Allison Jordan
Lecturer
About
Joining Wine Institute in 2003, shortly after the publication of the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing, Allison Jordan helped create the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance – a nonprofit organization established by the Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers to promote sustainability from grapes to glass. Since 2007, Allison has served as Executive Director of the Alliance, where she is responsible for leading the award-winning California Sustainable Winegrowing Program and Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing. She also serves as Vice President, Environmental Affairs for Wine Institute, a department she established in 2007 to address wine industry environmental and sustainability issues at local, state, federal and international levels. Allison is Vice Chair of the National Grape Research Alliance Board of Directors and a frequent speaker at industry events and international conferences.
Education
University of California, Berkeley M.P.P., Public PolicyM.P.P., Public Policy 2002 - 2004
Allegheny College BA, Psychology 1989 - 1993