Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits names Scott Oppenheimer as President of East Region, and Mark Chaplin as Vice President, Sales & Marketing, effective January 1, 2020. Oppenheimer will report to John Wittig, who will be assuming the role of Chief Commercial Officer, effective Jan. 1, 2020, as recently announced. Mark Chaplin will report to Gene Sullivan, who will be assuming the role of Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, also effective January 1, 2020, as recently announced.
Eastside Distilling, Inc. hires Lawrence Firestone as Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, he was EVP/CFO of Akonni Biosystems and chairman of FirePower Technolog.