Al James

Al James

INTRIGUING MUSICIAN Al James straddles two counties, playing  venues throughout both Napa and Monterey.  The singer/songwriter got a foothold in wine country in 2014 and has played his diverse portfolio  of music, focusing on jazz and blues, in nearly...
Corey Edwards

Corey Edwards

INTRIGUING UNSUNG HERO Corey Edwards is Napa Valley’s modern-day town crier. Day and night, he monitors various websites, police scanners, and fire cameras in order to keep the community apprised of anything that puts the  public  in  danger. ...
Anna Brittain

Anna Brittain

INTRIGUING COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTALIST Napa County native Anna Brittain never envisioned returning to the region after leaving for Williams College in Massachusetts. “My goal was to be a journalist and/or work internationally on climate action,” said Brittain. A...
Harris Nussbaum

Harris Nussbaum

INTRIGUING EDUCATOR/MENTOR After a more than a five- decade career in education and an equally long commitment to community service, Harris Nussbaum has earned nearly every local, state, and national award possible. The octogenarian,  married for 47 years to wife...
Dr. Karen Relucio

Dr. Karen Relucio

INTRIGUING HEALTH AND WELLNESS LEADER In addition to running a division with 17 programs spanning communicable disease control and prevention, chronic disease prevention, emergency preparedness, and initiatives to serve families and children, Dr. Karen Relucio became...
Thomas Buck

Thomas Buck

INTRIGUING WINE COUNTRY TOUR OPERATOR With a team of wine-savvy chauffeur tour guides, Beau Wine Tours is consistently rated as one of the premier luxury tour operators in the region. It helps that proprietor Thomas Buck has been an avid collector of California ...
Alexandria Brown

Alexandria Brown

INTRIGUING LOCAL HISTORIAN Alexandria Brown has always loved history, not necessarily and wars and kingdoms, but rather people and cultures. A year as a research librarian at the Napa County Historical So the Napa local, Masters of Library and Information Science, and...
Lauren Ackerman

Lauren Ackerman

INTRIGUING VINTNER Napa Valley vintner and community leader Lauren Ackerman never intended to enter the home restoration game. The creator of award- winning Ackerman Family Vineyards wines and recipient of the 2020 North Bay Women in Business Award became inexplicably...
Nick Cann

Nick Cann

INTRIGUING ARTIST A fifth-generation Californian originally from Palo Alto, Nick Cann has been drawing as  long  as  he  can  remember. Schooled at San Jose State University, the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and the Art Center...
Amanda McCrossin

Amanda McCrossin

INTRIGUING WINE AFICIONADO Amanda McCrossin’s favorite quote is from Steve Martin: ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’ “It’s simple and obvious, but it somehow works as a great mantra whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, or in need of a little direction,” said the wine...