BREWS CRUISE - Key Persons
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- Founder of Aussie Ale Walks
Dave is also a founder of Aussie Ale Walks and the Institute of Beer and is a past owner of Sydney Beer Week.
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- National Director of Operations
Don Littlefield is the National Director of Operations at Brews Cruise, Inc, a tour company providing educational tasting tours of local craft producers.
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- Group Sales Coordinator for the Maine Brew Bus
Greg Klein is the Group Sales Coordinator for The Maine Brew Bus. He receives all incoming tour requests from groups and companies and connects them to tour opportunities and experiences that exceed their expectations and consequently motivates them to return as guests on The Maine Brew Bus. Greg works hard to know what our guests are looking for, and creates an amazing and unforgettable experience for them.
Greg was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up in Manhattan as well as northern New Jersey before moving to Maine with his family in the early 90's. He went to junior high and high school in Brunswick then on to the University of Maine to study theater.
Previous to joining the Brew Bus team, Greg worked professionally in the entertainment industry in Maine for over a decade doing production equipment rentals, sales, and support for local, national and international clients.
He started working for The Maine Brew Bus in May of 2017, first as a driver and later as a guide. Now he has stepped up to take an even larger role with our organization.
Currently, Greg is pursuing a degree in tourism and hospitality through the University of Southern Maine.
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- Program Director at Kingsley Pines Summer Camp
Victoria Fura joined the Brew Bus team in May 2019 so that she could have a bigger role in the craft beverage industry.
She has lived all over New England but spent most of her youth in Littleton, New Hampshire.
Victoria built her love of the outdoors in high school at The White Mountain School in Bethlehem, New Hampshire.
She later attended Marlboro College in Southern Vermont and worked on campus as an Admissions Assistant and Tour Guide.
In the summers of her college years, Victoria worked as a Trip Director and Rock Climbing Program Director at Kingsley Pines Summer Camp in Raymond Maine. It was at this time that she truly fell in love with Maine.
After graduation with a degree in Literature and Gender studies with a focus on War Literature, she moved to Portland and worked a number of jobs before joining Team Brew Bus.
She has found since she joined our team that she really enjoys the community, culture, and vast history in Maine's craft alcohol industry.
As our Operations Coordinator, her past roles taught her how to plan an experience, not just a "tour" for a group. Maintaining a balance of precise logistical management and awareness of group dynamics is crucial for this role and often creates a set of challenges that she excels in.
Victoria truly enjoys creating an amazing customer experience to help share what Portland has to offer to guests who are visiting Maine. She also has the drive to constantly learn more about the craft alcohol industry to help create better tours for our guests.
Zach Poole is a co-owner of Maine Brews Cruise and also of the national brand Brews Cruise, Inc. Along with his wife, he is the founder of The Maine Brew Bus in 2012.
Zach grew up in Shoreham on Long Island in New York State and attended college in Massachusetts at UMass Amherst and Bridgewater State, from which he earned his degree in Physical Education.
After relocating to Maine, Zach began teaching in the Dayton School Department and also was an original team member at The Run of the Mill Public House and Brewery in Saco which opened in July of 2008.
While at the Run of the Mill, he was able to see firsthand that guests didn't know much about brewing and certainly didn't know about where else to go to visit small breweries that were starting to open in Southern Maine. He also admitted that he didn't know where to go or how to visit these breweries either.