George Jage – President & Co-Founder
Prior to joining the tea industry, George Jage honed his convention and business acumen when he headed the operations for the launch of a successful apparel trade show in 1993.. In 2003, George launched the Take Me 2 Tea, the nation’s first tradeshow devoted solely to the tea industry. The result has been a fast-growing industry mirrored and fueled by this fast-growing trade show, twice recognized by the industry as one of the Fastest 50 growing events in North America. In 2005, the Expo was re-branded as the World Tea Expo to more accurately reflect its position in the international tea industry.

George is an active member of numerous business groups, including the Society of Independent Show Organizers, the International Association of Exhibit Managers, and the Young Entrepreneurs Organization. He also served on the Advisory Board of the Specialty Tea Institute along with being its 2006 Symposium Chair. In 2004, he was named as one of Tradeshow Week’s “Next Generation of Leaders.”

Kim Jage – V. P. Sales & Marketing
Prior to World Tea Expo, Kim held senior sales positions at companies in N.Y.C., New York. The focus of her 15 years experience developed from launching start- up companies and restructuring established internal sales and marketing systems. She provides a solid track record of performance in both areas. She is also the sole founder of two other companies.

With a B.A. in International Politics from Hofstra University, Kim was afforded the opportunity to backpack through 13 different countries in Western Europe while studying the EU. Since then she traveled through Eastern Europe as well as Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt, Jordan, Thailand and China- where, of-course, she fell in love with tea.

Stacie Woods – Director of Conferences
Prior to joining the World Tea Expo team, Stacie was Director of Educational Programs for the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) in Long Beach, California for nine years. Her primary focus in this role was the management of educational seminars & hands-on workshops for SCAA’s annual conference and at non-conference venues. Further responsibilities included management of association meetings & events including site visits to coffee producing and consuming countries. Stacie helped establish the Roasters Guild, a trade guild of the SCAA dedicated to the craft of coffee roasting. Originally from California, she earned her B.S. in Marketing from Woodbury University in Burbank, CA. She moved to Las Vegas in 2003 with her husband Brian.  Stacie and Brian have two children, Tanner 3 1/2 and Abby 15 months.