The mission, in one paragraph.
Mission Creep Coffee Distribution sources, roasts, and delivers green and roasted coffee beans of specialty grade — Q-rated 85.5 or higher. The company is owned by a US Navy disabled veteran. It is based in Chester, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. A portion of every order funds anti-venom research and ongoing discovery in Alzheimer's and Dementia.
What came before.
For over fifteen years we operated a private medical pipeline that delivered complex spine and cranial surgeries for Special Forces and government entities. We briefed policy and decision makers on the most advanced options available for the war fighters they were responsible for. We carried weight in rooms where care decisions get made.
Coffee was the constant — the cup that started every brief, every airframe call, every late-night O.R. When we decided to build something of our own, we decided to source it the way we sourced everything else. Highest standard. In service of something larger.
The team behind it.
Names on the masthead. Photos coming.
★ Photographs forthcoming — placeholders shown. John Asay's full contact details are on the Wholesale page.
Supporters & investors.
People who put their names on the line for what we're building.
- Annan H. Siddiqui, MD — CEO & CMO, Jacobs Institute, Williamsville, NY
- Kenneth Snyder, MD, PhD — Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Buffalo
- Brett Schlifka, DO — Veteran (Lt Col, US Army), Neurosurgery / Spine
- Timothy Witham, MD — Veteran (US Air Force Flight Surgeon), Academic Orthopedic / Spine
- Steve Stivers — Veteran (Brig Gen, Ohio NG), President & CEO Ohio Chamber of Commerce, former US Rep (OH-15)
- Kereakos Zuras — Business Turnaround Strategist; former advisor, Presidential Small Business Advisory Council; RNC
- Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD — Colonel (Ret.), US Army; Founding Director, DARPA Bio-Tech Office; Professor, Johns Hopkins
- Joseph Love, DO FACS — Veteran (Lt Col, US Air Force), USA Distribution Liaison; Trauma Medical Director, Integris Health (OKC)
- Franco E. Vigna, MD, MPH, FAAOS — Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Florida
Special thanks & recognition.
A network built across more than fifteen years of medical, military and policy work — recognized here with gratitude. Many of those named below supported the founder's prior work in surgical care for Special Forces; we honor that legacy as we build this one.
Special thanks to the ownership of the following professional NHL & NFL teams.
- Buffalo Sabres
- Buffalo Bills
- Madison Square Garden (MSG)
- NY Rangers
- Boston Bruins
- Dallas Stars
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Pat LaFontaine, NHL HOF
Actors.
- Tony Danza
- Joe Mantegna
Other friends & partners.
- Marriott Hotel
- Shaner Group
- JetBlue
Military leadership.
- SOCOM
- FORSCOM
- MEDCOM
- USAFRICOM
- USASOC
- DARPA · NIH · VA
- MTFs · Walter Reed
- SEALs / Delta
- Night Stalkers
- 10th Mountain
- Recon
- Green Berets
- Military Sea Lift Command
Medical research & hospital leadership.
- Jacobs Institute (JI)
- University of Buffalo Neurosurgery (UBNS)
- Kaleida Health
- Catholic Health
- Buffalo General Hospital
GO NAVY.