Interview with Kate Shapira Latts, April 26, 2021
Project: Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project
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Kate Shapira Latts details her time at Duke University earning a degree in economics. She talks about her extracurriculars, her time working in Washington, D.C. where she met her husband, and going back to Duke for her master's degree in business administration (MBA). She talks about her job at Proctor and Gamble after her MBA, and moving to work at Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. She talks about work culture, work-life balance, projects and responsibilities at Heaven Hill, her bourbon preferences, and the future of the industry.Interview Accession
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Louisville (Ky.) Duke University Master of Business Administration (MBA) Economics Tour guides Washington (D.C.) Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. Bourbon industry Feminism Children Distilling Marketing Business Family businesses Heritage Center Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemics Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Study abroad Paris (France) Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon Rye whiskey Elijah Craig bourbon whiskey Evan Williams bourbon whiskey Vodka TikTok Tequila Austin (Tex.) Canadian whiskey CanadaInterview Rights
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Latts, Kate Shapira Interview by Madison Rose Cissell. 26 Apr. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Latts, K.S. (2021, April 26). Interview by M. R. Cissell. Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Latts, Kate Shapira, interview by Madison Rose Cissell. April 26, 2021, Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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