Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust (DTT) has hired its first In-House Sales Representative. The company has announced that Edca Quinones will be filling that role covering the State of Florida. Quinones will be reporting to Vice President David Lafferty.
Quinones started her career at Executive Cigar in the Sanford, Florida location as a tobacconist and eventually their Cigar Manager. In late 2022, she joined Cigar Hustler in Deltona, Florida, as a Sales Associate, where she remained until January 2025. Simultaneously, she was also part of the sales team at Zander-Greg, representing a variety of brands they distribute.
“Most young companies in our industry focus on their Sales Teams very early on, but I have done the exact opposite,” stated Steve Saka, the Founder and Co-Owner of DTT. He continued, “Product has always been first – in my opinion, if you always strive to make the best, the market will reward you with success. Finding people to ‘sell’ of our puros has been far less important than having a person who truly loves cigars, can connect in the right way with our customers, understands our unique ethos so they can represent who we are as a family business. These types of people are far rarer than you would think. It took nearly 5 years for us to add David Lafferty as our VP of Sales and now nearly almost 5 years later Edca will be joining us. We weren’t actively looking, but by happenstance I met her at an event and found her to be impressive in all the right ‘not-your- typical-sales-weenie’ ways. So, it is great to be able to welcome her to the DTT family.”
Photo Credit: Supplied by Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust.
