Larissa Dubose, GA and SC On Premise Manager for FIJI Water, JUSTIN, Landmark, and JNSQ Wines. Founder of The Lotus and the Vines (USA)

Larissa Dubose, GA and SC On Premise Manager for FIJI Water, JUSTIN, Landmark, and JNSQ Wines. Founder of The Lotus and the Vines (USA)

Cathy Huyghe
Sales, Supplier

Years in the Industry:

I've been in the Industry on the Sales & Distribution side for almost 10 years. My career path has been a unique one, and I'm grateful for it all as I wouldn't appreciate this industry as much as I do without the ebbs & flows of a successful pharmaceutical sales career, a stint in the restaurant industry, and an even smaller stint pursuing a singing career (long story). I made a complete career pivot in 2010, and never looked back. 

 

My Biggest Challenge to Wellness:

My biggest challenge is getting out of my own way, and showing up for myself. I'm not one who gets excited to workout or go to yoga, but I always feel good afterwards. It takes consistent effort of challenging the story in my head that I don't have enough time. Being a Wife, a Mother to a 4 year old daughter overflowing with leadership skills :), having a full time career, and a passion project definitely take their pieces of my day to day, but I'm committed to keep showing up for myself. 

 

How I Keep It To Together To Stay Well:

Prayer - My spiritual journey is very important to me. Even still, it's easy to lose focus on what's important from time to time. I have a constant dialogue in my head about gratitude. When I wake up every morning I thank the Lord for a new day, and run through a list of things that I'm grateful for. I do the same at night. I've recently established daily affirmations that I tell myself as well to stay centered. 

Therapy - I recently started seeing a Therapist again after losing a dear friend to suicide earlier this year. While working through my grief, I've found so much more. It's great to unpack what's been going on in my life, laugh, vent, and cry unexpectedly with an unbiased party. I get to curse a lot in my sessions since I try my best not to curse in front of my child, and it helps immensely lol. 

Wine - I love Wine. I love the sensory experience and I love to geek out about it. More importantly, I love the people that I get to spend time and share wine with. I started in this industry right after losing my mother to breast cancer, and needless to say it was a very dark time for me. This industry embraced me and helped me find my light again through the joy I found in my career. I've found some of my closest friends because of this crazy wine world, and for that I am forever grateful. It keeps me well!  

You can connect with Larissa on Instagram: @lotusvinewine and through her website www.TheLotusAndTheVines.com

Cathy Huyghe
Sales, Supplier
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Cathy Huyghe

Cathy Huyghe is a dynamic media professional with a special interest in wine and the spirit of hospitality. She is also an effective, engaging public speaker on subjects ranging from wine and gastronomy to digital media and entrepreneurship.

Cathy is the co-founder and CEO of Enolytics, a big data startup providing business intelligence for the wine industry. She also currently writes for Forbes.com about the business and politics of the wine industry, and for Inc.com about entrepreneurs with a special focus on women. She is the author of the award-winning book Hungry for Wine: Seeing the World through the Lens of a Wine Glass; she was a finalist for the 2016 IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year award; and she won the 2016 Innovator of the Year award from Diaz Communications.

Cathy's writing has appeared in print and online for both general-interest and wine industry publications including the Harvard Business Review network, The Atlantic, Decanter, Food52.com (where she was the "Wine, Unfussed" columnist), DailyBeast, The Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast, GlobalPost, Grist.org, and Daily Candy. She has also been featured on the BBC, WNYC, WGBH, and Nevada Public Radio.

Cathy is the founder of 365daysofwine.com and Red White Boston, a digital media company for the wine industry. Red White Boston produced daily content, monthly tasting events, and a location-based iPhone app of video wine recommendations from their network of 30+ local partner stores. While in Boston, she also managed the wine cellar at WGBH public broadcasting station and managed wine events for donors and the public.

Cathy’s restaurant experience started when she knocked on the kitchen door at Chez Panisse in Berkeley. She also has worked for Jean-Pierre Vigato in Paris (at Natachef bistro and at his two-star restaurant, Apicius) and for Thomas Keller at Bouchon in Las Vegas. She studied at La Varenne École de Cuisine in Burgundy, France; she completed the Wine Studies program at Boston University; and she received Advanced Certification from WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust). 

Cathy received a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard in 2004 and a second master’s degree in Journalism in 2010, also from Harvard. Before that, she received a master’s degree in comparative literature from the City University of New York in 1998 and a bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania in 1995. She is also a trained mediator, and worked for two years at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School on a project in the Middle East.

In April 2008 she founded the Harvard Alumni in Wine and Food special interest group, which provides educational and networking services to the Harvard alumni and current students. She has also served as the President of the Harvard Club of Georgia, and she has begun a term of service on the Board of Directors for the Harvard Alumni Association.

Her other non-profit involvement includes the Women's Solidarity Society at the new National Center for Civil & Human Rights (Atlanta), grant reviewer for the Food Well Alliance (an Atlanta-based organization that supports the local network of 350 urban farms and community gardens), Coach at GOTR (Girls on the Run) in Atlanta, Board Member at the Greening Youth Foundation (Atlanta), Board Member at The Food Project (Boston), and Mediator at the Neighborhood Justice Center (Las Vegas).

She lives in Atlanta with her husband, their twin boys, and their Bernese Mountain dog, Coco.

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