DANNY STEPPER
Co-founder & CEO
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Danny is the Co-Founder and CEO of LA Libations and Founder of Globestepper Media. Danny is a brand creator, beverage entrepreneur and film producer with 20 years of creating value with The Coca-Cola Company, Disney, and Relativity Media.
Stepper leads LA Libations as the Emerging Brand Category Captain of record at Walmart, Kroger, Walgreens, and 7-Eleven. L.A. Libations owns 13 companies, grounded in health and wellness, in emerging categories.
DINO SARTI
Co-founder & COO
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Dino has over 25 years in business development with Coke, Warner Brothers and KDP.
Sarti is a proven deal maker having negotiated brand deals with The Coca-Cola Company, Anheuser Busch and Molson Coors.
SCOTT GUTHRIE
MANAGING DIRECTOR
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Prior to this role, Scott was a Partner at private equity firm Virgo Investment Group ($2B AUM) where he led the Wellness and Media/Entertainment growth equity practices for the firm.
Scott held notable general management, sales, business development, marketing and operations roles with SodaStream, MTV, Paramount, THQ, Disney and Pepsi.
PAT BOLDEN
OPERATING PARTNER
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Pat is the Co-Founder of L.A. Libations and leads the companies efforts with retail customers: 711, Walmart and Target.
Bolden has played an instrumental role in leading L.A. Libations with its relationship and investment with Michelle Obama and her brand PLEZi, Dwayne The Rock Johnson and his brand Zoa Energy, Devin Booker and his brand Coco5.
BONNIE SHAH
OPERATING PARTNER
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Bonnie is the CMO of L.A. Libations & Founder of L.A. Vibrations, an entrepreneurial CPG marketing partner.
Prior to L.A. Libations she co-founded and commercialized the first young coconut water factory in the Philippines.
In 2018, upon relocating to the U.S. from Hong Kong, she founded the Beverage Industry’s first ever brand incubator, the SoCal Incubation Program – SIP.