Meet the Team

The team at Askinosie Chocolate treats each other like family, mostly because we are. Our hodgepodge of backgrounds and talents isn’t quite what you’d expect from a world-renowned team of chocolate makers, but that’s the beauty of it. Above all though, we work together to ensure our cocoa farmers, customers, fans and friends feel like family too.

Shawn Askinosie Founder & CEO	Lawren Askinosie Chief Marketing Officer	Melissa Gelner Chief Kinship Officer	John Taylor Chief Operating Officer	Carmen Castro Production Team	Gilda Decimo Production Team
Brad Gratton Head Chocolate Maker	Kevin Cott Retail Manager	Greg Dissmore Shipping Manager	Kaylyn McCune Marketing Director	Kat Canterbury Director of Sales	Rachel Jett Account Manager
Sarah Ball Bookkeeper	Tyler Campbell Production Team	Mike Fluty Chocolate Maker	Katie Falk Chocolate Maker	Johanna Hansen Chocolate Maker	Courtney Cott Shipping Assistant
Saraphiner Urio Tanzania Project Coordinator	Scott Askinosie Director of Science & Technology	Nadia Pshonyak Weekend Retail Associate