Shanda Lee’s tenure as the director of marketing for Gurkha Cigar Group Inc. did not last long.

The company announced that Lee is no longer with Gurkha; she took the job in March of this year.

“Shanda Lee is very knowledgeable in her field and we were looking forward to her being a long-term part of the Gurkha family but unfortunately the logistics didn’t work out for her to relocate to Fort Lauderdale so we wish her the very best,” said a company spokesperson.

Lee was hired after a lengthy tenure at J.C. Newman Cigar Co. as the vp of marketing.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.