Wine Country Water Summit
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Location: Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, CADate: July 16, 2009
The Wine Country Water Summit opened to a capacity crowd on July 16 as a team of leading water experts met for a powerful one-day summit to address water issues and develop workable conservation strategies facing the California business community.
Important and influential members of the business community were on hand to offer solutions and share insights. Speakers included:
• Larry Levine, Sonoma County Winegrape Commission, Emcee
• Brad Baker, Codding Enterprises
• J. Dietrich Stroeh, CSW/Stuber-Stroeh Engineering
• Susan Gorin, Mayor of Santa Rosa
• Dr. David Smith, Merritt Smith Consulting on Endangered Species
• Paul C. Gullixson, The Press Democrat
• Tim Parker, Groundwater/Well Monitoring Consultant
• Richard Dowd, Chairman of Santa Rosa PUC
• Grant Davis, Asst GM, Sonoma County Water Agency
• Sean White, Mendocino-Russian River Flood Board
• Mike Pechner, KCBS Meterologist
• Paul Kelley, Sonoma County Supervisor
• Dan Carlson, City of Santa Rosa Utilities Deputy/Recycle Water for Agriculture
• Nick Frey, President Sonoma County Winegrape Commission
• Robert Boller, VP Sustainability/Production Jackson Family Wines
• Keith Horn, Dir of North Coast Operations for Constellation Wines
• Pete Opatz, VP of Silverado Premier Properties
• Jack L. Rice, Associate Counsel, Natural Resources, CA Farm Bureau Federation
• Robert Merletti, President/Publisher V&WM Magazine (event host)
Some speaker presentations are available for download. Please visit the speaker biographies on the "speakers & topics" page.
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The Attendance extended beyond the borders of the wine industry as audience members networked with colleagues from geothermal industries, local government, water agencies, environmental groups, legal experts, the press, and other interested members of the community all of whom are affected by water usage for their business.
If you'd like to attend the next Wine Country Water Summit, please include your name on our mailing list. Either click on the icon above or call 800.535.5670.
This event has been proudly endorsed by the following entities:
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Thank you to the following businesses who have graciously supported this event through sponsorship:
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