Don C. Hammond, Executive Vice President & Partner
Mr. Hammond has spent nearly 30 years in the Drinks Industry.He began with P&G and then Gallo.After running a distributing business, Mr. Hammond was national training director for United Distillers/Schenley Industries.In the early 1990’s, Mr. Hammond was Corporate Vice President of National Wine and Spirits.In 1994, he was named National Sales Manager and then Senior Vice President of McCormick Distilling Company, the 8th largest distilling company in the US and served on their Board until late 2001.From 2001-2003 he served as President and COO of Columbia Distributing Company, a $400MM Beverage Alcohol Company serving the Pacific Northwest.Mr. Hammond then moved onto Drinks America, Inc. until 2005 as their President and COO.In early 2005, Mr. Hammond formed BMA-USA, a national sales company for the beverage alcohol industry.He serves as consultant to several private and public companies.