Lauren Ackerman

Lauren Ackerman

INTRIGUING VINTNER Napa Valley vintner and community leader Lauren Ackerman never intended to enter the home restoration game. The creator of award- winning Ackerman Family Vineyards wines and recipient of the 2020 North Bay Women in Business Award became inexplicably...
Amanda McCrossin

Amanda McCrossin

INTRIGUING WINE AFICIONADO Amanda McCrossin’s favorite quote is from Steve Martin: ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’ “It’s simple and obvious, but it somehow works as a great mantra whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, or in need of a little direction,” said the wine...
Whitney Diver McEvoy

Whitney Diver McEvoy

INTRIGUING COMMUNITY LEADER When Whitney Diver McEvoy joined the Yountville Chamber of Commerce in 2016 as president  and   CEO,    her first goal was to rebuild the Chamber into an organization that could truly make a difference in the...
Napa Valley’s Most Intriguing 2020

Napa Valley’s Most Intriguing 2020

“If you have a taste for exceptional people, you always end up meeting them everywhere” – Pierre Mac Orlan   Whitney Diver McEvoy INTRIGUING COMMUNITY LEADER When Whitney Diver McEvoy joined the Yountville Chamber of Commerce in 2016 as president...
Ray Hanson

Ray Hanson

INTRIGUING JACK OF MANY TRADES Ray Hanson doesn’t retire well. The firefighter tried in 2009, but he soon was busy again. Fortunately, he had 650 Cabernet Sauvignon vines growing in his acre lot in Coombsville that had been sold to Caymus Vineyards, so he started...