Karen Bryant is a chocolatier, a blogger and writer, a chocolate explorer and the Executive Director of the Fine Chocolate Industry Association. She is a graduate of Ecole Chocolat and the Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy and gained extensive knowledge about the US chocolate experience by logging over 10,000 miles over a 2-month period in 2015 meeting and interviewing over 90 of the country's most influential chocolate makers, chocolatiers and fine chocolate industry suppliers. Her goal is to broaden the US consumer's knowledge of the wide array of fine chocolate they can enjoy. She blogs about her journey in www.redwhiteandchocolate.com.