All About Eric “Smitty” Smith’s Turn as Odell CEO

Dear Client: On Friday, Eric "Smitty" Smith, a 25-year vet of 30-year-old Odell Brewing, announced during the Brew Talks session at GABF that he would be taking over the reigns as CEO from co-founder Wynne Odell.  Eric explained that Odell founders [Corkie, Wynne and Doug Odell] started thinking about their succession plan about five years ago; in 2015, they put into place an ESOP and management buyout process.  “Since January, Wynne and I have been serving as co CEOs," he