MEET THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
for the Year 2008

President
KATIE WETZEL MURPHY
Katie is a partner in Alexander Valley Vineyards founded by her family in 1965. She works on sales and special events for AVV, is president of Sonoma Country Day School Parents, oversees Sunday school at St. Paul’s Church in Healdsburg, and is married to Dennis Murphy and they have three children.

Vice-President
BILL ESSELSTEIN
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Treasurer
EDWARD G. BEDDOW
Ed lives above southern Alexander Valley. A resident of the valley beginning in 1999, Ed grows Cabernet Sauvignon in his hillside vineyard.  He is also treasurer and a director of Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County, an avid fly fisherman and an investment advisor in Healdsburg and San Francisco.

Secretary
KARIN WARNELIUS MILLER
Karin entered the wine world when her family immigrated from Sweden and purchased a vineyard north of Geyserville in 1974. She is a partner in Garden Creek Vineyards which began producing wine in 2001. She works on all sales and marketing. Karin also owns and runs Terra Sonoma Food Company. She lives with her husband, Justin Miller and their daughter and son on their family ranch.

CHRIS BINGHAM - NEW BOARD MEMBER
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ALLISON DORAN
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TERRY GREENAN
Terry moved to Geyserville in 1997 to get back to his family roots of farming. He has previously served on the Redwood Shores board in Redwood City, CA and on the Geyserville Planning Committee. For the past 15 years, Terry has owned his own sign design business. He is married with three children.

MIKE HOLDEN - NEW BOARD MEMBER
Mike moved to the valley with his wife Annie and their 3 young children in 2003. A native of England Mike became an American Citizen in 2000. All his working life Mike has been involved in the Wines & Spirits industry, currently he is COO of Francis Ford Coppola Presents LLC where he oversees their Food, Wine & Restaurant Divisions.

KAREN MALEY
Karen moved to the valley in 1999 with her husband Craig MacDonald and they have two children. She and her husband are partners with Pat Stryker in Stryker Sonoma Winery. She also sits on the Board of the Sonoma County Vintners Association.