Jackson Cannon is Boston.com Cocktail Club’s host and bar director for Eastern Standard and The Hawthorne. The veteran craft cocktail leader opened Eastern Standard in 2005 as Bar Manager, quickly cementing the neighborhood brasserie’s reputation as one of the country’s best bars, known for its attention to properly crafted cocktails and unwavering hospitality in a high-volume environment. The iconic, expansive program offering more than 60 classic and new creations secured national attention and earned Cannon “Bartender of the Year” award from Nightclub & Bar magazine in 2011. Cannon introduced the next iteration of his vision when he opened The Hawthorne, an experience centered in his commitment to thoughtfully crafted cocktails, continued cocktail/spirits education, and curating exceptional moments for guests. The Hawthorne has received numerous local and national accolades, including a semifinalist award for James Beard Foundation’s “Outstanding Bar Program” in 2014 and 2015, and winning Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for “Best Hotel Bar” in 2017. Cannon was a finalist for “Best Bar Mentor” at the 2013 and 2014 Spirited Awards and a 2014 Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Award nominee for “Mixologist/Brand Ambassador of the Year.”

Born in London to an Australian mother and an English father, Alice grew up in the capital and will always call the city her true home. Once completing her degree at Nottingham University, where she studied History and American Studies, Alice went on to secure a position in marketing with Moet Hennessy, part of the world’s leading luxury conglomerate LVMH, working on Veuve Clicquot, a job that opened her eyes to the world of luxury brands and more importantly, wines and spirits. It was here that Alice honed her skills, gaining valuable marketing experience from the Champagne world, before moving on to spirits in 2013, when she joined Belvedere Vodka as Brand Manager for the UK, the brand’s second largest market globally.

During this time, Alice worked on numerous projects and activations that later became global initiatives, most notable amongst them, ‘Legends of the Martini,’ an experiential pop-up at the Royal Academy that preempted the creation of ‘Know Your Martini,’ one of the most successful global training programmes the brand has ever seen. Similarly, Alice worked alongside the global team to develop ‘Naturalness,’ an initiative that was born from the wellness trend that swept the UK in 2015 and continues today with the Belvedere ‘Made with Nature’ campaign globally. But certainly her proudest accomplishment from her time on as Brand Manager was leading the brand’s partnership with SPECTRE, the 24th James Bond installment, a rewarding professional achievement that would make any Brit feel patriotic.

In 2016, after nearly 3 years managing all elements of Belvedere’s presence in the UK, including digital growth and national advertising campaigns, Alice joined Belvedere’s global team as Education and Training Manager, reporting into Matt Pomeroy, Global Director of Education. Having developed a strong reputation within the trade for her hands-on approach to brand management, Alice has developed these relationships further and taken Belvedere education to all corners of the world over the past 4 years combining her passions of travel and people and training over 50,000 people globally. In addition to her education work, she has been involved in the creation of new innovative spirits as part of the Belvedere portfolio including the Single Estate Rye Vodkas and Heritage 176. More recently she has represented the brand more publicly hosting 2 Instagram live interviews with Martha Stewart and maintaining consistent presence throughout trade and lifestyle media both nationally in the US and around the world.

She is currently based out of Nashville, Tennessee with her entrepreneurial restauranteur husband, Max, their two French bulldogs, Jolene and Onyx and their two rescue cats, Daphne and Mary. Her personal passions include travel, African wildlife conservation and photography, campaign for Pancreatic Cancer awareness, sampling some of the world’s best bars and restaurants and watching sports such as rugby, tennis and golf. She is responsible for furthering education and representing for the Belvedere brand in all global markets.

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Tersillia Valentin was born and raised in Boston, MA, and has been in the hospitality industry for over 14 years. Like so many, she got her start as a host and server but then transitioned to the back of house for a few year's stint as a line cook. Wanting to learn every aspect of the industry led Tersillia to work all the jobs she could, busser, barback, expeditor etc, inevitably leading to positions behind bars in New York and Boston. Along with her close network, she keeps busy on several passion projects including virtual bartending lessons complete with craft cocktail kits and executing Afro-Caribbean food and drink pop-ups. Currently you can find her as part of the team at Black Lamb in Boston's South End .

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Marsha Lindsey was born and raised in Egleston Square in inner city Boston. She has over 15 years experience as a bartender. It all started for her in 2007 when she worked late nights cocktail waitressing and bartending at a less than savory establishment in Oxford, Ma. Gaining that experience allowed her a way back to Boston where she moved into the nightclubs city scene. Stints in New York, Miami, and Vegas would follow and when the time was right, she returned again to her hometown. This time working in a fine dining Italian while simultaneously attending college for funeral science. North End was next where she was the first black female bartender ever in that particular neighborhood. Presently at SRV in the historic South End where she has been for almost 5 years, she notes 'it is the healthiest and most satisfying work environment she's been apart of.

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