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Hannah Crum
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Work
Experience
I’ve been speaking, educating and presenting on Kombucha at health and business conferences for the last 5
years. Over the last decade, I’ve literally read every piece of literature on the subject available and I’ve visited
more Kombucha breweries and tasted more Kombucha than anyone else in the industry or the world.
March 2016
Co-Author, The Big Book of Kombucha (Storey Publishing)
- Co-wrote book with partner Alex LaGory
- Compiled and read numerous studies on Kombucha from around the world for research appendix
February 2016
Presenter, AOAC Pacific Southwest Meeting
- Presented information on Kombucha to the AOAC PACSW meeting including the AOAC process
9/15-present
Co-Chair, AOAC Working Group for Kombucha
- Lead meetings with AOAC team members and other scientists to establish the testing method requirements for the
SMPR
- Presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting & the 2016 Mid-Year Meeting on Kombucha
10/13-present
President – Kombucha Brewers International - Los Angeles, CA
- Co-Founded organization in 2014 to support the commercial Kombucha industry
o Started w/40 member companies
o Have grown to over 130 companies around the world
o Mission: Promote & protect commercial Kombucha around the world through education, advocacy and
marketing
- KombuchaKon co-founder – annual conference for the commercial Kombucha industry
- Currently serving as Executive Director and maintain all daily operations for the association including
communications, lobbying, strategizing and implementation of all programs and projects of the organization
6/10-present
Founder & Principal – – Los Angeles, CA
- Co-founded to disseminate quality information and education about how to safely brew
Kombucha at home
- Robust blog with loads of informational posts on WordPress platform including educational & how to videos for
brewing Kombucha
- Co-wrote 130 page ebook as support manual and resource for brewing Kombucha
- Building a database of Kombucha research papers to launch as a public portal this year (nearly 200 papers already
gathered)
- “Bacteria Farmer” – co-created ideal techniques for cultivating robust Kombucha SCOBYs as we also sell quality
cultures for consumers and at wholesale to commercial Kombucha breweries
- “Master Brewer” – worked at several different locations in Los Angeles as the onsite Master Brewer; also offer
consultation services to start-ups & those scaling up their operations
11/04 - present
Educator – Kombucha Kamp – Los Angeles, CA
- I founded the Kombucha Kamp Workshop as an educational seminar in my home
- The workshop inspired me to start to reach a broader audience
- Created videos and other educational materials & presentations about Kombucha that have been distributed through
YouTube, EHow and other internet sites
References, samples of completed work and additional experience available upon request.
Education University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign – Double Degree: BA in Mandarin Chinese Language & Literature, BA in
Spanish Language & Literature
Received Fellowship to study at ICLP in Taiwan (98-99); Golden Key National Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish
honor society)
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