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DON STOULIL
CEO/Co-founder
From the launch of his career as a professional baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and California Angels to his development of the first in-room coffee concept for the hospitality industry, Don Stoulil has a reputation as a determined and dedicated executive. In 1972, Don founded Secretary Coffee Service (later renamed First Choice Services) with his brother Richard Stoulil, and the company grew to be one of the largest office coffee service companies on the west coast. Don is a recognized leader in the coffee industry, having served as President of the National Coffee Service association, and board member and policy advisor of the Coffee Development Group, a United Nations program which developed national marketing strategies for the US coffee trade. Ever since First Choice Services was sold in 1989, Don has concentrated on Amenity Services and has expanded the company to include additional product lines, product licensing, custom and private label coffee and tea programs and international product sourcing. In his free time, Don enjoys boating and fishing.
ERIC MCCOY
President / Co-founder
After graduating from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia with a degree in Food Marketing, Eric studied advanced marketing at Columbia University. Shortly after, he joined Aramark, where he eventually held the post of Vice President of Operations from 1981-1989. He joined Amenity Services in 1990, and worked with the Columbian Coffee Federation creating programs to advance the promotion and development of Columbian coffee in the US. Eric leads Amenity’s financial affairs, licensed product division and retail distribution efforts. An avid golfer, Eric played at the collegiate level for St. Joseph’s University, and has won several Club championships and competed at the Amateur level.
RICHARD STOULIL
Co-founder
Richard has worked with product sourcing and production since he founded Secretary Coffee Service with his brother Don in 1972. Active in the coffee industry organizations throughout his career, Richard served on the board of directors of the Western Coffee Association, and served as President for two years. During his involvement in the association, it represented 2000 plus members in the coffee trade in the 11 western states. From design to manufacturing, Richard has represented Amenity Services in Asia to establish production and manufacturing relationships. Richard enjoys mountain biking with his family, traveling with his church’s mission team to Mexico to build houses in Tijuana, and coaching Special Olympics soccer and bowling teams.
SHERRI SCHECK-MERRILL
Vice President Design & Development
A tennis player turned marketing executive, Sherri attended the University of Nevada at Las Vegas on an athletic tennis scholarship, where she majored in Marketing and Business Administration. She appeared in the Michelob Light collegiate tennis tour, during which she was selected as Nevada’s Scholar-Athlete Ambassador. Post graduation, she was selected by Bill Cosby as his doubles partner in the Alan King exhibition series. She then served as tennis pro for a Las Vegas resort & casino, where she trained a number of prominent film, TV, music and sports figures. Her tennis experience was training ground for her business career, which began with a position licensing and marketing sports brands to national retailers and professional sports teams. International business experience followed with the position of head buyer for an international export company and US trend consultant for an international sports apparel and equipment company. Sherri has since completed the Harvard Business School Consumer Marketing program. When not spotting trends for Amenity’s design & development projects, Sherri is a fashion and beauty trends columnist for Orange Coast Magazine.
RYAN STOULIL
General Manager
With nearly a decade of employment at Amenity Services, Ryan Stoulil handles the day-to-day operations of the company. Prior to Amenity Services, Ryan attended Tulane University's School of Law, and is a graduate of Villanova University. Between his studies, he spent a year teaching English in Cairo, Egypt. Ryan is married and has three young children.
CHRIS TAFFERA
Assistant General Manager & Director of OCS
After graduating from the University of Portland, Chris began his professional career at Bank of America, where he served as manager and vice president for over five years. Chris manages the operations of Amenity's office coffee programs, which provides office coffee to hundreds of distributors and thousands of offices nationwide. He is an avid golfer and enjoyed playing quarterback for the Washington state championship winning O'Dea high school football team.
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