At this week's meeting Tim Cochran told us a bit about himself.  Tim is the partner in a new brewery called the Horse & Dragon Brewing Company. Tim said that he is a son of the West and a citizen of the world. He was born in Arizona and raised in California and Oregon, and considers himself an Oregonian. He graduated from Stanford University, where he also met his wife, Carol. Since then they have moved ten time to five different countries , mainly following his jobs with two different companies, the first a San Francisco-based export marketing and distribution company and the second the Miller Brewing Company. He said that after opening a branch office for the Miller Brewing CO in Taipei, Taiwan, he moved to another foreign land, Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
 

In 2019 he took a regional position based in Bogota, Colombia. This allowed his family to have one final stint overseas together where they took advantage to explore the region. So both of their daughters were born in Taiwan and then graduated from high school in Colombia.

In 2012 Tim and Carol decided to take the entrepreneurial leap, which led them to Fort Collins, as Tim said, the Napa Valley of Beer, and have been working on making their dream of owning a craft brewery a reality. Tim said that moving to Fort Collins has answered something in his soul. Whether it is hiking in RMNP, or fly fishing in the Poudre, orsimply biking around Fort Collins, he is very happy to be here.

Tim told us about his connection with Rotary. At least two generations have been Rotarians and he truly believes that his father, a lifelong Rotarian and past president of two different clubs, taught him and his siblings the 4-way test as a way of life. He said that he is glad to be able to be a part of this organization that has influenced his early years. In closing he wanted to thank all members. He said that “Rotary’s focus on ‘Service Above Self’ as well as the goal of improving international understanding resonate deeply within me, so I thank you all wor welcoming me to the 1918 Downtown Fort Collins Rotary Club – The Singing Club!”