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    Erik Vonk

    Proprietor, Richland Distilling Company

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    i. Biography

    Erik Vonk is the founder and proprietor of Richland Rum / the Richland Distilling Company, LLC in Richland, Georgia, and he has been listed as Founder & Proprietor since December 1999. Earlier in his career, he served as a banker and as a senior executive in staffing and human resources, including as a member of the executive board at Randstad NV from 1992 to 2001 and later as chairman and CEO of Gevity HR. He is a Dutch immigrant who was approached in 1992 to open the Randstad business in the United States.