Your Coffee in Proven Hands
Cascade's management team brings decades of experience across food and beverage manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and finance. This is the group that has transformed the business and continues to build its future.
Cascade's leadership brings more than 200+ combined years of experience across food, beverage, and manufacturing
Executive Leadership
Joined 2020, 30+ years of experience. John brings more than 30 years of industry experience, including 24 years in executive leadership at VanLaw Foods, where he helped grow the company's value 38-fold into one of the largest private-label and contract manufacturers in the dressing and sauce industry.
Joined 2022, 30+ years of experience. Ron brings more than 30 years of operations and supply chain experience in food and beverage, with leadership roles at Pabst Brewing, Stone Brewing, Monster Energy, Nestle Waters, and Kellogg Garden Products. A U.S. Army veteran, he brings disciplined, practical leadership to Cascade's operations.
Joined 2023, 20+ years of experience. Jason brings more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience across private-equity-backed manufacturing companies, including Applied Technical Services, Shape Technologies Group, and Pyramid Breweries, along with a strong grasp of complex manufacturing environments.
Joined 2020, 40+ years of experience. Diane brings more than 40 years in food retail and manufacturing, including sales growth at Food 4 Less and nine years supporting the growth of VanLaw Foods, and a consistently customer-focused perspective.
VP & Director Leadership
Joined 2022, 28 years of experience. Judi brings 28 years of supply chain and operations experience with companies including Benchmark Electronics, Boeing, and Aerojet Rocketdyne, where she led scheduling and material planning. She has also taught contracts and sourcing as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington.
Joined 2026, 15+ years of experience. Stephanie brings more than 15 years of operations leadership in contract manufacturing, procurement, quality, and customer operations for high-growth consumer brands, including roles at Bulletproof and Chewy. She leads Cascade's food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement programs.
Joined 2025, 21 years of experience. Kyle brings 21 years in technical accounting, financial controls, and financial systems across aerospace, medical device, and manufacturing. A CPA who began his career in corporate audit at PwC, he strengthens reporting, analytics, and KPI development.
Joined 2005, 22 years of experience. Brandon brings more than 20 years of coffee operations experience, all developed at Cascade. A certified Q Arabica Grader, he works closely with customers to create exceptional coffee and contributes deep sensory and technical expertise to Cascade's roasting programs.
Trevor brings more than 20 years of manufacturing leadership experience across the food and beverage industry. His career includes leadership roles with Tree Top and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. Most recently, Trevor served as Plant Manager at Tree Top, leading manufacturing operations, continuous improvement initiatives, and team development. A Six Sigma Black Belt, Trevor is recognized for his operational leadership and commitment to continuous improvement.
Your brand always comes first
We don't and won't own our own brand, which means we'll never compete with our customers. Instead we partner with you to build a secure, mutually beneficial relationship that gives your consumers experiences driving brand differentiation and loyalty. Your brand always comes first. It's why some of the largest coffee labels in the world trust us with their roasting and supply chain.
Our team is here to help your business succeed.
As one of the largest contract roasting and packaging operations in the US, we're ideally situated to provide a wide range of options for producers of coffee products, from whole bean coffee, ground coffee, flavored coffees, capsule coffees, and specialty blends. Whether you want to focus on supplying one particular type or variety or mix up your offerings so that you can meet customer needs more effectively, our team is ready to deliver the level of service and support you need.
Frequently asked questions.
Below you’ll find answers to our most commonly asked questions.
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Brandon Gartland is Cascade Coffee's Master Roaster. He joined Cascade in 2005, and all of his more than 20 years in coffee operations have been spent here. Brandon is a certified Q Arabica Grader. He works directly with customers on roast profiles and blends and leads sensory and technical work across our roasting programs. He's also part of the innovation team that develops and tests new products before they reach production.
Stephanie Hoffman, Cascade's VP of Technical Services, leads our food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement programs. Her Technical Services team runs Cascade's SQF program, which has earned a rating of Excellent every year since 2019, along with in-house lab testing on finished products and the trace and recall program that ties every product to its production records. The team also supports each brand with documentation from first sample through production.
Cascade's leadership team brings more than 200 combined years of experience across food and beverage manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and finance, and our four C-level executives average about 30 years each. That experience comes from some of the largest companies in food, beverage, and manufacturing, including decades in private-label and contract manufacturing. Cascade carries it to the plant floor through training, certification, and accreditation programs that aim to build the most well-trained team in the coffee industry.
John Gilbert is CEO of Cascade Coffee. He joined in 2020 and brings more than 30 years of manufacturing leadership, including 24 years in executive leadership at VanLaw Foods, a privately held West Coast manufacturer. During John's time there, VanLaw's value grew 38-fold and the company became one of the largest private-label and contract manufacturers in the dressing and sauce industry. Since he joined Cascade, the company has earned an SQF rating of Excellent every year, with scores between 96 and 98.
Cascade Coffee is led by CEO John Gilbert and an executive and director team with more than 200 combined years of experience across food, beverage, and manufacturing. Our leaders built their careers at some of the largest companies in food, beverage, and manufacturing, and together they cover every part of the business, from operations and supply chain to technical services, finance, coffee, and manufacturing.
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Cascade Coffee
1525 75th Street, SW, #100
Everett, WA 98203
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info@cascadecoffee.com
1 (425) 347-3995
