we've actually run the place.

Chris Suarez has worked in hospitality continuously since 1997, starting as a cart attendant at the golf course at El Conquistador in Arizona, then hotel operations at Lake Powell and Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, followed by Destination Hotels properties culminating at Lansdowne Resort. He holds a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from Johnson & Wales University in Denver. In 2017 he moved into craft beer and has spent the years since turning Virginia hospitality into destinations people drive out of their way for.

As CEO and Managing Member of Lost Barrel Brewing and former General Manager of Bear Chase Brewing Company, both working Virginia farm breweries, he has built taprooms, event venues, and agritourism destinations known for tight operations, standout guest experience, and a packed calendar. It is the exact land-as-destination model Uncut now helps other Virginia operators build.

He chairs the Loudoun County Brewers Association, where he brought on its first executive director, Uncut co-founder Kevin Anderson. He serves on the Visit Loudoun Board of Directors (term began 2025) and in 2023 was named Tourism Manager of the Year by Visit Loudoun. Under his leadership the businesses he has run have collected Best of Virginia, Best of DC, and Best of Loudoun awards, medal-winning beer, and recognition as Tourism Business of the Year. He has also helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for local causes.

Kevin Anderson is a beverage-industry advisor, full-stack web developer, small-business strategist, and former Virginia ABC Special Agent who helps operators build, fund, and grow. He pairs hands-on business fundamentals, P&L management, forecasting, and operations with two decades of regulatory and licensing expertise inside Virginia's alcohol industry, since 2015 through his own practice, Alcohol Industry Associates, where he has helped open hundreds of Virginia restaurants, breweries, and small businesses.

He has run compliance for the state's largest skill-games operator, helped beverage brands expand across state lines, and served six years on the board of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program, the DC-region nonprofit behind SoberRide. He is Executive Director of the Loudoun County Brewers Association, teaches at Virginia Tech's Business of Brewing, and his commentary has appeared in The Washington Post, the Washington Business Journal, VinePair, Good Beer Hunting, and Richmond Magazine.