About Fumée

Fumée, the feminine French word for “smoke” was chosen to reflect the feminine ownership of the company. Fumée is owned by Heather Haddad, who discovered her love of cigars when she was eighteen. She began a quest to bring beauty to the art of cigar smoking, and along the way discovered another passion: entrepreneurship. Thus, the two passions have naturally collided, resulting in our company.

Heather Haddad, President

Heather Haddad is a native of California who grew up in Tucson, AZ. She graduated from the University of Arizona, later obtaining her MBA at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Heather began smoking at the age of 18 and had always dreamed of owning her own cigar business. After graduation she decided to move to Texas because of the low taxes and lack of a statewide smoking ban. She resides in Austin with her husband Anthony, her cat Rambo, and dog Murphy.

Heather is a board member of the Texas Cigar Merchants Association, which combats smoking bans and taxes in Texas. She is the main contributor to http://twitter.com/TxCMA and the Fumée http://twitter.com/Fumee account. Heather is an IPCPR member and a Certified Tobacco Apprentice.

Ralph Pina, Vice-President

Ralph Pina was born in Cuba, moving to the US at the age of 11. He has lived and worked in Miami, DC, Detroit, Monterey, and now Austin, TX. He received his undergraduate degree at Florida International University, and his MBA at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Having worked in government and large companies, he decided to join Heather in starting Fumée. He lives with his wife Johanna, their dog Rocco, and their cat Bella.

Ralph is a board member of the Texas Cigar Merchants Association, which combats smoking bans and taxes in Texas. He is the main contributor to the Fumée Facebook Page . Ralph is an IPCPR member and a Certified Tobacco Apprentice.

His personal blog and website is http://ralphfortexas.com.

He tweets (twitters?) at twitter.com/ralph_pina.

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