Julie Ann Kodmur, Neighbor

Born in San Francisco and raised in southern California, Julie Ann Kodmur returned to California (i.e. St. Helena) twenty years ago after a decade of grad school and work in New York City. In that time she’s worked for one big wine company and a smaller winery before opening her own public relations consultancy twelve years ago. She’s also the wife of a vintner and the mother of a sixth grader, as well as the ‘mother’ of a Springer spaniel and a strawberry roan mustang. She will report on life in the Up Valley, a mix of events, people stories, kid stories and maybe even some animal (probably horse) stories. She welcomes comments and is delighted to take part in Patch’s rendition of hyper-local journalism.