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Elaine Honig Elaine dreamt up Wine Women & Shoes as a fundraiser for a Napa Valley non-profit agency and a marketing opportunity for Honig wines (a marvelous win-win). The formula proved irresistible: One event quickly turned into ten, and Elaine devoted herself wholeheartedly to the feel-good, do-good mission of WW&S. In addition to her business interests, Elaine is also actively involved in the Napa community. She has served on the Boards of the Napa County Farm Bureau and Napa County Sierra Club, and the Board of Trustees of the Napa County Land Trust, most recently as Chairman of the Board. In 2013, she chaired the e-Auction for the world-renowned Napa Valley Wine Auction. She has been honored for her professional and community contributions, including receiving the Common Threads Award for Outstanding Women in Agriculture. Today, she makes her home in St. Helena with her adorable and much-loved dog, Houdini. |
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Sarah Obialero As they say, "if the shoe fits, wear it," and Sarah is our glass slipper. She has graphics, wine, event, and luxury retail experience, all rolled into one super cute package. Originally from Ithaca, NY (her love of wine began in NY wine country), Sarah began her marketing career designing graphics and promotional materials for Ithaca's Hangar Theatre. In 2004, she made the cross-country journey to join her then-boyfriend/now husband in San Diego, where In her free time, you can likely find her in her running shoes with her chocolate lab Porter or in her tennis shoes with her husband. |
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Rebekah Weeman Living in Istanbul may have played a seven-year supporting role in her life, but this third generation San Franciscan has planted her soles in Napa Valley where philanthropy and motherhood now take center stage. Rebekah's degree in Cultural Anthropology from Mills College combined with caregiver support through programs like Napa Valley Hospice & Adult Day Services, enable her to patiently juggle the management of the WW&S® winery relationships with the needs of our charity partners, as well as her three-year old son. When she's not procuring wineries for WW&S® events, she lends nonprofit industry insight to the WWS team through experience as a member of the Board of Directors for the Tug McGraw Foundation and a volunteer for the Community Programs & Grants division of Napa Valley Community Foundation. Whether she's on the green in her golf cleats, attending SF Giants baseball games, or entertaining wine country visitors with her impressive ballroom boogie shoes, Rebekah savors life to the fullest and brings an infectious passion for giving and an enthusiastic spark to the WW&S® team. |
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Kimberly Miller Kimberly is also the Editor of Napa Sonoma magazine and lives on Blackbird Vineyards in Napa, with her fiance Michael Polenske and her Yorkie, Duke. She is head-over-heels happy to be part of the WW&S® team!
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Ann Trinca With a background in the non-profit art world and curating and organizing art shows, Ann brings considerable experience and talent to her WW&S winery communications and logistics role. She has worked with some of the most progressive art institutions in the Bay Area, including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and SFMOMA in San Francisco, Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, and di Rosa in Napa. Putting her Masters' in Arts Administration to work, she founded the Nest hybrid gallery in Napa, and now runs an alternative art space in Calistoga called ECHO. Ann serves on the Board of the Arts Council of Napa Valley, supporting their vision to nourish a vibrant art scene in the Napa Valley. In addition to her professional smarts and talents, she's a photographer, cat-lover, and magazine hoarder. She is deeply inspired by the power of Wine, Women & Shoes in bringing the arts of fashion, winemaking, and philanthropy together in one glittery package to benefit communities across the country. |
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Sheila Moody Sheila likes to say, “Life’s short. Your shoes don’t have to be.” She lives this motto with gusto. An accomplished entrepreneur and business owner, she began one of the country's most successful Homes & Land Magazine franchises, where she made a career of helping Realtors and brokers successfully implement and maintain integrated marketing campaigns. Previously, she was a national sales manager for an Atlanta based plastics broker, where she became a seasoned sales professional and mastered building partnerships. Sheila and her husband, Randall, have three children and live on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Having a passion for non-profits, she stays involved in the community through various philanthropies, churches and schools. When she is not busy with business and the needs of her children, she enjoys travel, tennis, snow skiing, running, yoga and entertaining. She is always eager to raise awareness for worthwhile charities and put together thriving partnerships on their behalf. |
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Celia Carey How-To Editor As a filmmaker, photographer & writer, Celia works on projects around the world for various media. Her recent films for PBS earned numerous awards, including nine Emmys. Celia contracted a “shoe condition” while living in New York City and London. Friends representing Italian shoe designers often gave her high-end runway samples. She usually stowed one pair (with a LBD) in her backpack to far-flung sites, such as volcanoes in the Andes of Colombia. “Well,” she says, “You go through Bogota. You never know.” On assignment in Napa, she met a handsome & smart sommelier named Sean Meyer. They married and now reside in Yountville with their two-year-old daughter Vivienne. Celia’s thrilled to find WW&S— an organization combining her philanthropic nature, footwear preoccupation, and vino veneration. She holds an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University. |
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Robin currently residing in the quaint town of Kimberton (west of Philly) with her husband Robert. Now that the boys are finally out of the house, Robin quips "I adore my boys, but I'm ready to be surrounded by sole sisters who will hand me a glass of wine when my shoes hurt!" |
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Suzanne Rathbone Whether she’s in Muck Boots, riding horses or strutting in Jimmy Choos at a gala, Sue never hesitates to step up to a challenge and is eager to bring her passion for project development, her instincts as a philanthropist, and her “girls just want to have fun” philosophy to WW&S®. With a variety of interest, she was executive producer of a theatrical film and an author of a children's book. An accomplished equestrian, Sue has work in every aspect of the equine industry from training race horses to helping establish a new rare breed in the US. An avid student in the wine industry, Sue was a partner in a Napa Valley vineyard and winery featuring Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon. Excited to be joining the WW&S® east coast expansion team, Sue splits her time between Chester County Pennsylvania and Yountville, California, where you’ll see her biking with her Jack Russell, Karma, in the basket.
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