Kaveh Zamanian

Kaveh Zamanian serves as the Chief Whiskey Officer for North America at Pernod Ricard since May 2024 and has been the Founder and Whiskey Maker at Rabbit Hole Distillery since 2012. Zamanian also holds significant positions such as Member of the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Distillers' Association and Endeavor Midwest, and has founded multiple ventures including Mary Dowling Whiskey Co. and Mash & Mallow Whiskey Co. Active in the arts and education, Zamanian is a Member of the Board of Trustees at the Speed Art Museum and has been part of the Visiting Faculty at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. Zamanian's academic credentials include a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, as well as various post-doctoral fellowships in psychology and psychoanalysis.