Rhiannon Enlil has become the Educational Program Manager for NOLA Coffee Festival.

“Rhiannon has coordinated our educational speakers for the past two editions of the NOLA Coffee festival.” Explains co-founder Kevin Richards. “It is a natural progression that she is now taking a more formal role as the Education Program Manager. Over the past decade, I’ve worked with her in similar capacities during Tales of the Cocktail and other spirits industries events. Few people have the skills and experience at adult education that Rhiannon possesses.”

Ms. Enlil welcomes the professional challenge: “I am excited to support the amazing coffee culture and community in New Orleans and the Gulf South. The NOLA Coffee Festival education mission is inspiring and I am looking forward to our attendees having an amazing experience”.

Rhiannon Enlil is a beverage history presenter, spirits educator, and bar trainer. She is a Certified Specialist of Spirits (SWE), member of the United States Bartenders Guild, certified BAR-Ready, certified WSET Level 3 in Spirits, and an Executive Bourbon Steward. Her recipes have been published in national press and cocktail books, and she wrote her thesis at University of New Orleans on twentieth-century marketing and tradition in New Orleans alcoholic beverage trends. She has presented at major trade shows, on international media and podcasts, as well as for universities, museums, and virtual events. She is thrilled to work with the great educators of the coffee industry to highlight New Orleans’ vital role in the history and future of coffee.

The 2025 NCF Educational Program will again feature industry speakers/ subject matter experts in classroom settings and in demo/display areas on the exhibit hall floor. Class subjects are under review and professional speakers are being selected until June, 2025. The classroom schedule will be announced shortly thereafter.