Sahra Nguyen is the Founder & CEO of Nguyen Coffee Supply, America's first specialty Vietnamese coffee company and the leading proud champion of the resilient robusta bean. Importing directly from farms in Vietnam and roasting in Brooklyn, NY, the company's mission is to transform the coffee industry through diversity, sustainability & cultural integrity. Nguyen's efforts have led to the acceptance of robusta products in the premium coffee industry, as well as with national retailers. In 2023, Nguyen Coffee Supply launched nationally in Whole Foods Market, becoming the first company to sell 100% robusta cold brew at a major national retailer.

Nguyen is often credited as the leader of the Vietnamese coffee movement in North America and has served as an expert voice on Good Morning America, Bloomberg TV, NY1, CNBC, The Drew Barrymore Show, and CBS Saturday Morning. She has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Forbes, VICE, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, and countless other media. As of 2024, Nguyen Coffee Supply’s products are sold in stores nationwide including Whole Foods Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Gopuff, HEB and Albertsons.  

In early January 2020, Imbibe Magazine featured Sahra Nguyen as one of the #Imbibe75 - people, places and directions that will shape the way you drink in 2020. In 2021, Nguyen graced the July cover of Food& Wine as one of their 25 Game Changers and in 2023, she graced the cover of Inc. Magazine as one of their Most Dynamic Women Entrepreneurs. Additionally, the 2023 Sprudgie Awards awarded Nguyen "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence" for writing anew chapter in the story of Vietnamese coffee in America. 

Paul Fischer is the president and chief operating officer for Burns & McDonnell. Fisher provides valuable guidance and vision for all U.S. regional offices as well as major markets of Transmission & Distribution, Global Facilities, Aviation, Federal, Water, Environmental, Power, Transportation and Oil, Gas & Chemicals. He inspires and enables future growth to further strengthen service for critical infrastructure clients.

He grew up in a construction family, joined Burns &McDonnell in 1988 and soon became a project manager specializing in design-build delivery of a variety of market sectors and eventually working his way up to lead the Denver office before taking leadership of the firm’s regional offices.

Fisher turned the small Denver office into a thriving regional center of excellence as well as expanded our firm’s presence across the U.S. from eight regional offices to nearly 60 offices domestically. In 2015, he was selected to join the board of directors.

Fisher is actively involved in his local community. He supports organizations including the Civic Council of Kansas City, the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City, and the ACEC Water, Energy & Environmental National Committee to name a few.