BOYD COFFEE COMPANY HIRES JEFFREY NEWMAN AS PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Brothers David Boyd and Dick Boyd step aside from the company's daily operations
after more than 45 years.
January 25, 2010
Boyd Coffee Company, a family owned and operated purveyor of fine coffee, tea, food products and coffee brewing equipment nationwide, has appointed Jeffrey Newman (pictured) as the company's President & Chief Executive Officer. David Boyd and Dick Boyd will remain as owners and Co-Chairmen for Boyd Coffee Company, and Newman started as President and CEO on January 11, 2010.
"We see this as the ideal time for this historic transition," said David Boyd. "Boyd Coffee Company's business is poised for future growth, and this is an excellent opportunity to bring in a new corporate leader with the perspective and experience to continue preparing the Boyd family's fourth generation to assume future company leadership."
Jeffrey Newman comes to Boyd Coffee Company with more than 26 years of experience in the foodservice industry, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer/Vice President and General Manager of Columbus Distributing, LLC, in San Francisco, California, a family-owned purveyor of fine foods and distributor of many other specialty and gourmet foods. Newman has also held senior executive roles with TVG, Clark Foodservice, Rykoff-Sexton and Beecham, U.S.A. He has an extensive background in food-industry management, marketing, sales and operations, which includes strategic planning, crossfunctional team building and the execution of profit-driven business plans.
"We believe Mr. Newman has the proven track record to manage our operations and provide strategic direction to move Boyd Coffee Company forward as we prosper over the long term," said Dick Boyd. "He brings considerable industry experience, a strong ability to work in a family-owned business and an impressive record of team building that delivers strong results."
David Boyd and Dick Boyd emphasized that Boyd Coffee Company's fourth generation family members, who are on the company's management team, will be mentored by Newman with the goal of leading the 110-year-old Boyd Coffee Company in the future. The fourth generation family members are as follows:
Katy Boyd Dutt, Director of Marketing, oversees the company's marketing department and PR/Advertising strategies. She is responsible for executing on long-term strategic marketing initiatives to support sales, as well as managing the day-to-day activities of the marketing and communications teams. She is the daughter of David Boyd.
Matthew Boyd, Director of Information Technology, is responsible for ensuring the company has the capability to efficiently and effectively manage computer-based information. His responsibilities include voice and data communication, disaster recovery, processing, reporting and security. He is the son of Dick Boyd.
Michael Boyd, Coffee Buyer, oversees green coffee traffic and a part of the coffee buying and coffee quality control team, coffee pricing as well as sales team coffee training. Michael also manages Boyd Coffee Company's corporate insurance purchases. He is the son of David Boyd.
The fourth-generation family members are the great-grandchildren of Percival Dewe Boyd, who founded Boyd Coffee & Tea Company in 1900 in Portland, Oregon. His son, Rutherford P. Boyd, assumed leadership of the company in 1958, and later passed the leadership to David Boyd and Dick Boyd.
Newman said he is proud and excited to be part of the Boyd Coffee Company management team. "I am honored to join such a vibrant and respected company as Boyds," Newman said. "Boyd Coffee Company has a rich heritage, with more than a century of commitment and innovation to the coffee and food & beverage industry. We will build on this heritage, and the company's vibrant family culture and values, and create a very agile business to help us navigate through the market dynamics of today's economy."
Newman added, "Boyds has a tremendously dedicated and talented work force, a seasoned and professional Management Team, and decades of market integrity that will be some of the building blocks as we hone Boyd Coffee Company's vision for the future. Joining a sales force and company so dedicated to the success of our customers is exciting."
Newman and his wife, Melony, have relocated to the Portland, Oregon, area. They have a daughter, Carly, who is currently participating in a student exchange program in Central America.
About Boyd Coffee Company:
Boyd Coffee Company has served its customers with vision and innovation for more than 100 years and four generations of family management. The company's commitment to be the purveyor of choice inspires their high touch personal service, including a direct store distribution system covering 22 states, industry-leading equipment innovations, specialty and rare estate coffees, teas and extensive line of food products. Boyds set the standard by being one of the first certified organic roasters in North America. The company sources much of its coffee from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms to ensure that the coffee is grown to sustainable standards that protect the environment and the rights and welfare of workers, their families and communities.
Boyds® innovative spirit led to key inventions including the airpot brewing system and now the Coffee Profiler® - the only brewing system certified by the Specialty Coffee Association of America to brew each cup to the highest standard in the industry - the Golden Cup Award standard. Boyds is headquartered on a 30-acre site in Portland, Oregon. Portland retail stores are located in the Pearl District at 404 NW 11th Ave., in the Cultural District at 1229 SW 10th Ave. and in the Roastery at 19730 NE Sandy Blvd. To learn more or to buy products, visit www.boyds.com.
