Jeff is the owner/operator at Riverside Cigars, which he conceived and founded in 2011 in response to the lack of boutique cigars and cigar education in the Louisville area. Well, that, and he was tired of arguing everyday after 22 years in the auto business. After a year of watching people run the bar next door into the ground, he started planning what he would do if he could ever get his hands on the 2,110 square feet next door to the cigar shop. Let's just put it this way. Your jazz on vinyl, your bourbon in a glass, your premium cigar in hand. Want to know more? Come on by and see what we have for you.

Sara is Jeff’s better, younger half and co-owner of Match Lounge. She is the only Louisville native of the group and has spent most of her life living in the area. Sara attended Louisville Collegiate School followed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her background includes sales, advertising and design. Sara was influential in the opening of Riverside Cigars with Jeff in 2011. Being a wine lover more than a cigar connoisseur, she figured why not launch ANOTHER, more fitting venture while they were on a roll.
 
Sara is responsible for the look, feel and atmosphere in Match, including the comfy leather chairs in the lounge, custom-made tabletops of reclaimed wood from the Wild Turkey distillery, and unique bar stools formed from bourbon barrel staves. She is also the resident “hostess with the mostess” and would love for you to stop by and enjoy a handcrafted cocktail or glass of “Chardy” with her.

After 25 years in the financial industry, Mark realized he didn't like it even a tiny amount. He envied people who made their hobbies a job, and finally decided that if he couldn't beat them, he might as well join them.

Mark has 18 years experience as a brewer and winemaker. He has won multiple awards as an amateur brewer, has judged at contests, trained under professional brewers, brewed on 10 barrel systems, and just wishes he could remember it all because it's already more than you know (well, maybe) and he would love to pass his knowledge to you.

Mark has also been passionate about cigars since his first (and only) box of King Edwards that he bought back in college when the dinosaurs still inhabited the earth.

He tends to approach most things in life from a really odd angle, creating his own kind of parallel universe that is slightly off center. He's not exactly sure which way his universe points, but rest assured he is dedicated to making your smoking and drinking experience the best it can possibly be!

Veronica originally called San Diego home, but found her way to Louisville back in 2003. She has over 15 years of experience in the service industry, which drove her to seek out a higher fulfillment in providing top notch service to those that sought it. After returning to college at Sullivan University for a Bachelor Degree in Hospitality Management, she discovered a passion she never knew existed. Upon meeting Albert Schmid, Author of the Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook, she found herself intrigued in all things Bourbon and decided to complete an additional degree at Sullivan in Beverage Management. While most feel that they majored in beverage management in college through consumption, this is a serious degree that is offered.

Finding her way to the beginnings of Match Lounge in Jeffersonville is something she describes as "a dream come true." Veronica overseeing the Menu design, cocktails, and the educational backbone to the bar offerings is something she cannot wait to introduce to the 'Sunny Side of Louisville." She claims she herself "does not consume alcohol! She drinks distilled spirits so as to be a spiritual educator!"