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

    Samuel A. Calagione, III

      Samuel A. Calagione, III
      Founder and Brewer, Dogfish Head

      Samuel A. Calagione, III 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).

      Lesya Lysyj

        Lesya Lysyj
        Chief Marketing Officer

        Lesya Lysyj joined the Company as Chief Marketing Officer in April 2019. Ms. Lysyj has over 30 years of marketing experience in the food and beverage industry. Prior to joining Boston Beer, she served as President U.S. (Sales and Marketing) for Welch’s Foods, based in Concord, Massachusetts from September 2017 to April 2019. From 2013 to 2015, she served as President North America of Weight Watchers International. She was Chief Marketing Officer for Heineken USA, headquartered in New York City, from 2011 to 2013. Prior to that, she held a number of positions with Kraft Foods from 1990 to 2011, including positions as Vice President Marketing, Confectionary and Executive Vice President of Marketing, Cadbury.