As founder and president of Community Grains and co-owner of Oliveto restaurant in Oakland, Bob Klein has spent the last 10 years working to rebuild our local grain economy in Northern California. Besides being a prominent restaurateur, Bob has been a broadcast executive producer, a national program consultant, and developer/syndicator. With 38 years in media, he has produced hundreds of television programs including Bay Area Backroads, the highest rated locally produced series ever in the San Francisco market. From 1986-1997, Bob served as the Director of Program Development at Global Business Network (GBN). Before joining GBN, Bob was Executive Producer and Director of Program development for six years at KRON-TV in San Francisco. He also has eight years’ history with Westinghouse Broadcasting, with Group W Productions as Coordinating Producer for PM Magazine in its heyday, and with KPIX-TV in San Francisco as a producer. Bob is the recipient of the DuPont Columbia Award, a broadcast journalism award from the Columbia School of Journalism. He’s also earned several IRIS Awards, awarded by the National Association of Television Program Executives, and has received four Northern California Emmies. He holds a BA in English from San Francisco State College (now University), with additional master's work in film.