As Editor-in-Chief of BevNET, Jeff Klineman oversees the organization's reporting across all of its websites, as well as BevNET Magazine. Jeff also plans, curates, and hosts the BevNET Live and NOSH Live conferences. Jeff previously worked as a newspaper reporter for the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, the Boston TAB, and the Metrowest Daily News, and has freelanced for publications like Slate, Boston Magazine, Self, George, Commonwealth, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. He is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. A frequently-cited expert on the beverage industry, Jeff has also twice been named in Forbes as one of the 25 Most Influential when it comes to Consumer and Retail Companies.

Named “The Beverage Whisperer” by Forbes, Ken Sadowsky is an astute trend identifier and a 25-year veteran of the beverage industry. He was an early distributor of vitaminwater, among the first to distribute Snapple, Red Bull, and Monster. Later he joined the board of GLACEAU, the parent company of vitaminwater & smartwater. Today, Ken is the Senior Beverage Advisor for Verlinvest, the diversification vehicle of the Belgian InBev family with over $2B deployed across 20 portfolio companies. Ken sits on the board of directors for Vita Coco (COCO), Hint Water, and LifeAID, and was previously an advisor for Bai and Essentia Water. Ken continues to advise and invest in new companies to this day.

Specialties: Assisting start-up beverage companies with path-to-market strategies, packaging, marketing, coaching founders, and raising capital.