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
Brad G. Head Chocolate Maker	Kaylyn McCune Marketing Director	Haylee Martinson Retail Manager	Kat Canterbury Director of Sales	Rachel Wilson Bookkeeper
Katie Weeks Chocolate Maker	Johanna Hansen Chocolate Maker	Logan Phillips Production Assistant	Saraphiner Urio Tanzania Project Coordinator	Scott Askinosie Dir of Science & Technology