Qualifications:

• An unyielding passion for hospitality, food and wine, manifested in a drive to see Client’s excel in their businesses
• The only American to ever graduate from a prestigious private German Hotel & Restaurant Management School in 60+ years http://www.wihoga.de/
• Seattle Area Washington Restaurant Association marketing, sales and political grassroots coordinator
• Culinary Arts Instructor– Art Institute of Seattle & Seattle Central Community College Culinary Program
• Director of Promotions and Retail sales for two WA wineries
• Washington Wine Commission – Contract Event Planner
• Advertising Agency Sales Experience
• Extensive Sales Experience, including cold calling, territory sales & “street” experience
• Over 30 years of high level Food & Beverage operations experience, specializing in new property openings, internationally and in the United States for such well-respected operations as Ritz-Carlton & Regent International