OVERVIEW

·         I have been an officer, board member, and manager at several non-profit arts organizations

·         I am also skilled and experienced in producing and marketing for the performing arts, and in place marketing

·         I am also skilled, experienced, and active in business (marketing, sales, brand management, strategic planning, product development, production planning, compliance)

·         I have been a farmer (grapes and pears), a manager (theater companies and wineries), and a small-business owner-operator (wine bar, marketing communication company, wine importer)

·         I communicate clearly, to make things happen, to achieve desired outcomes

·         I am pragmatic, creative, and good-humored

ARTS

·         Board of Directors, Davis Community Chorale 2015-2020

·         Founder, Partner, Performer, Espressivo! Chamber Theatre 2009-2013

·         Company Member & Board of Directors, Central Coast Shakespeare Festival 2008-2013

·         Board of Directors, Arts Council of San Luis Obispo County 2012-2013

·         Board of Directors, Arts Council of Mendocino County 2003-2007

·         Executive Director, Ukiah Players Theatre 2004-2007

·         Theater Instructor (part-time), Mendocino College 2006-2007

WINE & DESTINATION MARKETING

·         Winery GM Selections, LLC, proprietor (wine business consulting, importer and wholesaler licenses to facilitate new brand introductions in the USA) 2016-2022

·         Marketing Director, Middleton Family Wines 2007-2016

·         Wine Buyer / Partner Alegria Wine and Ware (wine shop and wine bar) 2011-2013

·         Creative Director, Mendocino Wine Company 2005-2007

·         Marketing Manager / Administrator, GoMendo (Mendocino County Visitors Bureau) 2003-2007

·         Marketing & Business Consultant, partner, Rainmaker Marketing 2002-2007

·         Creative Director, Phillips-Hogue 2001-2002

·         Marketing Director, Vintage New World, 1995-2001

·         Marketing Consultant, owner-operator Creating Business 1990-1995

·         Director of Sales & Marketing, Konocti Winery 1987-1990

·         Communications Director, Fetzer Vineyards 1982-1987

FOOD & AGRICULTURE

·         Grape and Pear Farming, Lake County CA 1990-1999

·         Wine Grape Broker, Lake County Vintners, a grape growers' cooperative 1990-1993

·         Director, Slow Food, San Luis Obispo County chapter 2010-2013

·         Director, Slow Food, Mendocino County chapter 1986-1988

EDUCATION

·         BA honors, and graduate studies in History, U.C.Davis 1976-1981

·         Graduate studies in Modern European History and Humanities