Farming and Business

Assistant to the US Ex Dir. & Temporary Alternate Dir.; World Bank, Wash. DC. 1970-1972
Assistant to the Chair. & Dir; Arthur Lipper Corp., New York, NY 1972-1973
Founder, owner, and operator; Mountain Cove Vineyards, Lovingston, VA 1973-present
Founding Partner; Weed & Crabill Public Accountants, Lovingston, VA 1976-1980
President and CEO; General Wood Processors, Easley, SC 1980-1981
Contract trainer for airport baggage security personnel 2002

Agricultural and Business Leadership

President and Director; Nelson County Chamber of Commerce 1974-1977
President; Virginia Wineries Association 1983-1984
Member; Virginia Agri-Business Council's State Advisory Committee 1989-1992
Director; Jeffersonian Wine Grape Growers Society 1988-2002
Member; Virginia Winegrowers Advisory Board (VWAB) 1990-1996
Director; Virginia Wineries Association 1994-1995
Member; Leadership Council, Virginia Tech College of Agriculture 1995-2004
Member; Virginia Farm Bureau Wine and Grape Committee 2001-present

Community Leadership

Charter Director; Nelson Jaycees 1974-1977
Founding President; Nelson County Historical Society 1975
President and Trustee; Jefferson-Madison Regional Library 1976-1980
Chairman; Capital Fund Drive, Blue Ridge Medical Center 1990-1994
Organizer and Chairman; Nelson County Summer Festival 1991-1994
Founding President; Nelson County Tourism Council 1992-1994
Member; Nelson County Comprehensive Plan Update Committee 1993
Member and Economic Committee Chair; T. Jefferson Sustainability Council 1994-2000 Director; Nelson County Drama Foundation 1996-1999
Trustee; Horizon Institute for Policy Solutions 1998
President; Horizon Institute for Policy Solutions 1999
Founding President; Rural Nelson 1999-2003
Vice President; Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP) 2002-present
Trustee; Virginia Land Conservation Fund 2002-present
Chairman, Public Policy Virginia 2004-present

Lay Leader

Senior Warden, Lay Reader; Trinity Episcopal Church, Oak Ridge, VA 1975-2001
Chairman; Stewardship Committee, Episcopal Diocese of SW VA 1990-1992
Member; Standing Committee, Episcopal Diocese of SW VA 1994-1996

Education

B.A., cum laude, Latin American Studies (With Highest Honors) Yale University 1968
M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs,
Princeton University 1970