Sandinista Tequila

David Larson is the founder of Sandinista Tequila. Coming from a multi-generational food and wine family heritage, Mr. Larson saw an opportunity to create a spiced tequila that would be driven in branding by action sports athletes. In addition to his work in creating Sandinista, he is adept in numerous real estate strategies, including real estate strategic planning, land use advisory, and debt capital markets execution. Mr. Larson has been involved in over $700 million in debt arrangement, investment sales, and structured finance transactions.

With over 23 years of entrepreneurial experience Kent has honed a unique array of skills to create a blend of leadership, knowledge, and vision that is second to none. Architecting a workflow data model for the over 300 billion dollar healthcare industry from the ground up, analyzing business processes across vertical markets. In 2017, Kent acquired a majority position in a traditional brick & mortar grocery store. He has grown his inventory and sales to a multi million dollar e-commerce business and is continuing to scale the operation to a 10 million dollar gross annual sales within 5 years of starting. Kent understands the importance of positioning products locally as well as globally. He is bringing his expertise to Sandinista with a strong commitment, thorough planning, product development, and execution for success. Hours worked per week: ~20

Luke Mitrani is a rare example of someone living their second dream. He spent most of his life as a professional snowboarder - made the US Snowboarding Team at age 12, and was a hopeful for the 2014 Olympic gold. Luke, his brother Jack Mitrani, and fellow snowboarders Shaun White and Mikkel Bang always brought guitars along on snowboard trips. Their creativity and talent transferred, and they all pushed each other in their musical abilities, as well as their snowboarding. Luke’s life drastically changed during an Olympic qualifying event in New Zealand, where he had one of the worst crashes that the snowboarding world had ever seen. During his recovery, he came to understand the full healing power that music has, and turned a career ending moment into an opportunity. Luke has been instrumental in connecting the Team at Sandinista to the world of both professional snowboarding and live music. Hours worked per week: ~5

Michael and his wife Mary Delano have worked with Sandinista since the conceptual inception, helping to craft the liquid, as well as develop the strategy for the brand. Michael has over 15 years of experience in commercial and sports project management, specializing in operational and logistics planning. Michael’s wife, Mary brings more than a decade of experience in spirits advertising, specializing in retail strategy. She's worked on a variety of brands under the Bacardi, Sazerac and Gallo portfolios – Together they've done their share of market research and believe that Sandinsta is the next spirits brand to take the US by storm. Hours worked per week: ~10

Mr. Leal has spent his career working with small entrepreneurial companies and large multinational companies like Moët Hennessy, Brown Forman, Duty Free Americas, on strategic planning, new business development, and brand development projects. Education University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Executive Management Northwestern University, Kellogg, Consumer Marketing Boston University, School of Management Miami Dade College Hours worked per week: ~20

Anya Strauss is based in Vail, Colorado. Ms. Strauss is spearheading the Company’s mountain rollout in the Colorado market and her reach extends to California and Florida through her extensive network. She has produced numerous large-scale events with leading liquor and beverage sponsors deploying creative activations with measurable results. Some of her most notable client work has been with Sprite, NBA, New Belgian Fat Tire, Monster Energy, Scion, and Denver Zombie Crawl. Anya also knows the distribution side of the business, representing a diverse portfolio in the Vail Valley. She brings unique business development opportunities with creative strategy and the ability to execute thanks to her dynamic background. Anya is fluent in Spanish and her partner is professional snowboarder Danny Kass. Hours worked per week: ~30