Kim Jordan, co-founder of New Belgium Brewing, reflects on being one of the few female leaders in the craft beer industry.
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“We had two trade associations for smaller brewers in the United States, and I was the only person that was on both boards, and the only woman, so like one woman on two boards, so that's 30 men, one woman, two boards.”
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