On the eve of its annual conference, at the moment underway in Nashville, the Nationwide Espresso Affiliation of america introduced the election of Jonathan White as its new board chairperson.

The chief vp and third-generation member of New York-based, family-owned roasting firm White Espresso Company, White succeeds outgoing chair Robert Menos of inexperienced espresso buying and selling firm Sucafina.

An NCA board member since 2019 and vice chair since 2022, White is succeeded in that function by Nathalie Gabbay, the president of family-owned espresso buying and selling firm RGC Espresso, which maintains companies in its headquarters of Quebec (Canada), Bogotá (Colombia) and Culver Metropolis, California. Gabbay has been on the NCA board for greater than 5 years.

Jonathan White (left, NCA courtesy photograph), and Nathalie Gabbay (proper, 2020 RGC courtesy photograph).

“I’m honored to be elected Chair by my friends,” Jonathan White stated in an announcement from the NCA. “I sit up for persevering with to serve the espresso neighborhood. It’s a specific privilege to work with this group of main trade consultants, and I’m thrilled to have Nathalie Gabbay as vice chair.”

The NCA’s membership contains lots of the nation’s largest inexperienced espresso buying and selling, roasting and logistics corporations alongside allied suppliers.

The commerce group not too long ago launched an financial report that discovered that U.S. shoppers spend roughly $301 million per day on espresso.

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