SevenFifty Daily | Combating Ageism in the Drinks Industry

The second annual Chicago Style conference, held from May 6 to May 9 at the city’s Ace Hotel, kicked off with a panel of industry veterans tackling something that will affect all professionals at some point in their career: aging. 

Presented in collaboration with The Sisterhood Project, an initiative dedicated to helping women in hospitality advance their careers, the panel was moderated by Lynn House, a Chicago-based national brand educator for Heaven Hill Brands headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky, and featured Kate Gerwin, the creative director at Front & Cooper in Santa Cruz, California, and Tracey Ramsey, a bartender at Chicago’s Lost Lake. From defining ageism to exploring strategies to combat the problem in the workplace, the Ageism in Hospitality discussion explored a topic that affects every beverage professional, regardless of age.

Panelists Lynn House, Tracey Ramsey, and Kate Gerwin. Photo by Jaclyn Rivas. Photo courtesy of Chicago Style.