Coastal_Elite410 t1_j9ac75q wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:46 PM

One of the founders of Republic Restoratives distillery was Gabby Giffords Chief of Staff at the time of the shooting… she got out of politics after that. I believe the other co-founder worked in energy/mineral resources policy.

LLDN t1_j9ae91r wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:04 PM

Totally this! Republic Restoratives is the go to example for getting out of politics into a successful gig outside of it. I believe Pia used to work for Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (you can see her staffing the congresswoman in the latest documentary “Won’t Back Down”).

Here’s a podcast talking to her when Republic first opened.