Meet Our Team
We Are Frog’s Leap
At Frog’s Leap, we are a close-knit group of passionate individuals dedicated to crafting exceptional wines through organic farming and sustainable practices. With over four decades of experience, our family-owned and operated winery takes great pride in our commitment to quality, innovation, and ecological responsibility.
We Grow It!
Our Farming Team leads all aspects of our organic vineyard development and management with an eye to ever improving wine quality and land stewardship, including the care and cultivation of our organic orchards, edible gardens, ornamental landscaping and native habitats.
Rory Williams
Vice President, Viticulture & Enology
Frank Leeds
Vice President, Viticulture & Farming
Tori Williams
Director of Grounds & Gardens
We Make It!
Two families and two generations guide the Frog’s Leap winemaking efforts, allowing us to expand both capability and knowledge in our quest to produce wines of balance, restraint and respect for the natural expression of the vine.
John Williams
Founder and Winemaker
Rory Williams
Winemaker
Pablo Polanco
Winemaker
Xochilt Polanco
Assistant Winemaker
We Sell It!
We’re passionate about our farming, and we know we make great wine — but we’d be lost without the very talented people who make sure we sell enough of it to keep going. They are responsible for a wide range of activities and operations as detailed below.
Sales to The Trade
Meet the small but mighty group of people who make sure our wines are available in all 50 states and 11 countries — developing and maintaining relationships with key accounts, brokers and distributors.
Michelle Watkins
Vice President of Sales to the Trade
Wendy Shoemaker
West Region Sales Manager
Aimee Cronin
East Region Sales Manager
Dawn Dooley
Wholesale Sales Administrator
Rebeca Ramirez
Wholesale Sales & Trade Relations Specialist
Consumer Sales & Marketing
Leading all aspects of consumer interaction and engagement, we’re fortunate to have a clever and nimble team guiding efforts that range from our winery tasting room to our virtual tastings. And our website. And our Fellowship, not to mention special events and client outreach. It’s a broad category affectionately referred to in the industry as Direct to Consumer.
Jessica Hague
Vice President, Consumer Sales & Marketing
contact for press, marketing & media inquiries
Scott Ferrell
Retail Operations Coordinator
Client Services & the Fellowship
Megan Bolter
Director, Fellowship & Client Services
Chelsea Houser
Client Services Manager
Nathan Danforth
Direct to Consumer Sales Coordinator
Devyn Wallace
Direct to Consumer Sales Coordinator
In the Tasting Room
Jeff Perry
Tasting Room Manager
McCoy Ayers
Tasting Room Lead
Angela Jackson
Wine Specialist
Brayan Ortiz
Wine Specialist
France Durocher-Scott
Wine Specialist
Janeth Sanchez Vernon
Wine Specialist
Lucinda Wolf
Wine Specialist
Natalie Patton
Wine Specialist
Manny de la Pena
Wine Specialist
Vianca Risley
Wine Specialist
Executive
FROG’S LEAP BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Williams | Rory Williams
Dawnine Dyer | Bob Greenberg | Henry Moore
John Williams
President & CEO
Shannon McLaren
CFO
Rory Williams
Vice President
Tori Williams
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Finance & Administration
Last on the page but certainly not least important are the people who literally keep the lights on…
Jeff Young
Accounting Manager
Deb Busalacchi
Accounting Assistant
Sarah Martens
HR Generalist
Lisa Maass
Campus Lead
Estate & Facilities
Pablo Polanco
Vice President, Estate Management
Mike Crosier
Estate Forman