Alyssa Gilbert, ACS CCP is the Executive Director of the California Artisan Cheese Guild, where she brings her love of California’s cheesemakers and her knack for building community to the heart of the Guild’s work. With a background in specialty cheese retail, she’s passionate about lifting up the people, farms, and flavors that make California’s artisan cheese so special. Alyssa founded Ollie’s American Cheese + Provisions in 2019 on a mission to help her beloved Bay Area community eat more American cheese (craft, not kraft). She opened her brick-and-mortar cheese shop in Downtown Oakland in January 2022, and is eternally grateful to be able to provide her community with a space dedicated to supporting artisan products + makers.