Vision & Mission
Another Round Another Rally is a nonprofit financial resource for the hospitality industry. We provide reimbursement grants and immersive educational scholarships to further the education of historically excluded voices in the community, and supply emergency assistance to those employed in restaurants, bars, and hotels who have fallen on unexpected hardship.
Our Goal
Our goal is to give current and future leaders access to the tools they can utilize in order to create innovative, dynamic workplaces where equity and inclusion allow marginalized populations the space and safety to advance and thrive.
Amanda Gunderson
Travis Nass
Michaella Bursalyan
Jeremy Veatch
Nataki Garrett Meyers
Kiowa Bryan
Amanda Gunderson
CEO and Co-Founder
Amanda Gunderson is currently working as the West Coast American Whiskey Ambassador for Beam Suntory and is the co-founder of Another Round Another Rally, a non-profit providing financial resources and support to the hospitality industry.
With over two decades of hospitality experience under her belt, Amanda has been in the service of hospitality from barback to regional Brand Ambassador and everything in between. She’s had the opportunity to work alongside James Beard-award-winning chef, and humanitarian, Jose Andrés, and was part of the team nominated for Best American Restaurant bar at Julian Cox’s bar at Rivera in 2012.
On the spirits side, Amanda has experienced spirit-making in many shapes and sizes, from small batch distilleries to the global leader in bourbon making. Prior to joining the Beam Suntory family she spent nearly 5 years working in the House of Tequila at Pernod Ricard. Before her tenure at Pernod Ricard she was the Director of Product Development and Education for Congenial Spirits, introducing the United States to some of the finest craft spirits available today.
In 2018 She co-founded Another Round Another Rally with her business partner Travis Nass. This non-profit provides professional development grants and tuition reimbursements to underrepresented voices in the community, with the goal of developing leaders who create innovative, dynamic workplaces where equity and inclusion allow marginalized populations the space and safety to advance and thrive. They supply emergency assistance to people employed in restaurants, bars and hotels on an as needed basis for any unexpected struggle that may arise.
When she’s not working she likes to spend time with her two pups, while her Scotsman man’s the grill, with a dram of Booker’s Bourbon in her hand.
As a bartender Amanda was published in several publications including Los Angeles confidential, Tasting Panel Magazine, and the book Tequila Made Me Do It. She has also been featured as a key educator at San Antonio Cocktail Conference, Sacramento Cocktail Week, Golden State of Cocktails and Portland Cocktail Week.
Travis Nass
COO and Co-Founder
Shake up equal parts nostalgic cocktail curator and modern mixology provocateur and you’ll wind up with Mr. Travis Nass, AZ Brand Ambassador for Azunia Tequila and the 2018 president of the Phoenix Chapter of the United States Bartenders’ Guild. For years, Nass’ DIY approach to creating his own house-made bitters, tinctures, syrups and tonics have kept his name in the spotlight and his craft cocktails floating atop every must-drink list in the nation.
Nowadays, he devotes his considerable time and talents to broadening the reach of Azunia Tequila, one of the only organic, estate grown tequilas, and has been advocating on behalf of the Phoenix Chapter of the United States Bartenders’ Guild and its members for almost 10 years. He also moonlights as an independent beverage program consultant, helping bar, restaurant, and brand clients across all ends of the spectrum inject energy, originality and balance into their beverage offerings.
With well over a decade in the drink biz under his belt buckle, Nass continues to offer a fresh, inventive take on the industry. He first honed his craft not behind the bar, but rather, inside a professional Japanese kitchen, and later, under the tutelage of nationally known, award-winning Arizona chefs. The recipient of a coveted “Beverage Master” induction in the Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame, among multiple other accolades, Travis’ influence, innovation and leadership continue to stir up the spirits industry here in the Southwest.
Michaella Bursalyan
Board Member
Michaella is a Field Director for SEIU and has been working for unions and organizing for over 10 years. Her tireless outspoken advocacy has made her rise through the ranks at SEIU quickly and makes her a powerful ally to any cause she gets behind.
Jeremy Veatch
Board Member
Jeremy discovers, sources and vets emerging business concepts that are on the forefront of technology and innovation. His accounting background allows him to provide CFO-level insights across all business units. In addition, he has developed digital tools and built core processes for Fortune 100 companies. He has implemented new products across a business footprint of up to 5000 retail locations and 60000 associates. His fastest time to solve a Rubik’s cube is a shade under 2 minutes.
Nataki Garrett Meyers
Board Member
Nataki is on the Board of Directors of the Theater Communications Group. She is the former Associate Artistic Director of Denver Center for the Preforming Arts Theater Company (DCPA). Garrett served as the Acting Artistic Director during their 18-month leadership transition. At the DCPAm Garrett is responsible for producing the world premieres of Lauren Gunderson’s Book of Will, Two Degrees by Tira Palmquist, Mathew Lopez’s Zoe’s Perfect Wedding, Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap, and American Mariachi by Jose Cruz-Gonzalez. Her stellar 17/18 season the Main Stage, Off-Center, and Colorado New Play Summit programming, has been one of the most successful in the 40 year history of the Denver Center Theater Company. This includes a visceral re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, directed by award winning playwright/ director Robert O’Hara. Helming the start of the season, Macbeth broke box office records making it the venue’s most successful production exceeding projected capacity by 25%. Garrett also initiated and negotiated the first two co-world premieres in 10 years for two DCPA commissioned plays: The Great Leap with Seattle Rep and American Mariachi with the Old Globe Theatre. Garrett’s DCPA season is being touted as fully inclusive, adventurous, and at times outlandish, representing a broad-ranging view of the human condition. In the last year Garrett helped raise over $350K in funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Schubert Foundation, the Edgerton and Carnegie Mellon Foundations and individual donors from across the Rocky Mountain region.
Prior to the DCPA, Nataki was the Associate Artistic Director of CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) and the former Associate Dean and Head of Undergraduate Acting at CalArts School of Theater. Garret was the Interim Dean in 2016 where she managed a $10 million budget and oversaw all operations of the school. She supervised 40 faculty/ staff members and 250 students. For nearly 10 years Garrett produced main stage, black box, developmental projects and tours for CalArts and CNP. Nataki is a company member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. She is also on the Advisory Council for Mixed Blood Theater. She is a 2005 recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts and Theater Communications Group Career Development Fellowship for Directors and a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Kiowa Bryan
Board Member
Kiowa Bryan hails from Bermont originally where she took her first job in hospitality 20 years ago. It was in Los Angeles, while behind the bar at The Everleigh, that she first tasted a Ti’ Punch and realized her intended career path advocating for the education of all things Rhum Agricole in the US and currently is about to embark on her fifth year as National Brand Manager for Spiribam Fine R(h)m Specialists. In her spare time you can find her listening to Christmas carols far into February. or playing piano while singing to her dog Martinique Warrilow McFly.