Meet the Team
If you’re a fan of Mississippi Mud Coffee, you probably owe MASTER ROASTER STACY BRINKLEY a high five (she puts a lot of tender loving care into your favorite brew!) Eight years into her tenure with our company and we’re as glad as ever that she left her promising career as a chef to join the crew. Coffee can only be as good as the roaster makes it, so yeah, it’s nice to have a Jedi on the team.
True to her background as a nurse, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT JENNIFER BANKSTON never fails to provide that all-important help whenever and wherever needed to ensure our customers get their coffee on time and in tip-top shape. It’s work only the most team-oriented individual could handle, let alone enjoy, so of course Jen knocks it out like clockwork—and with a healthy dose of laughter and smiles.
COMPANY PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER RUESS founded Mississippi Mud Coffee in 2004 and remains actively involved both as a visionary and a get-it-done team player. His love for great coffee is infectious and adventurous. Hence the new ideas we keep churning out!
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHANDLER BRANCH jumped whole hog into the coffee biz after nearly two decades in nonprofit music, visual art and (surprise) coffee. He spins a lot of plates for the company and claims to enjoy them all: mission, marketing, dollars and cents; turns out small business and arts admin have a lot in common!