LISETTE BARBERA reflects on her retreat experience this past October as one of the 2018-2020 LEAD Scholars. Our passions for coffee quality, sustainability, producers, farmers, and more bring us together in the late October chill, very different to the dry Arizona heat from which I have just escaped. Some of the scholars fly in from …
By RIC RHINEHART On behalf of the Specialty Coffee Association, it is my pleasure to introduce the new Leadership Equity and Diversity (LEAD) Scholarship Program. First announced at the Re:co Symposium in April 2018, LEAD is aimed at increasing diversity of leadership within the global coffee community by enabling access to professional development resources to people from …
*Update on May 22: Point 2 in the participation criteria has been simplified to 3 years of experience in the coffee industry, removing the mid- to senior-level management experience previously required. LEAD is designed to open doors to underrepresented people in our community and we believe this change in the requirements is the right step towards …