Joe is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Chocolatania. He grew up in Okinawa, Japan and in Seoul, South Korea. He attended the University of Maryland in Munich, Germany where he studied acting. He is an accomplished portrait artist, ballroom dance instructor, voice instructor, and food innovator. He is the former owner of a successful smoothie shop on Cape Cod and he is known to many as “Top Chef” because of his innovative recipes.

Mark has been involved in Chocolatania from day one in the areas of sales, marketing, packaging, organizational development, investor outreach, and business strategy. He has spent his career as a City Manager and County Administrator. He is the former Chairman of the Business Management Department at Southern Vermont College in Bennington. Mr. Latour has two Master’s Degrees including an MBA, and has managed multi-million dollar budgets.