Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Andrew Lorig
President & CEO
Andrew is the President of Honeydrop where he is responsible for the marketing, sales, and overseeing operations for the company. Andrew has over 10 years of traditional beverage marketing and sales experience. He was previously CMO of Honeydrop where he passionately led the marketing for the company including ideating and creating new SKUs and forming partnerships with influencers and celebrities to generate buzz for the company. He also has experience managing and working with our largest distributors in NY and Los Angeles.
David Luks
Founder & Board Director
David has over 20 years of CPG marketing and sales experience. He is the founder of Honeydrop, which he started after being diagnosed with cancer and wanting a low sugar lemonade with unrefined ingredients such as raw honey.
Previously, David spent over eight years with PepsiCo where he developed marketing campaigns, launched new products, and managed the P&L for Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi’s Energy Drink Portfolio, and SoBe Beverages
Prior to PepsiCo, David worked with ACNielsen, where he provided market research and consulted for such CPG clients as Colgate Palmolive, the Hain Food Group, and Revlon.
David currently works as an advisor for CPG brands in the supplement and plant protein spaces.
Jeremy Friedman
Board Director
Jeremy is currently COO of Revitin, an early-stage health care company focused on the oral microbiome and products that nurture the mouth’s native bacteria for optimal health. He is also a Managing Director at Green Circle Capital, an investment bank focused on M&A and capital raises in the health and wellness space. Previously he spent seven years on the buy-side, investing in the health and wellness industry, as well as special situations, where he worked for the family office Palm Ventures and the venture fund New Ground Ventures. Previously he spent 10 years at Bear Stearns and the boutique bank Integrated Finance where he focused on M&A. Prior to investment banking, Jeremy worked in Mexico City as a management consultant for a spin-off of Booz Allen Hamilton. He earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Bill Davis
Board Director
Bill is the Managing Director for Stance Capital, LLC. Prior to Stance, Mr. Davis was co-founder and Managing Director of Empirical Asset Management, and Portfolio Manager on EAM Sustainable Equity, a strategy he launched in 2014. Prior to co-founding Empirical, he was the founder and CEO of Ze-gen, a venture and private equity-backed renewable energy company. Mr. Davis received a B.A. from Connecticut College, and his career in business has included serving as CEO or founder of numerous companies including Database Marketing Corporation in 1986, Holland Mark in 1997, and Cambridge Brand Analytics in 2003. He is Vice-Chair of Impact Infrastructure, LLC, and serves on not-for-profit boards of Ceres and Seven Hills Global Outreach. He is a founding member of the President’s Council of Ceres. Mr. Davis has taught at Columbia University Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, and guest lectured at Harvard College, Harvard Business School, MIT, MIT/Sloan, and Vanderbilt University.
Lane Cheek
Creative Director of Media Production, Board Director
Lane is a film and tv producer and writer. She began her career as one of the youngest members of IATSE working in Set Design, Art Coordinating, and Assistant Prop Master for shows like “Modern Family”, “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Bachelor”. She recently produced the show, “License to Kill”, and the environmental documentary, “Our Planet 360”. She is currently in pre-production on a drama feature set to shoot in California this fall and co-wrote a rom-com feature that she is producing with Resonate Entertainment. She serves as a judge at the Mammoth Film Festival and resides in Los Angeles. Lane is a producer for Like Minded Entertainment, and works for the company approximately 5 hours a week.
Taylor Frost
Creative Director of Brand Development
Drawing from her background in Apparel with a focus on Creative Direction, Taylor Frost joined the Honeydrop team in 2019. Throughout her career, she has played a key role in record sales increases and company pivots for her brands, which range from Fortune 50 to the startup world. From Show Me Your Mumu and Dillard's department stores, to beverage and small accessory categories, Taylor has extensive experience navigating the full B to C customer lifecycle. She specializes in creating content and executing campaigns that engage the customer to the point that they feel ownership in the brand lifestyle, and become loyal consumers. For Honeydrop, she is responsible for visuals, content creation and brand positioning along with the Marketing team.
Katie Durko
Advisor to Board of Directors
Katie Durko is the co-founder of The Edit, a female-founded creative social media agency that builds lifestyle, beauty, celebrity & fashion brands, as well as personalities into trending and relevant household names. Prior to the development of The Edit, with an extensive background in digital marketing, social media, and public relations, Katie worked with brands such as Burberry and Monique Lhuillier, helping leverage their brand presence to its fullest potential. In late 2015, she founded a boutique social media agency called The Social Kat, specializing in social media management for brands.