HCP Board of Directors

Meet the people who have worked so hard to make this vision a reality

President
Rich Tango-Lowy
Dancing Lion Chocolate

Vice-President
Paul Joachim
The Chocolate Genius

Sec/Treasurer
Jody Hayden
Grocer's Daughter Chocolate

Former President
​Jacob Marlin
BFREE

​Clark Guittard
Guittard Chocolate Company

John Kehoe
Guittard Chocolate Company

Brad Kintzer
TCHO

Dan Pearson
​CEO
Marañón Chocolate

Jenny Samaniego
Conexion Chocolate

Pam Williams
Founder & Lead Instructor
Ecole Chocolat

Laura Withers
Chocolate Maker
Loon Chocolate

HCP Senior Advisory Council

Matt Caputo
Caputo’s

Cari Guittard
Principal
Global Engagement Partners

Gary Guittard
President & CEO
Guittard Chocolate Company

William “Bill” Guyton
HCP Senior Advisor
Guyton Strategies International

Raymond Major
Specialist in Cocoa Production, Processing & Sustainability

Todd Masonis
CEO and co-founder
Dandelion Chocolate

Lyndel Meinhardt
Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory USDA ARS

Daniel O’Doherty
Owner & President
Cacao Services

Wilbert Phillips-Mora
Cacao Expert

Tasting Panel Chair
Ed Seguine
Seguine Cacao Cocoa & Chocolate Advisors

Darin A. Sukha
Research Fellow/Food Technologist
Cocoa Research Centre, The University of the West Indies

Keeping us ALL on track:

Executive Director
​Anne Zaczek

Communications Coordinator
Alyssa D'Adamo