups

The Alcohol Task Force established working groups made up of relevant stakeholders focused on specific areas and topics associated with the industry and its oversight.

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

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