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Napa, California, United States

Responsibilities include contracting, planning, and producing on and off-premise events for the winery including visitor center, wine club, private/corporate educational events, trade, and internal company functions. Additional duties include budget creation, financial reporting, P&L responsibilities, culinary & hospitality program development, team education & development (both personal and professional). Also very proudly a member of Cakebread's DEIB Council

Rutherford, Napa, California

In this role, I continue to work on all aspects of the guest experience for VIP consumers, groups, and trade, and now adding Social Media management. I now help manage all aspects the winery's Social Media Marketing, including the creation and management of the calendar, campaigns, and content/posts/ads across all channels (Instagram/Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/Pinterest/Google/YouTube).

Rutherford, Napa Valley, California

In this role, I work on all aspects of the guest experience for VIP consumers, groups, and trade to ensure they are offered world class hospitality from the time of reservation to the time of execution...and more! This includes maintaining a welcoming environment and providing unforgettable experiences at the winery. I also lead outreach with focus on local restaurants. I also manage all special events onsite and lead & direct the activities of the Visitor Center team to achieve our priorities: building our fanbase, expanding our Wine Club Family, consumer and trade guest experiences, profit generation, and brand promotion.

Florida, United States

Sarasota, Florida

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Ponce City Market, Atlanta, Ga

- Member of opening management team, creating beverage program from scratch, including all wine & beer lists, and high-level cocktail program. Additionally, responsible for new hire beverage training program and ongoing education, including but not limited to regular tastings, seminars/classes, and written materials.- Responsible for providing guests with memorable wine experiences by exposing them to the diversity and excitement of wine through a dynamic and top-notch wine list, classes, dinners, and tasting events.- Responsible for creating & maintaining distributor and vendor relationships for all things beverage related.- Duties included creating & maintaining wine, beer, and cocktail menus, managing all physical inventory using BinWise beverage inventory platform, regularly creating & analyzing detailed financial reports (inventory, P&L, sales/product mix, forecasts, etc) facilitating interesting beverage-centric programming for guests, and creatively & effectively educating the service staff on a regular basis.

Napa, Ca

- Guardian of the P&L and responsible for optimizing the use of all City Winery spaces through private events, concerts, food & beverage programming, restaurant dining, beer brewing, winemaking, and retail sales; initiating & promoting a constant flow of communication between department heads to ensure that all areas are in harmony with each other and have a healthy team mentality; emphasize the importance of our brand and marketing initiatives across all management & department heads; analyzing weekly/monthly/yearly profit & loss reports to make wise decisions regarding service, programming, inventory, expenses, and all other areas of the P&L in order to drive an efficient profit margin across the board.- Responsible for providing guests with memorable wine experiences by exposing them to the diversity and excitement of wine through a dynamic and top-notch wine list, classes, dinners, and tasting events.- Duties included creating & maintaining wine, beer, and cocktail menus, managing all physical inventory using BinWise beverage inventory platform, creating & analyzing detailed financial reports monthly/quarterly/yearly (inventory, P&L, product mix/sales, forecasts, etc) facilitating interesting beverage-centric programming for guests, and creatively & effectively educating the service staff on a regular basis.- Responsible for all sales, negotiations and contracting of private events; finalizing & executing all private events; creating all department forecasting documents, cost vs. revenue reporting (P&L), and collecting event payments; creating and facilitating outreach initiative, driving in new clientele and maintaining & building existing event relationships.

Napa, California

- Member of opening management team, building FOH management and service teams from scratch. Also responsible for new hire service training program. - Responsible for providing support to the GM in day-to-day operations and acting as de facto leader in lieu of the GM’s presence; practicing methodologies that drive both top and bottom line margins in all possible areas; driving management focus on labor margins and overall COGS; building human capital through strategic hiring and mentoring; providing support for interdepartmental communications; creating and launching new initiatives to drive top line revenue.

Greater New York City Area

- Responsible for providing guests with memorable wine experiences by exposing them to the diversity and excitement of wine through a dynamic and top-notch wine list, classes, dinners, and tasting events.- Duties included creating & maintaining wine, beer, & spirits lists, managing wine inventory using first AccuBar and then BinWise beverage inventory system, facilitating interesting wine-centric programming for guests, and creatively & effectively educating the service staff.

Greater New York City Area

- Responsible for directing service operations and ensuring effective employee management while teaching and maintaining a high level of service and guest satisfaction.- Duties included hiring/firing, training, and scheduling of all Front-of-House service staff (servers, bartenders, food runners, bussers, and Wine Captains/Sommeliers), managing performance discipline/praise and documentation, and keeping lines of communicate clear with other departments heads (Executive Chef, Private Events, Winery/Winemaking, Shows/Booking).

New York, Ny

- Responsible for high-level sales & negotiations and large-scale event execution; Responsible for department forecasting & cost vs. revenue reporting;

Greater New York City Area

- Responsible for low- to mid-level sales & negotiations and low-scale event execution; created department filing system; general clerical duties

Greater New York City Area

- Volunteer work with event-specific duties, and general office duties - Also assisted with outreach programs, created lead database, and assisted other departments with projects as needed.

Orlando, Fl

Orlando, Florida

Certified Sommelier

Level 3 Award, Wine, Passed With Merit

Certified Beer Server (Level 1)

Certified Sake Advisor

Level 2 Award, Wine & Spirits, Passed With Distinction

Certificate - Frec Course 1, Real Estate

Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Pre-Licensure Course (FREC Course 1)