Our Team
Alyza Bohbot James
Founder/Owner
Favorite Coffee: Organic Guatemala
Loves: Spending time with her friends, family, and any animal, the sunshine, playing piano, and karaoke
Alyza was born and raised in Duluth, MN. She spent 10 years on the East Coast earning an undergraduate in retail management and a masters degree in school counseling before she returned to Minnesota to take over the family coffee roasting business in 2014 and launching City Girl Coffee Co. in 2015. She prides herself in being a champion for women’s rights around the world. She is beyond proud of the brand, City Girl Coffee, and the work it is doing to help bring awareness to the women of the coffee world.
Customer Service Team
Erika Sasseville, Digital Marketing Coordinator
Coffee Pick: Organic Peru
Fun Fact: Erika loves directing plays/musicals and performs in three Improv Comedy Groups in the Twin cities area.
Operations Team
Roy Alexander, General Manager
Coffee Pick: Freshest crop in the door.
Fun Fact: Roy is a coffee fanatic on weekdays, and a BBQ judge and competitor on weekends.
Zachary Latimore, Roaster
Coffee Pick: Organic Guatemala
Fun Fact: Zach is fluent in Spanish and in his spare time enjoys reading Spanish and Spanish American literature. His favorite authors are JL Borges, Julio Cortazar, and Miguel de Cervantes.
Kayli Staubus, Roaster/Production Team Member
Coffee Pick: Organic Peru
Fun Fact: Kayli has three cats.
Sales Team
Henry Stein, Vice President Sales
Coffee Pick: Brazil: Blondie
Fun Fact: Henry serves as an adjunct marketing lecturer at University of MN and Hamline University.