THE UNITED STATES BARTENDERS; GUILD ANNOUNCES IT'S NEW PRESIDENT

Livio Lauro has been elected interim President for the U.S.B.G.
 
LAS VEGAS (May 23rd, 2005) The United States Bartenders’ Guild, an association of professional bartenders and members of associated industries who are dedicated to promoting high standards and continuing education for American Bartenders announces a change in its leadership. Outgoing President Jose Rusieco recently resigned from his role due to personal reasons and yesterday, at the U.S.B.G.'s National Convention in San Francisco an interim president was elected. Livio Lauro, former general secretary for the Guilds' Nevada Chapter was asked to "step up" and he accepted happily. This registered non-profit organization is the sole representative of the International Bartenders' Association (I.B.A.) in the United States.  The I.B.A. is comprised of sixty different member countries with similar goals in each nation.

Lauro (32) has been an I.B.A. member through the Italian Bartenders' Association since 1998, was awarded the silver medal at The International Bacardi Martini Grand Prix in Malaga-Spain in July 2001, received the prestigious "Capobarman" title in Milan-Italy in July of 2002, and was the chairperson for the Las Vegas exhibit of the Museum of the American Cocktail in November 2004. "I'm going to keep things very simple in my usual fashion, my term will be very short, being that we will have our official elections in August of this year, so the best thing for me to do is to straighten out a few minor issues so that the next President won't have to deal with them and can start with a clean page".


 

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