BARTENDER Spotlight: Ingrid Shawn Rodriguez

In Partnership with the USBG, BARTENDER Magazine is proud to highlight a USBG member each month!

This Month we are highlighting US Bartenders’ Guild President, Ingrid Shawn Rodriguez!

Hailing from sunny St. Pete, Ingrid Shawn Rodriguez is a whiskey-fueled force of nature and the powerhouse behind WhistlePig Whiskey in Florida, where she serves as U.S. Brand Educator and State Manager. Whether she’s jet-setting, preaching the pig, or turning the whiskey-curious into lifelong believers, Ingrid brings equal parts expertise, charisma, and controlled chaos to every room she enters.

As if one leadership role weren’t enough, Ingrid is proudly serving her third term as the National President of the United States Bartenders’ Guild, a non-profit professional organization that supports, connects, and educates bartenders and hospitality professionals across the U.S.

Known affectionately as the “Traveling Whiskey Fairy” and “Organizer of Chaos” , and the woman who somehow makes everything happen at once, she honed these skill during her 19 years undercover in the restoration construction industry before finally unleashing her full brilliance on the spirits world. She remains the Owner and General Contractor of Ingrid Shawn Corporation, an interior and exterior residential construction company in South Florida—because apparently she doesn’t believe in doing just one impressive thing.

Off the clock, Ingrid proudly holds her most coveted title: **human can opener and devoted meowma** to her skittens—Baby Mama, Buddy, and Mazda—who keep life fast, fuzzy, and delightfully unhinged. In her rare moments of stillness, she captures sunsets, rain clouds, and whatever chaos her cats are causing next.