WHO WE ARE
SOPHIA RYAN
Sophia’s career bridges the worlds of wine and tech. Her passion for wine first took root on Bordeaux’s Right Bank, where she worked for a year at Chateau Siaurac. Back in the U.S., she worked evening shifts at a local wine shop while launching her tech career at Amazon, where she helped teach Alexa to speak French. This dual path led her to help build one of the earliest canned wine brands in the U.S.—now co-owned by Elizabeth Banks and ranked among the top 5% of wine brands globally.
A graduate of Barnard College, Sophia completed an entrepreneurship fellowship with venture capitalist Tim Draper and a founder’s fellowship with On Deck. She holds certifications from the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Court of Master Sommeliers.
KATIE HALL
For the past 12 years, Katie has been leading enterprise sales teams and helping brands big and small with breaking into new markets, crafting brand identities and forging growth-oriented partnerships. With in-depth sales and marketing experience working for some of the world’s largest alcohol and CPG brands as well as startups just getting going, Katie is attuned to the unique challenges of getting noticed, growing market share, and fostering exuberant brand communities.