Stone Brewing Names Maria Stipp as New CEO

There’s a new person in charge of running Stone Brewing, and that person happens to be Maria Stipp. She is scheduled to take over the position of CEO starting on September 14, 2020.

Who is Maria Stipp? Well, if you’re someone who closely follows the business of craft beer, you may already recognize the name. For the past five years, Stipp has been CEO of Lagunitas Brewing and before that, she served as President of ecoATM. Her resume also includes stints as Executive Vice President at Activision and tenure at Miller Brewing and even Kelloggs.

With a background in consumer goods and in beer, Stipp brings a well- rounded set of credentials to the Stone Brewing helm. Stone Co- Founder and interim CEO Steve Wagner says Stipp’s background and values are right in- line with those of Stone Brewing.  

“Maria has all the qualities we were looking for in a CEO,” said Wagner. “She brings experience from a very well-respected brewery, and experience from outside the industry too. She lives up to our values and has long admired our revolutionary spirit. Most importantly, she’s someone co-founder Greg Koch and I are honored and excited to work with. And the latter is a must, because we’re sticking around!”

Stone Co- Founder Greg Koch can’t wait for the business relationship with Stipp to begin and he is confident she reflects what Stone wants in its leaders.

“We couldn’t be happier to welcome Maria to Team Stone,” said Koch. “She has experience with companies both similar and quite different than our own. We’ll no doubt benefit from her strong leadership. In addition, she is clearly passionate about the beers, the ideals and the philosophies that Stone represents. I’m excited, knowing that we’re bringing a leader on who’s already clearly one of our own. We welcome her with great enthusiasm and promise.”

We at Great Beer Now are longtime Stone Brewing fans and have tipped back more than one bottle of Ruination IPA, Arrogant Bastard Ale, Scorpion Bowl IPA, and other Stone beers over the past two decades. We wish Maria Stipp the best of luck in her new role and hope she leads Stone Brewing to even greater levels of success.