Chad McNair

Chad McNair began his coffee business in 1988 with the development of a liquid coffee extract operation based in Houston, Texas. The original product was a high-quality coffee concentrate that was bottled for home use as a base for iced and frozen coffee beverages. The concept was re-launched in 1993 in San Antonio, Texas with an emphasis on food service and commercial applications for coffee extracts. Aspen Beverage Group became a significant international player in the coffee extract business serving major branded coffee labels, quick serve restaurants, club retailers, bottlers, roasters, and distributors. After 24 years of growing Aspen Beverage to become the largest Cold Brew Coffee manufacturer globally, McNair sold the company in 2017 and formed a family office, McNair Java Partners, engaged in investing and launching new business ventures. He also serves on a variety of for-profit and non-profit boards.

McNair has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA in finance from the University of Houston. He began his career as part of a large consulting engineering group in Houston and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.

Chad has been married to Dr. Shelly McNair for 32 years. Dr. McNair is a partner with Southwest Children’s Center where she practices pediatrics. Chad & Shelly have two sons, one working in private wealth management and the other employed in food science, and a married daughter doing her pediatric residency at the University of Michigan.