2024 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Erin is currently SVP of Marketing at Sapporo-Stone Brewing, leading the multi-discipline marketing team for the 12th largest brewery in the United States.

Erin started her career with Gallo Sales Company, holding various position across sales, marketing and new product development. After that, at Constellation Brands, she led the wine and spirits innovation team to develop and execute an innovation pipeline across many emerging categories and formats. After almost 15 years in beverage alcohol, Erin left for a short time to join the team at PAX Labs, leading the marketing team though a meaningful shift to become a lifestyle content leader in the cannabis space. For the past three years, Erin has been with Stone, now Sapporo-Stone, having helped lead it through an acquisition in 2022, and major acceleration since across the import and craft categories.

Additionally, Erin is a proud graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (Go Bears!), married to a high school teacher, mom of four, and true fanatic for building brands that people love and connect with.