World of Coffee San Diego 2026

Beth Spong
CEO
Dean's Beans Organic Coffee


After a career in nonprofit consulting and leadership, Beth joined Dean’s Beans in 2022. Her work was instrumental in their transition to a worker-owned cooperative when founder, Dean Cycon, retired. Dean’s Beans is a 33-year-old Fair Trade organic coffee roaster, using specialty coffee as a vehicle for positive change. While paying Fair Trade prices, they also fund social, economic and environmental projects led by farmers. Spong is proud of their commitment to putting people and planet before profit. They recently earned a B Impact Score of 168.5, making Dean’s Beans the highest scoring B Corp-certified coffee company in the world.

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