Wendy Hogue

Wendy Hogue serves as a broker of alternative beverages in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. With almost two years in her current role, she previously spent time as a liquor broker and dedicated 35 years to owning and managing restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. A graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in business law from 1991, Hogue also spent seven years in Nashville, where she worked as Merle Haggard's personal assistant. She now focuses on distributing hemp-based alternative beverages and THC drinks, emphasizing education for staff and consumers in restaurants, bars, and stores throughout Northwest Florida via ElevatedAmbassadors.com. Hogue is actively building an alternative beverage distribution network that excludes alcohol, driven by her passion for the industry's shift toward healthier options. She credits her father for instilling a strong work ethic and the belief that individuals create their own limits, and she draws career guidance from Merle's advice to observe and absorb everything in her environment. Her core values include honesty, consistency, showing up daily, and going above and beyond to maintain client relationships.