Amanda Oborne joins the B-Corp farm and cidery full-time as of April 2024
Chimacum, WA – April 9, 2024. Efficient right this moment, Finnriver Farm & Cidery welcomes a brand new CEO to guide the corporate into its subsequent chapter, as its authentic founders start transitioning out of every day operations. Co-Founder Crystie Kisler will keep on the firm part-time targeted on mission-driving initiatives, land partnerships, and group relations. Co-Founder Eric Jorgensen will tackle a board position and advise on strategic finance. Finnriver was named a B-Corp “Finest for the World” firm in 2023, and can have fun 15 years farming and fermenting on the forefront of the American craft arduous cider revival in 2025.
“As Finnriver embarks on its subsequent stage of improvement, we really feel Amanda’s management is simply the fertilizer we’d like for flourishing progress,” stated Kisler. Jorgenson agrees, including, “Amanda’s distinctive talent set and long-term relationship with Finnriver makes her an ideal match at this second in our evolution.”
Amanda joins Finnriver following 15 years of meals system, regenerative agriculture, and investing roles, together with as VP of Meals, Farms & Fisheries on the non-profit Ecotrust, Government Director of Oregon Entrepreneurs Community (OEN), and Managing Director of Ideaship, an innovation-focused funding fund. In 2015, Amanda wrote a meals infrastructure hole evaluation that turned a significant useful resource for regional meals system improvement within the Pacific Northwest. She went on to assist develop a $25M meals hub and historic redevelopment, referred to as the Redd on Salmon St., in Portland, Oregon, and launched an Ag of the Center Accelerator supporting impartial household farmers, ranchers and fishers in scaling as much as serve regional markets. In 2017 she was named one of many “Most Artistic Folks in Enterprise” by Quick Firm journal. Amanda spent the primary 15 years of her profession in company direct advertising for main manufacturers together with Levi Strauss & Co. and Intuit. She earned a grasp’s diploma in Built-in Advertising Communications from Northwestern College and a bachelor’s diploma from Washington College in St. Louis.
“As a long-time fan, good friend, and former collaborator of Finnriver, I couldn’t be extra excited to hitch this workforce. Finnriver is just like the Patagonia of cider – the best high quality product, true reverence for land and water sources, and absolute integrity in its mission,” says Oborne.
Finnriver initially began as a small natural farm by Crystie and Keith Kisler and their authentic land companions. After they started experimenting with making arduous cider from natural orchard apples on their farm in 2008, the Kislers partnered with their neighbor Eric Jorgensen to ascertain Finnriver Farm & Cidery, and bought their first bottle in 2010. Andrew Byers joined the workforce in 2013 and, as head cidermaker, led Finnriver to garner a slew of awards and accolades over the following decade, fermenting natural apples and pears into ciders that spotlight the flexibility, complexity and variety of the native fruit.
Finnriver turned a Licensed B Corp in 2015 to make a public dedication to their core values and set up accountability for his or her mission to reconnect folks to the land and develop group. In the identical 12 months, the corporate moved to a 50-acre historic former dairy farm at Chimacum’s central intersection, establishing the Finnriver Cider Backyard as a group gathering place and regionally famend occasion venue on the Olympic Peninsula. Collaborations on the land sprung forth with a dynamic group of like-minded organizations and farmers doing natural farm analysis, schooling, enterprise and advocacy. Finnriver’s Tumwater Taproom opened in 2023, bringing their mission-oriented, award-winning cider on faucet to the South Puget Sound space and concrete Craft District of Tumwater. Finnriver’s farmcrafted ciders are additionally accessible off the farm in retailers throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Finnriver has change into a well-rooted member of the PNW cidery community, a frontrunner within the high quality cider market, and a beloved vacation spot for guests from close to and much. Be taught extra at www.finnriver.com, and on Instagram @finnriver.
