Support Special Needs Communities

Great Wines For A Great Cause:
Supporting The Local Special Needs Community

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Mission Statement of Humanity Marketing & Branding LLC (HM&B)

·      Enrich the lives of adults with  special needs by creating and selling quality wines that people love, and donating a portion of the proceeds directly to local -non-profit  (501c-3) organizations that enrich the lives of adults with special needs. 

·      Create advocacy communities in every state where we sell our wines to be a voice for those without a “voice” - Adults with special needs

HM&B launched its first wine operation in Connecticut in 2015 our home base. Over the last year we have watched our sales growing steadily with the help of our loyal customers that are in some way connected to people with special needs. Be it relatives, care giver, neighbor, friend of the family or just a person who enjoys drinking our wines while at the same time helping someone who needs it most.

We need your help to enter more markets and expand our geography of people we are helping.  

We are expanding our operation in Connecticut while adding: on line wine sales operation,  entering the  NY State market in October 2016 and planning to capture more States with in the next 18 months.

Your support is crucial

In a time of budget crises and shrinking support from State governments, we’ve found a way to help adults with developmental disabilities: by carving out a social value chain, from HM&B’s economic value chain, that flows directly to local service providers.

Some say these are the ‘forgotten people” or the “people without a voice”.  That is not true; we have not forgotten them and our social enterprise approach will support their voices. You, as a contributor, will help to direct support to LOCAL community non-profit groups supporting adults living with developmental disabilities – they become your beneficiaries in this social endeavor. Together we will not only bring but grow, and sustain, critical resources to the lives of adults with developmental disabilities. 

We urge you to consider your contribution as a “Seed Donation”.  We are here to stay and will grow your seed donation into a social value chain that will support a steady flow of donations to the most vulnerable people of our great society, those who need our support, adults with developmental disabilities.




Our Team
 
Michael is the founder of Humanity Marketing & Branding LLC - Merchants of fine wines. Part of the proceeds are donated to local non-profit (501c-3) organizations that enrich the lives of adults with special needs.

Michael introduced the Rene Junot to the US market which became the largest selling French Table Wine in the 80’s : over 2 million cases / year.

Michael met Cesar Baeza Wine Master, while supplying fine wines to Pepsico Wines for their Cartier label.


Marlys is a sustainability risk professional and financial services executive who contributed to the social value chain concept being executed by Humanity Market & Branding.

Marlys is known in the asset management industry for her leadership in assessing sustainability risk in various industries including materials, food and beverage, financial services, and metals and mining. She has lead teams of quantitative risk professionals, and worked in sustainable finance and stakeholder engagement. Marlys held senior executive positions at global multi-billion dollar asset management companies and has represented such firms at global non-profits such as the UN Environmental Program-Finance Initiative.  
 
A native of Chile, Cesar began his journey in the wine industry at the University of Chile, earning a degree in Viticulture & Enology. He was awarded a scholarship to  pursue his Master’s Degree in Viticulture & Enology at the University of Madrid, Spain.

In Spain he also earned a certificate in Sensory Analysis from the Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas in Madrid. After completing his studies in  Spain, he was awarded an internship to supervise the harvest at the Cave Cooperative d’ Vin in Montpelier, France.

Cesar  a renowned Winemaster, held positions at : United Vintners in Madeira, Calif., Brotherhood Winery NY, M. Lamont Vineyards, PepsiCo. - Monsieur Henri, Yago,  Stolichnaya, Roland Thevenin of Burgundy, Premiat and Weber. Cesar is a consultant to many domestic & International companies.


Kimberly Bastoni is a versatile global marketing executive with the passion of an entrepreneur with the discipline of a veteran executive in a global organization.  As CMO of a $2B global marketing services company based in Germany, led the global rebranding including visual identity, development of internal and external communications, digital and social media programs, integrated marketing programs, demand generation programs and product alignment across 70+ countries.  Consulted with many fortune 500 companies such as P&G, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Pepsi, AT&T , etc., on marketing and product placement insights based on consumer insights.  She has held very senior marketing strategy roles at WPP Companies and Nielsen as well as early stage companies.


 
Kimberly is also the mother to a beautiful young lady, Nicole, age 23 with developmental delays.  Nicole is also the inspiration behind the Nicole & Friends and the Establo line of wines.