Amy Gutierrez, a native Northern Californian, started her Beverage career, with Southern Wine & Spirits.  The last two years at SWS, she was the BevMo! Category Captain, where she helped open 19 stores.  She joined BevMo! in 1997, in the same roll and then transitioned to Assistant Buyer for Food and Hardlines. Amy has always had a passion for beer, and in 2003 was promoted to the Assistant Buyer for beer.  Then four years later, was promoted to her current position as Category Manager for Beer. She is responsible for all beer buying in 161 stores, in three states.

Julie Kinch is a business leader with extensive experience in the alcohol beverage industry. She is the former SVP, CLO (Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer) for Heineken USA.  She was their first female SVP and management team member and was part of the strategic and operational management of the company which has grown to over $1.5B in revenue. Julie has represented companies in various industry trade organizations and has helped shape category narratives within the legal and alcohol beverage space. 

During her 20 years with Heineken, Julie was an advocate for diversity and founded the Heineken Women’s Leadership Forum to drive the inclusion and advancement of women in the workplace. Kinch’s passion has had a lasting impact: as of 2019, 50% of Heineken USA’s employees are women and 48% of its senior leaders are women. 

Her work won recognition from business and industry groups, including Westchester County’s “Women in Business” award in 2014 and “Equal Access to Justice” honoree in 2019. She is a regular speaker at industry, university and women’s conferences and has written for Fortune.

As the Founder and CEO of JK Leadership Advisors, Julie continues her commitment to diversity and women’s leadership by advising companies looking to operationalize inclusion and diversity, to evolve their company cultures through empowering and engaging employees and to accelerate growth.

Prior to joining Heineken, Julie was Vice President, General Counsel for Remy Amerique, Inc. and before that, was with the law firm, White & Case. Julie is a former member of the Board of Directors for LIFT, a charity that provides access to justice for children and families in New York City, and she was on the initial Advisory Council for the Women’s Leadership Institute at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York.

Julie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Georgetown University and a JD from Boston College Law School. She currently lives in Larchmont, New York with her husband and family.

Sinead is the Director of Sales for the Specialty Beer & Beverage Team at Wine Warehouse. With over 17 years of successful experience working in the beer industry, Sinead has held roles in sales, distributor management, channel management, and trade marketing with Star Brand Imports, Heineken USA and Anchor Brewing. 

Sinead joined Wine Warehouse in 2016 in a leadership role that includes overseeing a team of craft beer specialists, working with supplier partners on market execution, and collaborating with Wine Warehouse Sales Teams to drive performance behind the beer category. She is an Irish native and a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. She is Cicerone Certified Beer Server and lists lagers and hazy IPAs as her favorite styles of beer.