Aug 5 2022
S1E3 - 3: Virginia ABC CEO Travis Hill
Episode Notes
As CEO of Virginia ABC, Travis Hill oversees a statewide operation that has contributed more than $2.6 billion to Virginia’s general fund in the last five years — dollars that go to education, infrastructure, and state services.
Since coming onto the job in 2018 (and serving in a leadership capacity at ABC since 2014), Hill has led ABC’s transition from a government agency to an authority — a type of independent political subdivision of the Commonwealth. Such structure gives ABC the ability to move like a business without the burdens of government, while still leading enforcement and ensuring public safety.
Hill took some time to talk to VBWA from the new ABC headquarters in Hanover County, a sprawling 40-acre, 315,000-square-foot site (expandable to nearly 400,000 square feet) that sees every bottle of liquor sold in the Commonwealth pass through its warehouse. He discussed this new location, his upbringing, detailed the latest on enforcement hiring, and even shared his favorite spirit.
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