1. MADELEINE ROWAN-DAVIS
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OBJECTIVE
Viticulturist
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
§ Licensed Pest Control Adviser, California Department of Pesticide Regulation
§ Trainer Certificate – Pesticide Safety Train the Trainer course, February 2014
§ Extensive management experience with a team-focused management style
§ Research-based scientific background with budget-driven work experience
§ Experienced user of ArcGIS and Trimble GPS
§ High comfort level with Microsoft office suite, gmail, google drive, drop box,
SureHarvest, AgCode, WIMS and other softwares and apps.
§ English and Spanish language skills
§ Member American Society of Enology and Viticulture
§ Member VitWomen: Women in Viticulture Group
§ Member Sonoma County Vineyard Technical Group
WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 to present Bacchus Vineyard Management Windsor, CA
Vineyard Manager/Viticulturist/Pest Control Advisor
§ Work dynamically with Vineyard Management team to farm ~600 acres of
top quality vineyards throughout Sonoma County and Napa County.
§ Drive all irrigation, vine health, soil management and pest management
programs including spray program based in integrated pest management and
the use of organically acceptable and sustainable materials
§ Developed and maintain vineyard monitoring and sampling protocols for
pest, disease, nutrient and water management
§ Directly supervise Irrigators, Vineyard Interns, and Operators on a daily basis.
One of three managers responsible for a vineyard staff of approximately 64
workers, foremen, operators and irrigators.
§ Works in a manner consistent with company Injury and Illness Prevention
Program and is constantly striving to foster a company culture of safety
awareness
§ Builds annual budgets for full service vineyard clients and performs periodic
and annual budget reconciliation.

2. 2
2012 - 2014 Hill Wine Company St Helena, CA
Viticulturist/Pest Control Advisor
§ Managed 300 planted acres following organic and sustainable practices
§ Directly supervised Assistant Viticulturist, Vineyard Interns, Irrigation
Specialist, Commercial Truck Driver, Mechanic, Vineyard Supervisors, and
Tractor Drivers.
§ Developed and maintained vineyard monitoring and sampling protocols for
pest, disease, nutrient and water management
§ Worked with winemaking team to design and carry out sampling protocols
for grape maturity and quality assessment
§ Under direction of company owner, developed and executed spray program
incorporating integrated pest management practices and utilizing primarily
organically acceptable materials
§ Wrote pesticide safety program and performed pesticide safety trainings for
pesticide handlers and fieldworkers in English and Spanish
§ Responsible for all safety trainings and materials provided to vineyard
personnel in accordance with company Injury and Illness Prevention Program
§ Produced payroll data for accounting team weekly using manual and
computerized systems for salaried, hourly and piece rate employees
2009 - 2012 University of California Davis, CA
Graduate Student Researcher and Teaching Assistant
§ Studied physiological response of Vitis vinifera cv Syrah to irrigation events
under drought conditions in Priorat, Spain over three seasons. Compared the
drought tolerance of two rootstocks that had been grown for four years
without irrigation and utilized Geographic Information Systems to evaluate
the effects of planting on complex slopes
§ TA two years for Viticulture & Enology 101C, Viticultural Practices: Vineyard
Establishment
§ TA for Viticulture & Enology 216, a graduate level course in vineyard
development
§ TA for Viticulture & Enology 217, a graduate level course in soil evaluation
for vineyard development
2009 Bodega Ferrer Bobet Falset, Priorat, Spain
Winemaking Intern
§ Assisted Enologist while performing graduate research on vine water use
throughout the summer leading up to harvest
§ Performed laboratory analyses of fruit and wine using refractometer,
hydrometer, SO2 autotitrator, titrator for TA, pH electrode, & spectrometer
§ Responsible for timely grape maturity sampling and analysis, wine racking and
topping, barrel washing and sulfur additions

3. 3
2008 - 2010 Farm Fresh to You Capay, CA
Sales Representative
§ Promoted growing community supported agriculture program to potential
consumers at events
2004 - 2008 Bonny Doon Vineyard Santa Cruz, CA
Wine Clubs Manager
§ Coordinated the development of custom software for wine clubs and the
integration of direct sales systems
§ Implemented and/or streamlined all club systems and protocols leading to
increased revenue and reduced costs
§ Doubled active membership while decreasing wine club attrition by half in my
first year and maintained gradual decline in attrition in subsequent years
§ Developed all clubs collateral including shipment inserts, welcome kits, gift
cards, and promotional items
§ Expanded staff training and incentive program to boost wine club
acquisitions and improve employee retention
§ Managed direct shipping compliance for clubs, ecommerce, and tasting room
sales
2001 - 2004 Bonny Doon Vineyard Santa Cruz, CA
Tasting Room Associate & Shift Supervisor
§ Acted as an ambassador of the winery, promoting wines, wine clubs, and
ecommerce site to our visitors
§ Responsible for all daily operations when other managers were not present
including, but not limited to, opening and closing the facility, closing out/
balancing the register at end-of-day, supervising staff of up to 11 tasting room
associates
2001 - 2004 BioResource Consultants Ojai, CA
Biologist
§ Served as field supervisor on long-term raptor fatality surveys in the Altamont
Pass Wind Farm. Co-designed and completed a raptor behavior study
associated with the fatality surveys
§ Participated in long-term raptor power pole electrocution surveys for both
PG&E and Edison Electric. Utilized Trimble GPS to collect and store power
pole, terrain, and fatality data throughout survey area
2000 - 2001 Univerity of California Santa Cruz, CA
Facility Center Supervisor
§ Responsible for staff of 50-60 student employees at athletic facility including
hiring, training, supervision, promotions and payroll

4. 4
2000 OR-OSHA Eugene, OR
Temporary Administrative Specialist – Consultative Services Division
§ Assigned projects to field consultants based upon abilities, workload, and
project queue
§ Edited all written materials, including reports prepared by consultants for
business owners
§ Maintained project database (vital to coordination with enforcement) and
submitted and filed completed reports
2000 Mt Holyoke College South Hadley, MA
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
§ Taught a lab section for upper division biology course. Was responsible for
short opening lecture, set-up and break-down of lab materials, assigning and
grading lab reports, providing study sessions, and being generally available via
email for student questions
1994 - 2004 Echolocation/US Forest Service Eugene, OR
Field Biologist/Assistant: Bats
§ Worked for a consultant for the US Forest Service on multiple bat projects
over a period of over 10 years. Projects included radio telemetry surveys of
female Myotis evotis day roosting locations and analysis of those roosts, night
roost species presence surveys, night roost cluster behavior, mist-netting
species presence surveys, species identification by echolocation recordings.
EDUCATION
2008 - 2012 University of California at Davis Davis, CA
§ Horticulture & Agronomy Graduate Group, focus: Viticulture
Applicable course work: Plant Physiology; Organic Farming; Principles in Soil
Science; Soil Microbiology; Soil-Plant Interrelationships; Introduction to
Viticulture; Introduction to Winemaking; Viticultural Practices: Vineyard
Establishment; Grapevine Growth & Physiology; Grapevine Pests &
Diseases; Wine Sensory Evaluation; Readings in Enology; Seminar: Careers in
Viticulture & Enology; Vineyard Development; Lecture Series: Current
Research in Viticulture & Enology; Advances in Viticulture; Structure &
Function of Biomolecules; General Microbiology
2007 - 2008 Cabrillo College Santa Cruz, CA
§ Applicable course work: Introductory Spanish, Organic Chemistry
1996 - 2000 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA
§ Bachelor of Arts

5. 5
§ Cum laude with High Honors in Biological Sciences for Thesis “Ontology and
Epistemology of Paleoethology”
§ Minor: Music
1998 CIEE Semester Abroad Monteverde, Costa Rica
§ Coursework in tropical biology, community ecology, agroecology, and
Spanish language; field trips to learn about the multiplicity of ecotypes
throughout the country; independent research project; one-month homestay
with local family
INTERESTS
Environmental, economic and social sustainability; cool climate viticulture; use of
animals in the vineyard; permanent cover-cropping; agroecology; natural history;
music; literature; writing
REFERENCES
Available upon request
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