our team

owners

Eric Newman

3rd Generation Owner and President

Bobby Newman

3rd Generation Owner and Executive Vice President

Drew Newman

4th Generation Owner and General Counsel

officers

aimee cooks smoking diamond crown cigar — Vice President and General Manager El Reloj
Aimee Cooks

rich dolak — Vice President of Operations
Rich Dolak

Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Cristal Lastra

Scott Lewis Holding Diamond Crown President of Finance J.C. Newman. — Vice President of Finance
Scott Lewis

Chief Financial Officer

Shira Martin

Vice President and General Manager El Reloj

Aimee Cooks

Year Started with the Company: 1997

Vice President of Operations

Rich Dolak

Year Started with the Company: 1996

Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Cristal Lastra

Year Started with the Company: 2015

Vice President of Finance

Scott Lewis

Year Started with the Company: 2001

Chief Financial Officer

Shira Martin

Year Started with the Company: 2000

management team

John Carlo 2024 — Security and Safety Manager
John Carlo

Director of Eastern Territory Sales

David Witt

Gene Haines Portrait — The American Room Production Manager
Gene Haines

Security and Safety Manager

John Carlo

Year Started with the Company: 2024

Director of Eastern Territory Sales

Jake Cronin

Territory: AR, KY, MO, Southern IL, Southern IN, TN (Memphis)
Year Started with the Company: 2005

Email:jcronin@jcnewman.com

Director of Western Territory Sales

Michael Dougherty

Territory: AZ, NV, Southern CA
Year Started with the Company: 1999

Email:mdougherty@jcnewman.com

Director of Marketing

Monica Foster

Year Started with the Company: 2013

Executive Director of Hospitality and Community Engagement

Kara Guagliardo

Year Started with the Company: 2010

Accounting & Accounts Receivable Manager

Stacy McDermid

Year Started with the Company: 2014

European Brand Manager

Aldo Puncioni

Year Started with the Company: 2021

Email:apuncioni@jcnewman.com

Inside Sales Manager

Terri Ryan

Year Started with the Company: 1991

Creative Director

Tyler Storms

Year Started with the Company: 2018

Consumer Programs Director

Chris Szeglowski

Year Started with the Company: 2018

Director of Military Sales

Annie Vander Veen

Year Started with the Company: 1998

Warehouse Operations Manager

Drew Washington

Year Started with the Company: 2022

Director of H.R. Payroll & Compliance

Luke Wendell

Year Started with the Company: 2015

I.T. Manager

David Witt

Year Started with the Company: 2007

The American Room Production Manager

Gene Haines

regional sales managers

Kristyn Castaldi 2024 — Kristyn Castaldi

Director of Eastern Territory Sales

Jake Cronin

Director of Western Territory Sales

Michael Dougherty

Antonio Ferrer

cigar salesman shot mills lot smoking cigar — Mills Lott

cigar salesman david ludwig smoking cigar — David Ludwig

Louis Marshall smoking diamond crown cigar — Louis Marshall

John Oliva

RSM Harry Preston J.C. Newman Regional Sales Manager — Harry Preston

Rsm Bradley Ramirez Portrait 2024 — Bradley Ramirez

RSM Rick Zunt holding Diamond Crown Cigar Regional Sales Manager — Rick Zunt

Kristyn Castaldi

Territory: CT, NH, MA, ME, RI, VT, Northeast NY
Year Started with the Company: 2022

Email:kcastaldi@jcnewman.com

Director of Eastern Territory Sales

Jake Cronin

Territory: AR, KY, MO, Southern IL, Southern IN, TN (Memphis)
Year Started with the Company: 2005

Email:jcronin@jcnewman.com

Director of Western Territory Sales

Michael Dougherty

Territory: AZ, NV, Southern CA
Year Started with the Company: 1999

Email:mdougherty@jcnewman.com

Antonio Ferrer

Territory: South Florida
Year Started with the Company: 2019

Email:aferrer@jcnewman.com

Mark Hayes

Territory: MI, Northern IN, Western OH
Year Started with the Company: 2001

Email:mhayes@jcnewman.com

Dan Lebold

Territory: Eastern OH, Western NY, Western PA
Year Started with the Company: 2015

Email:dlebold@jcnewman.com

Mills Lott

Territory: NC, SC, Eastern TN, VA, WV
Year Started with the Company: 2019

Email:mlott@jcnewman.com

David Ludwig

Territory: AK, ID, MT, ND, SD, NE, WY, UT, CO, NM
Year Started with the Company: 2006

Email:dludwig@jcnewman.com

Louis Marshall

Territory: AL, GA, MS, Western TN
Year Started with the Company: 1999

Email:lmarshall@jcnewman.com

John Oliva

Central and Northern FL
Year Started with the Company: 2018

Email:joliva@jcnewman.com

Sean Poza

Territory: TX, OK, LA
Year Started with the Company: 2011

Email:spoza@jcnewman.com

Harry Preston

Territory: National Accounts
Year Started with the Company: 1996

Email:hpreston@jcnewman.com

Bradley Ramirez

Territory: Northern IL, MN, WI, IA, KS, NE
Year Started with the Company: 2019

Email:bramirez@jcnewman.com

Michael Rushing

Territory: Southeast PA, Southern NJ, DE, MD, DC
Year Started with the Company: 2023

Email:mrushing@jcnewman.com

Anthony Sariyan

Territory: NYC, Northern NJ, Northeast PA
Year Started with the Company: 2015

Email:asariyan@jcnewman.com

Rick Zunt

Territory: Northern CA, WA, OR, NV, HI
Year Started with the Company: 2005

Email:rzunt@jcnewman.com

In Loving Memory of Our Friend

Stefan Bastiaenssens

In Loving Memory of Our Friend

Stefan Bastiaenssens

Territory: All Territories outside the US; mainly Europe
Year Started with the Company: 2018
Favorite JCN Cigar: Black Diamond
Hobbies/Interests: Cigars, wine, beer, music fitness.
Favorite Thing About the Cigar Industry: The bond that is created between two people that smoke. You can enter a cigar room or lounge without knowing anyone and leave it having made many new friends!
Favorite Place to Travel: All countries in the Carribean
Favorite Newman Memory: I love all members of the family, but Bobby was the first one I met. He picked me up at the airport when I flew over applying for the job and the first thing he said was: “I am Bobby, and this is Jeanny”. Next thing I know I am showing pictures of me and my family. Couldn’t think of a warmer welcome.
Favorite Quote: “Happiness is about a good meal, a good cigar, and a good woman, or a bad woman, depending on how much happiness you can handle”
Fun Fact: Stefan ran a cigar magazine for a number of years before joining the J.C. Newman Team.

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