Objectives in My Personal and Professional Life:
To be a positive force in the community in which I live and to use my skills and talents, gifts and passions for the promotion and creation of beauty.
Summary of Experience and Qualifications | Digital Graphic Design | | Event Planning | | Grant Writing |
| Arts Administrator | | Published Author | | Arts Marketing |
| Multimedia Artist | | Teacher / Speaker | | Chef / Restaurant Owner |
Professional Experience:
Carmel Music Society
Concert booking organization in Carmel (ten concerts 2007-2008 season)
Director of Design, Development, and Marketing
• 2003 - present
Responsible for planning and production of all special events and fundraisers.
Manage and coordinate all marketing.
Design and layout of programs, brochures, publications. Create and edit newsletter.
Write and produce broadcast ads (radio).
Coordination of all events and concerts with board member volunteers.
• 2003 - 2006
Solely responsible for all grant writing and development.
Administration of office and management of subscription sales.
Ginna's Café Online
Launched in early 2007
Original-design recipe greeting cards, gifts online.
(Website: www.ginnas-cafe.com)
Ginna's Cafe - Co-owner
Carmel Valley, CA
2000 - 2003
Designed all items on the menu, including all meals, baked goods and food products.
Managed kitchen staff and all restaurant operations.
Designed and installed all interior design elements, including hand painted tabletops, game boards, floor cloths and ceramics used in service as well as for retail sales.
Published Author
1995 - Present
A Simple Celebration: A Vegetarian Cookbook for Body, Mind and Spirit. The Nutritional Program for the Chopra Center for Well Being.
Published by Harmony Books, a division of Random House and Crown Books, March, 1997. More about this book.
Recipes and techniques in Ayurvedic cooking.
Coauthored with Dr. David Simon.
A Simple Celebration was published by Random House in Britain as The Ayurvedic Cookbook.
Portions of A Simple Celebration also appear on Deepak Chopra's CD ROM entitled The Wisdom Within and in Dr. Chopra's book Healing the Heart.
Author of countless articles for periodicals and magazines on subjects related to metaphysics, music, food, conscious cooking and love, the primary ingredient, 1995-present.
Pilgrim's Way Bookstore and Gardenshop
Carmel, CA
2003 - 2006
Newsletter editor and writer.
Thunderbird Bookstore
Barnyard, Carmel, CA
November, 1997 - July, 2000
• Cafe - Manager and Chef
Managed the Thunderbird Cafe: created menu options, baked goods, breakfast, lunch, dinner. snacks, etc.
• Whole Life Center - Manager and Buyer (books, CDs, gifts)
Reinvented the Whole Life Center retail image by providing quality gifts and book selections.
• Book Store Events Coordinator
Oversaw creation of events for presentations by authors and teachers on a variety of subjects, including alternative health care and spiritual journeying.
Developed and edited Thunderbird Monthly Newsletter.
Chopra Center for Well Being - Executive Chef
La Jolla, California
January, 1995 - August, 1997
Designed and oversaw installation of new large-scale commercial kitchen facility.
Created recipes, developed menu and nutritional program for health center guests.
Managed Quantum Soup Cafe.
Trained and managed kitchen and cafe staff (12+) in the preparation of Ayurvedically balanced meals and service.
Taught classes in Ayurvedic cooking techniques.
More about the Chopra Center.
Ginna & Company - Design
Carmel, California
1995 - present
Designer: ceramic dinnerware, tile tabletops, table linens in cotton duck and other fabrics; surface design and faux finishes: paper and book arts.
Ginna & Company - Events, Workshops and Lectures
Carmel and La Jolla, California
1974 - present
Workshops: Ayurvedic cooking techniques offered to individuals and organizations interested in the balance of body, mind and spirit; information taught includes: dosha, or body type discovery, foods and techniques suited to each body type, development of kitchen consciousness, hands-on cooking instruction including how to make ghee (clarified butter), cheese, yogurt, dal, breads, chappatis, meal planning, shopping guidance, nutritional balancing.
Personal Chef: Steven Seagal,
Bel-Air, California
October, 1995 - April, 1996
(During the renovation of the Chopra Center for Well Being)
Personal chef for Mr. Seagal and his staff and associates at his home in Bel-Air and on location during the filming of the major Hollywood feature "Glimmerman." Prepared three organic meals a day, six days per week for 5-40 people.
Rainbow Ranch Conference and Retreat Center - Chef/Administrator
Calistoga, California
Spring, 1994 - January, 1995
Managed kitchen, planned menus, cooked three gourmet meals per day for an average of 25 retreatants.
Managed staff of eight.
Designed brochure for Ranch.
Summer, 1996: Returned for six weeks as Guest Chef during Chopra Center design and construction.
The Book Studio - Owner
Carmel, California
1976 - 1984
Designed and repaired books in bookbindery; taught calligraphy, bookbinding, book arts to individuals and local schools and teachers.
Other interests & hobbies:
Music, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Thanka Painting, knitting, beadwork, hiking, and reading.