HomePresenters 2016 Presenters Check out our 2016 presenters below. Click here to view our 2015 presenters. Keynote Presenters Vinnie Cilurzo Owner/Brewer Russian River Brewing Company Dave Engbers Co-Founder/Vice President/Director of Brand & Education Founders Brewing Company Randall Grahm Founder Bonny Doon Vineyard Matthew Hofmann Co-Founder, Master Distiller Westland Distillery Josh Jensen Proprietor/Winemaker/Generalissimo Calera Wine Company Alan Kropf Director of Education Anchor Distilling Co. Ken Schramm Owner Schramm's Mead Larry Vincent Founder & Chief Branding Officer UTA Brand Studio Damien Wilson Hamel Family Chair of Wine Business Education Sonoma State University Presenters Jim Cargill Winemaker and Manager House Family Vineyards Tammy Rosenblum Partner Moss Adams, LLP Ulli Bisono Co-Owner Half Moon Bay Distillery Mary Brettmann CPA, President Beverage Business Builders Fred Bueltmann Author | Independent Consultant | Beervangelist | Spirited Advisor | Certified Cicerone Jeff Cioletti Author, Editor at Large and Representative Year of Drinking Adventurously, Beverage World and Drinkable Media Jeff Clark Domain Expert – Wine & Craft Beverage Group Live Oak Bank Mike Colicchio Client Director - Beverage Alcohol West Nielsen David Cordtz CEO & Founder Sonoma Cider Fearon May Deweese Owner Fearon May Events, Patron Circle and Vintner Circle Director for Napa Valley Film Festival Michael Faircloth Merrill Lynch John Fisher Managing Director Fisher & Company Mike Giese Brand Manager Austin Hope Family Wines Krista Grove Bidwell Insurance Bethany Hatef Associate McDermott, Will & Emery LLP Julia Herz Craft Beer Program Director Brewers Association Sandra Hess Founder DTC Wine Workshops Steve Holt Managing Director Kirkstall Brewery and AVC/Vertical Drinks James Hrica Co-Owner East Cliff Brewing Denise Ingalls Owner/Founder Sky River Meadery Mike Kallenberger President Tropos Brand Consulting Jenni Karakasevic Co-Owner Charbay® Distillery & Winery Brian Kerester Partner Wood Warren & Co. Moose Koons Director of Sales and Marketing Peach Street Distillers Michael Korson Deputy Division Chief, Northern Division Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) Brian Lechner Vice President - Group Client Director The Nielsen Company Dustin LeMoine National Sales and Marketing Manager Avery Brewing Company Jon Lloyd Alcohol & Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) Richard Lyons Partner Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP Edward Martin Merril Lynch Phil May Merril Lynch Chris McElwain Attorney LaRiviere Grubman, PC Christian McMahan President Wachusett Brewing Company Mecaela Miller Creator and Owner The Rooted Fork Sarah Montague Chief Marketing Officer FARM Napa Valley, JaM Cellars Candace L. Moon, Esq. Founder The Craft Beverage Attorney, APC Carin Galletta Oliver Chief Innovation Officer Angelsmith, Inc Eric Oliver President & CEO Angelsmith, Inc. Eugene Pak Partner Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP Sarah Pearson Director of Marketing The Hess Collection Shannon Pestoni Partner Jelly Jar Wines Myles Pinfold MD and Director of Brand Strategy and Planning WPA Pinfold Ltd Alyssa Rapp Managing Partner AJR Ventures Craig Rashkis Attorney-at-Law Farwell Rashkis LLP Angela Reid Associate Creative Director tbd agency Rod Santos NorCal West Market Manager Drake's Brewing Company Scott Schiller Managing Director Thoroughbred Spirits Group, LLC David Schuemann Owner/Creative Director CF Napa Brand Design Dianna Stampfler President Promote Michigan Cynthia Sterling Principal/Creative Director Sterling Creativeworks Matt Toomey President/Co-Founder Social Bacon Vanessa Toves Owner BevLogik Scott Townsend Winemaker and Owner Russian Ridge Winery Christiane Silberwasser Distiller Pedro Mandinga Todd S. Webster, PhD, PE Regional Vice President Envirogen Technologies, Inc. Glenn Wensloff Owner Elutriate Systems Donald Winkle Attorney Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP