Samuel A. Calagione

    Samuel A. Calagione
    Class B Director; Board Member Since 2020

    Mr. Calagione is Founder and Brewer of Dogfish Head Brewery with overall responsibility for managing the Dogfish Head brand and providing insight into all of the Company’s brands. He founded Dogfish Head with his wife Mariah Calagione in June 1995 and served as CEO until the merger with Boston Beer in July 2019. He joined the Company's Board of Directors in October 2020. His innovative style has earned him a James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional and a reputation as one of the country’s most adventurous brewers. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, People, Forbes, Bon Appetit, and many other magazines and newspapers. He is also the author of five books, including Brewing Up a Business (2011), Off-Centered Leadership (2016), and The Dogfish Head Book: 26 Off-Centered Years (2021).

    During his twenty-eight years at the helm of Dogfish Head, he grew the company from a small brewpub in Rehoboth, Delaware to an award-winning, nationally recognized brand and destination. Mr. Calagione’s skills in brewing, innovation, marketing, consumer engagement, media relations, management, distributor relations, and entrepreneurship are an invaluable asset to Boston Beer’s leadership team and the Board.

    Carolyn O’Boyle

      Carolyn L. O’Boyle
      Chief People Officer

      Carolyn L. O’Boyle joined Boston Beer as Chief People Officer in March 2020. She has extensive experience in talent strategy and operations, including expertise in recruiting, total rewards, operational transformation, immigration, people analytics, business partners, and shared services. Prior to joining Boston Beer, she was a Managing Director at Deloitte Services LP in Boston, Massachusetts from August 2013 to February 2020, serving as the National Managing Director for Talent Operations and Chief Operating Officer for Talent. Prior to that, she served in various senior roles at Deloitte from September 2005 to August 2013, and as an Operations Manager at Diageo North America, a wine and spirits company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 2004.

      Julio N. Nemeth

        Julio N. Nemeth
        Class B Director, Board Member Since 2020

        Mr. Nemeth was appointed to Boston Beer’s Board of Directors in January 2020. He has served on the Compensation Committee since that time. He was appointed Chair of the Compensation Committee and joined the Nominating/Governance Committee in May 2023, and then appointed as the Board’s Lead Director in May 2024. Mr. Nemeth previously served as Chief Product Supply Officer at Procter & Gamble, a consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, OH (NYSE: PG), from 2019 until his retirement in June 2023. He also served as the Executive Sponsor of the Hispanic Leadership Team and the People with Disabilities Network at P&G. He held numerous senior roles with P&G since 1990, including President, Global Business Services from 2015 to 2019 and Senior Vice President, Product Supply, Global Operations from 2013 to 2014. Prior to his time at P&G, he served as a Project Engineer for Union Carbide Corporation in Brazil from 1987 to 1990 and as a Design Engineer for Fabirnor Argentina from 1984 to 1987.

        Mr. Nemeth has more than forty years of operations, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, customer service, quality, distribution, innovation, and general management experience in the consumer goods industry, with significant experience in supply chain management. Prior to his retirement in 2023, he led P&G’s global Product Supply organization, which included 58,000 employees, over 100 manufacturing plants, and roughly 200 distribution centers around the world.

        Lead Director, Compensation Committee (Chair), Nominating/Governance Committee