Erica Diamond
Managing Partner, Strategic Partnerships
Oversees events department: client relationships, brand training, events management, new business, business development, and Pourtastic strategic direction/growth.
- Bachelor of Arts, Advertising, Magna Cum Laude, Texas Tech University
- Cicerone Beer Server Certified
- Sr. Marketing Manager/Account Executive, agency and client
Spending time with family, travel, mountains, outdoors, tennis, trying new things (and beer) and places.
She has been a bridesmaid/maid/matron of honor in 16 weddings. Anyone need to borrow a dress?!
Amber Rynbrandt
Founder, Managing Partner, Master of Staffing QC
Works with staffing department to ensure the BAs assigned to events are the best representation for the brand. Analytical at heart, she focuses on improving efficiencies and strategic placement within the BA market.
- Bachelor of Arts at Hope College
- Worked at New Holland Brewery
- 10 years experience in new media and online marketing strategy
Employee satisfaction, homebrewing, welding, and woodworking
She believes bacon is not a meat. It is a condiment.
Marti Cox
Market Manager
Market Manager for the Houston, South Texas non-major, and North Texas non-major markets
- Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Management
- Worked as a 911 operator/Emergency Dispatcher and trainer and in Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice for 10 years
- 8 years’ experience as a Brand Ambassador, including food tastings, with Beer and Wine pairings
- Secondary career in Culinary, including BBQ Pitmaster & Judge
Farming, gardening, food preservation & meat processing, Renaissance Festivals, traveling, blacksmithing, pottery, & driving horse drawn carriages
She has her class A CDL & used to play the bass drum in a marching bagpipe band
Allison Bernhart
Data Manager
Starting out as a brand ambassador in 2014, she soon became Pourtastic’s first employee helping to grow the business from the inside. Today, she manages all written and financial reports from BAs and oversees the resulting data.
- Attended Hallmark Institute of Photography
- Travels the state and out of the country for wedding, family and portrait photography
- Interned in Chicago for three years before returning back to Texas.
When she’s not working, she loves to read. Her goal for 2018 is to read 30 books.
Allison once had a facial while standing on a glacier in Alaska.
Eva Quiroga
Office Manager
In charge of recruiting and setting up interviews for the Market Managers. Also helps with Asset Management and various other tasks.
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology
- Masters degree in Education
- Service industry bartending and serving, 10 years
- Brand Ambassador at Pourtastic, 5 years
Loves reading and watching Netflix. Most of her free time is spent with her growing family. She has two little ones and a third on the way!
It was her dream to go to Hollywood to become a star. Her acting career, however, was limited to one play in high school.
Nikki Ouk
Events Assistant
- Brand Ambassador/Promo Specialist for many years
- Benefits Analyst
- Real Estate - Buying & Flipping
- Cosmetology - Specializing in cuts and color
Spending time with my loving family, enjoying dinner and drinks with close friends, rollerblading on a beautiful day on a nice trail, beach or The Waterway, being poolside or somewhere by the water in the sun working on my tan, kicking someone's butt in a pool game & sing karaoke
Years ago, before Google maps or any road app maps existed, I got in my car and drove from Texas to Minnesota ALONE nonstop only using a paper road map and found out I left my wallet in a gas station restroom in Texarkana but still managed to make it to Minnesota. Arrived in Minnesota in snow. This was my first-time seeing snow or driving in snow. Ended up living there for a few years and loved it.
Cristina Baggett
On Premise Market Manager
- Problem solver, refuses to accept it can’t be done. Where there’s a will there is a way
- Started as a brand ambassador with Pourtastic!
- Certified nurses assistant
Loves the Dallas Cowboys, fulfilling her role as a BA, and always up for a challenge! Bring it on
He bought a one-way ticket to Colombia after talking to a patient about living in the moment and then lived there for a few months to learn Spanish.
Kristin Recla
Central Texas Market Manager
- Texas State University grad in Early Childhood Education
- Brand Management since 2008
- Team lead for statewide marketing campaigns for Orbit Gum, Clif Bars, Yakult Beam Global, Axe Body Spray, and Google
- Promotional Marketing since 2003
Keeping up with her three kids, all things fitness and nutrition, traveling, organizing, cooking and being Room Mom.
She has owned 6 properties and moved 10 times in the last 12 years. She could basically be a professional mover at this point. Good news is, she has no plans to move!
Sandra Zaldana
Sr. Events Manager
Helps build client relationships, create schedules as well as submit for approval through various channels, and write and organize brand training.
- Experiential marketing and promotions training,11 years
- Worked nationwide marketing tours for Blackberry, Bush’s Beans, LEGO, Bonterra wines, and Snapple, 5 years
- Cicerone Beer Server Certified
Homebrewing, crafting, painting, cooking, baking, sewing and pretty much anything that can be a creative outlet.
She started collecting thimbles as a child with her Grandma and currently has approximately 200.
John Gilchrist
Market Manager & Emerging Market Development
Hires and staffs new and emerging markets. Researches and develops new markets, as well as assists on special projects.
- Bachelor of Science, University of Texas
- Brand Ambassador with Pourtastic, 3 years
- Jimmy John’s Franchise Owner
Rock climbing, racquetball, skydiving, hiking and cycling.
He eats five strips of bacon every day and has great cholesterol levels.