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 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.
Ms. Joyce is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Duckbill Technologies, Inc., a pre-seed venture-backed tech startup company based in Boston, a position she has held since April 2022. Prior to this role, she was the Chief Operating Officer and EVP of Platform for Oscar Health (NYSE: OSCR), a technology-focused health insurance company based in New York, New York, a position she held from September 2019 until April 2022. In this role, she oversaw Oscar's operations, technology, marketing, and clinical operations, as well as its technology and services solutions. She has continued to serve as a Senior Advisor for Oscar since April 2022. Prior to her position at Oscar, she worked for Uber Technologies, Inc., a tech company headquartered in San Francisco, from 2013 to 2019. From 2017 to 2019, she served as Regional General Manager for Uber US & Canada Cities, responsible for business outcomes and rider and driver experience in communities across the US & Canada. Ms. Joyce served as Uber’s East Coast General Manager from 2015 to 2017 and Boston General Manager from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, she served as a Senior Policy Advisor for the United States Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. from 2011 to 2012. Ms. Joyce previously worked as an investor for Bain Capital and a consultant for Bain & Company. In August 2021, Ms. Joyce was appointed to the Board of Directors of Guardant Health, Inc., an oncology-focused health company based in Palo Alto, California. She serves on Guardant’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.
Ms. Joyce has extensive experience in business strategy, managing growth, financial modeling, modern consumer recruitment and engagement, digital marketing and implementation of new technologies, and management and retention of diverse employee groups. She was appointed Chair of our Nominating/Governance Committee in May 2020, after having served on the committee since May 2019. She has served on the Audit Committee since May 2019 and served on the Compensation Committee from May 2019 to May 2020.
Audit Committee, Nominating/Governance Committee (Chair)