Board of Directors

William S. Anderson, Chairman

Over 20 years of experience in beverage distribution, family business management, and real estate acquisitions and management

Chairman, CEO and founder, First Beverage Group
Former Executive Vice-President of Topa Equities, Ltd., a diversified holding company and Top 10 beer distributor group based in Los Angeles
Former President of Topa Properties, Ltd., a diversified real estate company
Board of Directors of Topa Equities, Ltd.; 1st Century Bank; Acacia Research Corporation; and The Rising Beverage Company (the makers of Activate). Sits on the Advisory Board of Lineage Capital Partners and on the Executive Committee of Altamar Brands (the importers of Ocho Tequila, Right Gin, and Kübler Absinthe). Former Board member of New Belgium Brewing Company (the makers of Fat Tire Ale).
Former attorney with O'Melveny and Myers
Member of California and Washington DC Bar Associations
BA from Bowdoin College and JD from UCLA School of Law

Over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry

Senior Advisor for JPMorgan Chase & Co
President of Sanoch Management, a consulting and investment firm for financial companies, start-ups, and venture capital firms
Previously Chairman of Chase Card Services, the nation's second largest credit card organization
Former Chairman of Bank One Card Services, which was merged into JPMorgan Chase & Co. in July of 2004
Served from 2005-2007 as Chairman of Visa International and led the organization to its IPO in 2008, the largest in US history
Before forming Sanoch Management and joining Bank One, oversaw Citigroup's Global Consumer Business, including global branch banking and credit cards. Became Chief Executive Officer of Global Citibank in 1996 and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup's Global Consumer Business in 1997.
Spent 28 years at Philip Morris, including five years as Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris USA, and then Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning for Philip Morris Companies
Vice Chairman of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Member of the executive committee of The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation. Member of the Canadian Advisory Board to the Woodrow Wilson Institute.
BS in Economics from the University of Alberta and MS in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario

Over 20 years experience in the title industry

Vice chairman and director, of First Beverage Realty Partners
Senior vice president, Lawyers Title Company
One of the original founders , and later president, of County Title Holding Corp., the parent of Southland Title
Former CEO of C21 Award, Inc. the largest residential C21 franchisee on the West Coast and second largest in the world
Former senior vice president of the LandAmerica Financial Group
Active with several organizations and foundations, including the Young Presidents' Organization, the World Presidents' Organization, the Chief Executives Organization, the UCLA Alumni Association, and the Southland Children's Foundation.
Attended the University of California Los Angeles, where he majored in Economics and minored in History.

Over 20 years of experience in private equity investment

Director of Athletics, University of Southern California
Former general partner of Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth middle-market companies
Expertise in financial services and specialty distribution
Board member of Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK)
Graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with an English major from the University of Southern California
Played in three Rose Bowl games for USC and two national championships; named co-MVP in the 1975 Rose Bowl and inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
Rhodes scholar who studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University
J.D. from Loyola Law School.

Professional athlete and investor