Allied Beverage Group
Lourdes Espaillat is an experienced professional in the beverage and architectural industries. Currently serving as Associate Portfolio Manager for both Diageo and Bacardi/Patron at Allied Beverage Group since September 2021, Lourdes has previously held the role of Sales Representative at the same company from September 2019 to January 2021. In the architectural field, Lourdes worked as an Architectural Designer at HMR Architects from February 2014 to June 2017 and served as an Architectural Designer Consultant at Todd Geter Architects from March 2011 to December 2013. Earlier experience includes working as an Architectural Designer at Alfredo Trevino Architect from April 2010 to 2011. Lourdes holds a Master of Environmental Building Design from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.
Allied Beverage Group
Allied Beverage Group, LLC (“Allied”), as it is known today, is a family owned company created by the historical mergers of The Baxter Group, Inc., F&A Distributing Company, and The Jaydor Corporation as well as the August 2017 combination with Breakthru Beverage New Jersey. Allied's predecessor companies were leaders of the wholesale wine and spirits industry in New Jersey dating back to the Repeal of Prohibition in the early 1930s. Allied has emerged as New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive wine and spirits distributor and ranks among the ten largest such distributors in the United States. Allied represents the product lines of the world's leading suppliers of beverage alcohol and related products as it services the needs of New Jersey's licensed package stores, restaurants, hotels, taverns and clubs. Allied's state of the art distribution facility and offices are located in Elizabeth, NJ. The company also has offices and cross dock facilities in Swedesboro, NJ.