Megan has 30 years of experience in hospitality and event planning. After studying theater in college, she began traveling, eventually settling in Stockholm, Sweden which she utilized as her home-base to tour Europe. During this time, she fell in love with food culture. Megan started her career in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she worked in the restaurant industry, organic grocery stores, as a personal assistant, and au’pair. She moved to Nevada County in 2002 and is grateful to call it home since. Megan recognized the need for an innovative enterprise that would also support her family’s needs. Thus, Polly’s Paladar Supper Club was born. She specializes in complex, high-profile events and particularly enjoys working for causes that benefit the environment, children, indigenous rights, and women’s rights issues. She is a proud member of Equity at the Table, a practical and proactive response to the blatant gender and racial discrimination that plagues the food industry. EATT is an easy-to-navigate database for food industry professionals featuring only women/gender non-conforming individuals and focusing primarily on POC and the LGBTQ community. It’s better to “build a longer table, not a higher fence.”2019 was her eighth year as Executive Director of Polly’s Paladar Supper Club. She has since started her own wine company and hopes to bring a greater wine culture awareness to Nevada City as well as accepted the role of restaurant manager at Lola in the National Exchange Hotel.