Introducing the Unified Barista Guild

It's official! The Barista Guild of America (BGA) and the Barista Guild of Europe (BGE) are coming together to form a unified, global Barista Guild (BG)!

We are so excited to bring together members of the BGA and BGE into one collaborative community.

This unification has been in the works since 2017, with a Unification Committee of volunteers working with both guilds to define bylaws, positions, transition documents, etc. The final step, approving the new leadership council, took place in December 2018.

Meet the members of the Leadership Council, listed below with current place of work and Leadership Council role:

• Sarah Leslie of Leslie Coffee Co., Past Chair

• Stuart Ritson of Cafe Imports, Chair

• Jessie May Peters of Raw Material, Vice Chair

• Gabe Smentek of Onyx Coffee Lab, Marketing and Communications

• Bartosz Ciepaj of Harrods, Membership Engagement

• Silvia Constantin of Barista School Romania and Coffee Break Magazine, Events

• Davide Cobelli of Coffee Training Academy, Events

• Kathie Hilberg of Stumptown Coffee Roasters LA, Membership Engagement

• Mark Hundley of Bolt Coffee, Events

• Bailey Arnold of Gregorys Coffee, Community/Outreach

We are working on merging the website and the social media platforms for the BG. You can follow along with the latest news and events here on baristaguild.coffee.