Ms. Julie Verrati, Founder and Co-Owner of Denizens Brewing Company gave us a Site Tour of “Denizens Brewing Company” on January 31st 2018. The brewery is located in Silver Spring, MD.
Speaker Biography:
Ms. Julie Verratti is co-founder of Denizens Brewing Co. in Silver Spring, Md. The brewery has the distinction of being the only female- and minority-owned and operated brewery in Maryland.
Ms. Verratti earned her Bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University, where she played varsity soccer. After college, she directed and advised on electoral and issue campaigns in various states before earning her law degree from the George Washington University Law School. Prior to co-founding Denizens Brewing Co., she was a Presidential Management Fellow and senior policy advisor at the U.S. Small Business Administration, where she focused on the Affordable Care Act, veteran’s entrepreneurship, women’s business ownership, and local economic development policies. She has also worked as a policy aide on the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship under Chairman Landrieu’s leadership.
Ms. Verratti currently serves on the diversity committee for the Brewers Association, is co-chair of the government affairs committee for the Brewers Association of Maryland (BAM), is treasurer of the BAM PAC, and is on the government affairs committee for the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce. In 2016, she was named to the Washington Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40.” She has testified before the U.S. Congress, Maryland state legislature, and Montgomery County Council on matters impacting small businesses and breweries. Ms. Verratti directs all business development and distribution sales for Denizens Brewing Co. The best decision she ever made was to jump into the beer business.”
