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Susie Biehler & CO
Business
Associates:
Heidi
Anders, Organizng Consultant
Heidi Anders embodies the words organization, focus, trust and commitment. In
her work as a Professional Organizer, she helps individuals and businesses take
control of their surroundings, their time, their paper, and their systems for
life, by designing systems, as well as educating on organizing solutions and
resulting benefits. Clients range from the top VIPS in San Francisco, event
planners, the non-profit sector, small businesses, restaurateurs as well as individuals.
Heidi loves a physical challenge and feeds her passion for running in the hills
of Oakland. Above all, Heidi serves her community by participating in a
number of charitable causes from Special Olympics to the Avon Breast Cancer walk. Hailing
from a long line of bakers, her favorite foods to create are pies and holiday
cookies!!!
Paula
Biehler
Paula Biehler opened her firm in Austin, Texas, in 1999 with more than 20 years
in the business, marketing and public relations arena. Prior to opening Biehler & Associates
in 1998, she developed a strategic alliance with her sister's company, Susie
Biehler & Co. in San Francisco.
Paula has developed invaluable contacts within the non-profit arena, theater
groups, local bureaus, various business organizations and other professional
associations. These relationships offer her clients premium positioning and marketing
capabilities.
The proud mother of three, Paula has many passions, including Spain, which she
frequents on a regular basis. Ole!
paulabiehler.com
John Benson, Photographer
John is a consummate food and wine paparazzi. Oh yes, and he does photography
- for 27 years. Clients include Sony, Wells Fargo Bank, Jelly Belly Candy and
The California Milk Advisory Board. When he linked up with Susie Biehler & CO,
it was a perfect match and has been shooting restaurants for the past 8 years.
John once toured 19 countries. Upon his return, he viewed all his wonderful photos.
Out of his 30 rolls of film only 10 shots came out. He then decided to learn
how to take real effective pictures and from that point forward a career was born.
His studio is located in San Francisco.
Camille
George,
Communication and Graphic Design
Camilla should have realized she was destined to be a graphic designer
when she opted out of every essay assignment in high school to create
a poster instead.
Once focused on design, she was accepted at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon School
of Design on a full scholarship. She began working as a freelance designer in
2000, crafting visual communications for individuals, artists, musicians, non-profits,
corporation and educational institutions.
camelliageorge.com
Russ
George, Creative Consultant
Russ has been a force to the Susie Biehler & Co team in a variety of ways
from writing, photography, client consultation, mystery diner and solid state
physics.
His own projects include growing plants and exotic nuclei.
planktos.com
Heather
Jones – Media
Relations/Marketing
Heather tipped off her parents to her career aspirations before she
could even speak. “As a toddler my parents were always finding
me on the kitchen floor with all the pots and pans out, banging them
together.”
For the past ten years, she has been working with clients on what
she calls “persuasive
communications” – be it press coverage, messaging, cooking classes,
or strategic marketing communications. Her restaurant client list spans the
South Bay’s finest, from casual to upscale dining: Turmerik, The Fish
Market, Seven Restaurant & Lounge, and Alexander’s Steakhouse. Heather
is a Bay Area native and resides in San Jose with her husband, son, and boxer,
Mogul.
Carole
Kammen, Founder, The Pathways Business Institute
Carole Kammen is the founder of Pathways Business Institute, a corporation dedicated
to helping companies build thriving workplaces. Carole is dedicated to helping
organizations optimize the creativity, energy and talents of its people to achieve
and sustain outstanding results. She is known for her effective experiential
programs, dynamic delivery and her ability to optimize team and individual performance.
Carole has worked with Susie Biehler to present management
training programs specifically tailored for the restaurant industry. The
collaborative program specializes in leadership development, team building, employee
commitment and accountability – all necessary to build a strong internal
buzz of a restaurant.
pathwaysbusinessinstitute.com
John
Lindsey,
Creative Services
His career started as a chef working in some of the finest kitchens and wineries
including The Coyote Cafe (Sante Fe, NM), Hayes Street Grill (San Francisco),
Zuni (San Francisco) and Chalone Wineries (Pinnacles, CA). In 1995 he co-founded Full Vision Media, a maker of
virtual reality tours for education, travel and recreation industries. In 2003 he was made Creative Director of Ecast, Inc. makers of the touchscreen jukebox. In 2002 John started Lindsey Creative an interactive agency. Mr.
Lindsey atttended the University of Utah and the San Francisco Art Institute. Clients include Genentech, Terzo, Burn Lounge, Link TV, Ellie Herman Pilates, Daskalos Fashions and Mani Pedi.
His favorite junk food includes Cold ravioli out of a can, cheesesteak and
anything Hostess®
lindseycreative.com
Glenn
Martinez,
Artist, Designer
Glenn found his artist’s heart while enrolled in a children’s
class at the Parsons School of Design in New York. He opened his own
graphic design
business in San Francisco area in 1977. He has done a ton of nationally recognizable
projects and gathered a bunch of professional awards and accolades ever since.
Today, he is still scribbling away in his semi-refined way, though often with
a mouse, as Creative Director of Sun Microsystems, creative consultant to Market
Tools. Inc, and proprietor of Glenn Martinez and Associates, Santa Rosa,
a creative firm
with specializations
in branding,
packaging, information design and user experience.
Glenn enjoys work much more than you would think a person ought to and in his
spare time practices mineral husbandry. Mr. Martinez offers that in the unlikely
event of an unscheduled water landing he may be used as a flotation device.
martinez.com
Michele
Mandell,
Writing, Positioning, Media Relations
After studying mass communications at UC Berkeley, Michele spent the first 12
years of her career in high-tech PR. One day she realized that the stacks of
food magazines, cookbooks and dog-eared restaurant gossip columns obscuring every
surface in her house could no longer be ignored. Already referred to as “Martha” among
friends, owing to her over-the top dinner parties (complete with homemade “toothpick
flags” indicating the pedigree of each item on the cheese platter), Michele
bid farewell to her clients and enrolled in the six-month professional culinary
program at Tante Marie’s Cooking School in San Francisco.
Armed with a solid knowledge of the fundamental principles of classical cooking,
Michele went on to complete a kitchen internship at Zibibbo in Palo Alto and
then handled marketing and special events for The Village Pub, an award-winning
restaurant in Woodside. She now brings the strong organizational skills honed
in her former high-tech life to her writing and public relations work in the
restaurant industry. Michele collaborates on projects with Susie Biehler & CO
in addition to handling her own clients. She is also a contributing writer for
DiningOut SF magazine.
Jared
Rivera, Rivera Public Relations,
Account Partner
From bussing tables to managing, Jared has served in every position in the
restaurant industry. "To really get your feet wet in the industry, you
need to have dropped a tray of drinks on yourself and the customers at least
once," says Jared. Combining his formal education and his hands-on experience
in the restaurant industry, Jared found his niche in restaurant marketing.
He works in association with Susie Biehler & CO in addition to heading
his own Public Relations firm, Rivera Public Relations.
rivera-pr.com
Judy Rowcliffe, consultant
Judy brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing and public relations.
Her hospitality and dining experience includes work with The Fairmont Hotels,
The Huntington and La Playa Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Pier 39 and
The Fish Market Restaurants. From 1990 to 1996, Judy was regional director of
public relations at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
Judy opened restaurants, created revenue-generating food and beverage promotions
and actively supported the introductions of several new chefs. She also conducted
several crisis management programs. Judy won three Golden Bell Awards from the
Hotel Sales & Marketing Association for her work on behalf of The Ritz-Carlton
Hotel Co.
Javan Wygal, Strategic Communications Consultant
A bon vivant with an artist’s soul, Javan is a man not afraid to show his
emotions. “I can easily be moved to tears at a perfectly caramelized bit
of braised pork belly.”
For over a decade, Javan has developed strategic and creative communications
for health care, international relations, management consulting, hospitality,
and food & beverage industry clients. When partnering with Susie, he draws
heavily on experience gleaned from years as a professional cook, working under
such culinary luminaries as Paul Bocuse, Michel Richard, Wolfgang Puck, Alain
Giraud, Mary Sue Milliken, Susan Feniger, and Traci Des Jardins, et. al. Specializing
in helping clients distill their concept into meaningful messaging, Javan crafts
the stories that create buzz within audiences that matter most.
A published poet, fiction writer, and sometime freelance journalist, Javan lives
in Berkeley with his wife and two extraordinary daughters.
Kingmond Young, Photographer
At 16 years old, Kingmond sold his motorcycle at his Mother’s behest. The
money from the sale was then used to purchase his first 35mm-single-lense-reflex-camera,
a Nikkormat. His first commission was to complete a nude study of a fellow classmate
in one evening.
The very same evening the subject’s parents would be attending an opera.
The pictures from this sitting were subsequently noticed by his tutor from the
San Francisco Art Institute; whereby he was offered a 4-year scholarship, which
he turned down to, go to UC Berkeley.
Kingmond opened his first studio 25 years ago. He holds Buddhist discussion groups
in his home to create value in daily life and serves as a board member for the
Bernal Heights Neighborhood association.
He is the Father of two daughters, married to Mary and lives his passion fully
every day of his life. He is a creative force.
kingmondyoung.com
