Leadership

BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

Lauren Ackerman
Governance Committee Chair
Ackerman Family Vineyards

Robert R. Ackerman, Jr. (Vice Chair)
Managing Director, Allegis Capital; Owner, Ackerman Family Vineyards

Jacqueline Applebaum

Prescott Ashe
Managing Director, Golden Gate Capital

Ernest A. Bates, M.D.
Audit Committee Chair
Chairman and CEO, American Shared Hospital Services

Marcia Mondavi Borger

Stanley Cheng
Chairman/CEO, Meyer Corporation

Michael D. Dellar (Secretary)
Restaurant Operations Committee Chair
Co-Founder President and CEO, Lark Creek Restaurant Group

Joe Fischer
Finance Committee Chair
Partner, Harvest Financial

Karen Francis

Valerie Boyd Gargiulo
Gargiulo Vineyards

Agustin Huneeus
Proprietor, Quintessa Winery

Sandra Jordan
Sandra Jordan Wine Country Traditions

Darioush Khaledi
Proprietor, Darioush Winery

Garry K. McGuire, Jr. (President)
(Immediate Past Chairman)
Chairman, Icon Internet Ventures

Margrit Biever Mondavi
Vice President, Culture, Robert Mondavi Winery

Joseph G. Peatman (Chairman)
Executive Committee Chair
President/CEO, Gasser Foundation

William Price, III
Classic Wines of Sonoma, LLC

Wyman G. Smith, Esq.
Attorney, Gaw Van Male
Proprietor, One Lane Bridge Vineyard

Garen Staglin (Vice Chair)
Capital Campaign Steering Committee Chair
Special Advisor, FT Ventures

Carolyn Treiber
Co-Owner, Chicago White Metal Casting Inc.

Scott Weiss
Managing Director, Foster’s Wine Estates Americas

HONORARY TRUSTEES:

Eleanor Coppola
Owner, Niebaum-Coppola Winery

Hugh Johnson
Wine Critic, Author, Historian

Thomas Keller
Chef, Restaurateur, Author

Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Author & Publisher, The Wine Advocate

Jacques Pépin
Chef, Author, Teacher

Jancis Robinson, MW
Wine Writer, Web publisher, Broadcaster

Jacob Rothschild (Lord Rothschild OM GBE)
Waddesdon Manor

Martha Stewart
Founding Editorial Director, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.

Wayne Thiebaud
Artist

Alice Waters
Chef, Author, Restaurateur