Strictly Business on KSVY

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Karissa Kruse - CEO and President of the Sonoma County Winegrowers (SCW) We will talk about: SCW is a marketing and educational organization dedicated to increase the value of Sonoma County wine grapes and to nurture and protect this agricultural resource for future generations. sonomawinegrape.org/

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Dermot Coll, Co-Owner Murphy’s Irish Pub, Sonoma We will talk about: 1) why/how you became involved in Irish-focused hospitality, 2) your more than 25 year ownership of the Abbey Tavern, 3) how you manage both the construction business and the restaurant/pub business, 4) why you acquired Murphy’s in 2017, 5) how Murphy’s differs from the Abbey Tavern, 6) h...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Ron Lawson, Managing Director, LOGIC Advisors LLC We will talk about: 1) your years in commodities trading, 2) your 20 years of LOGIC Advisors and Steadfast Futures and Options 3) why you chose Sonoma for LOGIC headquarters, 4) the applicability of commodities to portfolio planning and diversification 5) the use of commodities hedging in ag management, 6)...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Debbie Ratner - Owner, Bossa Nova Clothing on Broadway We will talk about: 1) your years in the retail business - how/why you started in the industry, 2) the challenge of being the owner of a boutique clothing store - hours, pricing of garments, carrying of inventory, etc., 3) your years as a buyer of women’s fashions, 4) how you ‘speculate’ on what women...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Ananda Sweet - CEO, Santa Rosa Metro Chamber of Commerce We will talk about: 1) your recent appointment as CEO of SRMC, 2) your being the first female CEO of SRMC in its 118 years, 3) the difference between being interim CEO and CEO in terms of leadership and policy making, 4) how your leadership will differ from past direction and results, 5) size of Sant...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Jeff Schween, real estate columnist for the Press Democrat We will talk about: 1) your years in Sonoma County residential real estate, 2) a historical perspective on cycles in the real estate industry you have had to contend with, 3) the current state of North Bay residential real estate, 4) the indicators you look for to suggest upturns and downturns in t...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Vicki Handron, Sonoma Immigrant Services We will talk about: 1) your work with Sonoma Immigration Services, 2) your perspective on the economic contribution of immigration to Sonoma County (we would make use of other sources of statistics, too), 3) how the ‘immigrant experience’ in Sonoma has changed over the years, 4) immigrant success stories (not by nam...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Saul Gropman, Former Owner, Cafe LaHaye We will talk about: How he’s been spending his first days of retirement? What made him decide to sell the restaurant? What did he enjoy most about running a restaurant/ What were the biggest headaches running a restaurant? How did Cafe LaHaye handle Covid? What do you plan to do in retirement? He has taught classical...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Megan Gorman, Author and founder, managing partner of Chequers Financial Management, We will talk about: 1) why you wrote the book, 2) which Presidents you might have assumed to have been most successful in managing their money, when you started 3) results which surprised you, 4) lessons on managing personal wealth which readers will learn, 5) Presidents w...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Samantha Paone - Founder, Golden State Pickle Works We will talk about: How Sam first got interested in pickling, fermenting and sustainability Sam has been a vendor at the Sonoma Farmer’s Market for 10 years - we’ll talk about how that started and what role the market plays in her overall business strategy Golden State Pickle Works - what the business doe...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Glenn Proctor - Partner, The Ciatti Company and Owner Puccioni Ranch We will talk about: 1) your family’s history in Dry Creek, 2) your years in the wine industry as a vineyard owner, 3) your becoming co-owner of the world’s largest broker of bulk wine and grapes, 4) how you manage to do both, 5) trends in the California wine industry over the past 7-8 yea...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Katherine Fulton, Philanthropy Expert We will talk about: 1) How & why you got started in philanthropy, 2) Why your shift from journalism to philanthropy?, 3) Your years at Monitor Institute (how to define a ‘social sector consulting firm’), 4) How one should ‘think about’ philanthropy - selfless giving or having a say in the outcome, 5) Should social...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guests: Sidney Jean Painter & Mary Lee Rybar Topic: This is the second annual “Holiday Show”. Sidney, Kip’s spouse and Mary Lee, Scot’s spouse. Join us for a free flowing conversation about holiday happenings in Sonoma and around and beyond. maryleerybar.com

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Harvey Cohen We will talk about: 1) your years in the food service industry, 2) how and why you chose to enter it, 3) why you focused on donuts, especially ‘mini donuts’ 4) how many different kinds of donuts you make, 5) which types of donuts sell best, how you define ‘gourmet’ donuts, 6) how you market your company, 7) how consumer tastes in donuts have c...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Sherry & Jeff Soleski, Comet Corn Popcorn, Inc. We will talk about: 1) your 20+ years making and selling Comet Corn 2) how and why you got started in the business, 3) the origin of the brand name, 4) your ability to sell into a very competitive market, 5) how and where you sell the product, 6) how you develop new popcorn flavors, 7) competitive factors...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guests: Vivien Straus & Michael Straus - Cheese Trail We will talk about: 1) 15 years of the Cheese Trail, 2) Vivien’s avowed ‘cow expertise’, 3) how and why you started the Trail, 4) the challenge of getting cheesemakers to “join” the Trail, 5) how people find the Cheese Trail, 6) how long does it take to cover the whole cheese Trail, 7) the variety of chees...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Heidi Diestel Orrock and Jared Orrock - Diestel Farms (75th Anniversary) We will talk about: 1) the history of the Ranch, founded in 1949, 2) how ranch management has evolved over 4 generations, 3) operating changes/improvements in production practices over the years, 4) the effect of changes in consumer tastes on methods of production, 5) changing profile...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Benson Wang - Co-Founder Palm House Hospitality We will talk about: 1) years in the restaurant industry after a career in finance, 2) how and why shift careers, 3) entry into the hospitality industry, 4) why the acquisition of The Flamingo Hotel and Nick’s Cove, 5) the marketing of each property, 6) the difference in hospitality concept differentiation bet...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Phil Barber - Investigative Reporter for the Press Democrat We will talk about: 1) His 20+ years at the Press Democrat, 2) Why he shifted from NFL coverage in articles and books to general reporting, 3) His in depth coverage of LeFever and Mattson - how/why it started, 4) The ability to cultivate sources to talk about them, on or off the record, 5) His opi...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Richard Hertz - Public Opinion Pollster and Lecturer at SSU We will talk about: 1) his years as a public opinion pollster, 2) how and why he got started in political science after a career in MLB, 3) how one creates unbiased surveys, 4) what he wants election apps to do, 5) his perspective on the most reliable public opinion polls and why are they reliable...

Hosts: Kip Altman with George Webber Guest: Diane Dwyre, Prof. Political Science, CSU Chico We will talk about: 1) your new book on the U.S. campaign finance system, 2) how and why you started researching and writing about campaign finance policy, 3) why the campaign finance system has developed as we find it today, 4) your perspective on campaign finance regulatory structure, 5) why the Supreme C...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Willard 'Dub' Hay, Coffee Expert We will talk about: 1) Dub's 40+ years in the industry, 2) how and why Dub got started in the business, 3) the development of his ‘coffee palate’, 4) Dub's transition from coffee buyer for Procter & Gamble’s Folgers Coffee brand to… 5) Dub's position as Starbuck’s top coffee expert and master taster to… 6) Dub's leaders...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Aman Garg and Paul Clark of Adobe Drug Store We will talk about: 1) the 70+ year history of Adobe Drugs, 2) the effect of the change in ownership to Pharmaca in 2004, 3) the sale of Pharmaca (28 stores integrative pharmacy chain) to Medly Health (a digital pharmacy) in 2021, 4) Medly’s bankruptcy in 2022 - what happened, 5) Walgreens acquisition of Medly’s...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Eddie Mora-Loera, President & GM, Sonoma Stompers Baseball Club We will talk about: 1) Being in sports management for 5 years, 2) Responsibilities as President and GM of the Sonoma Stompers, 3) how and why he got interested in sports management, 4) Why shift the Stompers from the Pacific League to the CCL, 5) trends in attendance at Stompers games, 6)...

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Jeff Quackenbush, Reporter, North Bay Business Journal We will talk about: 1) his 25 year perspective on business in Sonoma, 2) how he got started in business journalism, 3) how Sonoma business and industry has changed over your years covering both, 4) how coverage of business has changed, 5) the biggest stories he's covered, 6) the ‘largest’ personalities...