Chief Executive Officer
Snow Farm Vineyard And Winery
• Successfully raised the capital for VT’s first commercial vineyard and grape winery, producing international award-winning wines and Lake Champlain Islands Chamber of Commerce’s 2004 Business of the Year.• Drafted and successfully lobbied for all laws establishing a grape and wine industry in VT.• Managed all business aspects of the operation including business development and expansion, branding, customer relations, human resources, legal, finances, legislation, marketing, advertising and promotion, event planning and execution, project implementation and management, physical plant, inventory control, website design, compliance, public relations, grant writing, sales and strategic planning. Concert series named one of eight “must do” events by Vermont Magazine.• Built Snow Farm brand and Vermont grape wine industry from scratch, receiving national and international exposure through brand awareness and achieving business objectives• Guest lecturer, speaker and/or panelist at Champlain College, Middlebury College, Paul Smiths College, Plattsburgh State College, University of Vermont, the Society for College and University Planners, Northeastern Organic Farmers Association, VT Farms!, and the VT Travel and Tourism Conference.• Wine Appreciation course instructor, University of Vermont.• Former Board Member – VT Chamber of Commerce, VT Farms! and Burlington City Arts.• Founding Member – VT Grape & Wine Council.• Vermont Agricultural Representative to Macedonia on behalf of the State Department and the VT National Guard in 2000 and 2003• Frequent On-Air Wine Consultant - “New England Cooks”• Subject of the television programs “Feast In The Making” (VT Public Television) and “Across The Fence” (WCAX, Burlington’s CBS affiliate) and articles in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Montreal Gazette, The Smithsonian Magazine, Wine Spectator Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Vermont Magazine and Vermont Life, among others.
