our team
Meet the team behind Trace Brewing.
ZACH COLTON (HE/HIM)
Head Brewer & Chaotic Good NPC
Previous gigs:
Trillium Brewing Co. (Boston, MA)
Dancing Gnome Beer (Pittsburgh)
Four Points Brewing (Charleroi, PA)
Strange Roots Experimental Ales (Pittsburgh)
KATIE RADO (SHE/HER)
General Manager
Previous gigs:
Spirit (Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh)
DAVE KUSHNER
(HE/HIM)
Founder
Previous gigs:
John Harvard's Brew House (Cambridge, MA)
Harpoon Brewery (Boston, MA)
Lord Hobo Brewing Co. (Woburn, MA)
AADAM SOORMA
(HE/HIM)
Marketing & Guest Experience
Previous gigs:
Very Local Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
Porter Brewery Tours (Pittsburgh)
Agency of Trillions (New York, NY)
United Nations (Washington, DC)
JOE BURNS (HE/HIM)
Head of Coffee
Previous gigs:
Convive Coffee & Roastery (Pittsburgh)
JAKE MARINA (HE/HIM)
Front of House, Bartender
Previous gigs:
Cinderlands Beer (Pittsburgh)
KARA ZUPANCIC
(SHE/HER)
Front of House, Bartender
Previous gigs:
- served 12+ years as an Arts Educator and Fine Art Coach in Pittsburgh
- Kara works predominately as a ceramic sculpture artist, you can take a look at her creations here —> karazuzu.com
VERONICA MACKENZIE
(SHE/HER)
Front of House, Bartender
Previous gigs:
New Amsterdam (Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh)
ATIYA JONES (SHE/HER)
Front of House, Bartender
Life Coach
Previous gigs:
- atiya is also a multidisciplinary artist and has been working with Trace on the rotating art installation found on the windows of our Coolship Room (paint on glass)
JAKE DEMENT (HE/HIM)
Front of House, Bartender
Previous gigs:
Other Half Brewing (Philadelphia)
Love City Brewing (Philadelphia)
Aslin Beer Co (Pittsburgh)
EMERSON GRAHAM
(THEY/HE)
Front of House, Barista
Previous gigs:
Maitri Genetics (Pittsburgh)
Bitter Ends Luncheonette (Pittsburgh)
Convive Coffee & Roastery (Pittsburgh)
TED KONDRICH
(HE/HIM)
Front of House, Bartender
Previous gigs:
Yellow Bridge Brewing (Greensburg)
Red’s Good News (Brookline)
SARAH TOMLINSON
(SHE/HER)
Front of House, Bartender
Previous gigs:
Spirit (Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh)
Shadyside Nursery (Pittsburgh)
LAUREN SATTLER
(SHE/HER)
Front of House, Bartender
Previous gigs:
Di An Di (Brooklyn, NY)
DUSTYN GLIES (HE / HIM)
Front of House, Bartender
Previous gigs:
Spirit (Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh)
NATALIE THURMAN
(SHE/HER)
Vocational Brewer
Previous gigs:
UPMC