Ad hoc Committee

Nominating Committee

This committee’s charge is to give due consideration to the Board of Director nominations received every February. Committee members will acquire the consent of the nominees (by phone or email) and submit to the Board of Directors for approval by a majority vote a slate consisting of at least two (2) candidates for each Board position to be vacated. This committee meets up to two (2) times by conference/video call. 

This committee consists of eight (8) members of which at least one (1) and not more than three (3) are elected Board members and the rest are other Professional members. Committee members are typically selected every November/December to be approved by the ASEV Board of Directors in January.
  • Anita Oberholster (Chair), University of California, Davis
  • Lise Asimont, Foley Family Wines, California
  • Kristen Barnhisel, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, California
  • Leticia Chacón-Rodríguez, University of California, Davis 
  • Robert Coleman, Treasury Wine Estates, California
  • Matt Frank, Trinchero Family Estates, California
  • Misha Kwasniewski, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  • Anna Katharine Mansfield, Cornell University, New York