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The Strategic Performance Management Workshop was a breath of fresh air. It guided us in clarifying our vision and developing a strategy to get there. But, unlike many such courses, Craig also provided us with hands-on experience and very user friendly tools to implement change in our business practices. His...
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Dave Brotemarkle has been a CPA for over 25 years and is the firm's founder and former managing partner. Now that he is retired, Dave has more time to apply his tax and accounting experience to both business and life issues. Dave has served as President of the St. Helena Rotary Club, and as Chairman of the St. Helena Rotary Winter Ball, and is a past chairman of the St. Helena Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on the boards of the St. Helena Boys and Girls Club, St. Helena Public Schools Foundation, St. Helena Hospital, St. Helena Community Center and St. Helena Elementary School Parents Group. Dave holds an accounting degree from California State University, Long Beach. When Dave is not travelling the world and trying to keep up with his talented wife and two daughters, you might still find him in the office during busy season.  You can read Dave's blog posts here. Dave is a CPA licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.
Dave Brotemarkle (Retired)Cheer Leader
Craig Underhill is the firm's CEO. He has been a CPA for over 25 years and has been with BDCo since 1995.  He uses his accounting and management experience to help wine and hospitality organizations manage their businesses strategically and effectively.  He has studied strategic management, productivity and human behavior, and uses this expertise to help people, from executive management to hourly staff, be more successful.  Craig excels at helping people ask questions that allow them to unlock their potential, solve problems and improve their performance. He is the board chair for Junior Achievement in Napa County and has led JA's expansion from 250 participants to over 4,000 annually.  He holds a business administration degree from California State University, Chico and is certified in Strategic Performance Management. He is an active volunteer and trained handler for Aaron the Comfort Dog, a Napa celebrity.  You can read Craig's blog posts here and hear him describe his vision for the firm here. Craig is a CPA licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.  
Craig UnderhillEmperor of Enlightenment, CEO
Heather Sprauve is a native of Deer Park, California.  She attended Pacific Union College (PUC) in Angwin, then transferred to their sister college, Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, Massachusetts, before returning to Angwin to complete her degree. She started out as an art major but after taking her first business class, discovered an aptitude for accounting and made that her major.  Heather moved to the Virgin Islands where she married and spent 18 years working for an accounting firm. She worked for BDCo part-time for a few years and then following the devastating impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria, returned to California.   While she enjoys being back in California, Heather misses her daily view of the  Caribbean Ocean from almost any spot on the 31 square mile island of St. Thomas. Her interests include hiking, traveling and exploring new places.
Heather SprauveGlobal Gallivanter
Ina Larot is an Enrolled Agent (EA) with more than 15 years of experience as a tax accountant. She began her career with 9 years at a Big Four CPA firm where she specialized in trust taxation before moving on to local CPA firms where she expanded her experience to include business entities and individual taxes. A fervent traveler and an excellent cook, Ina has a daily adventure navigating her way across Jameson Canyon and up Highway 29. In her spare time, Ina is working to pass the CPA exam, when she is not being (pleasantly) distracted by her granddaughter. 
Ina LarotThyme Traveler
Geni Whitehouse is a consulting team member with BDCo.  She is the author of How to Make a Boring Subject Interesting: 52 ways even a nerd can be heard, which is available on Amazon.com. From 2016-2012, Geni has been named one of the 25 most powerful women in accounting by CPA Practice Advisor and  in 2018 was named one of the Top 100 Influencers by Accounting Today magazine. Her primary area of focus is expanding BDCo's strategic management services. Geni is an instructor at the WISE Academy,where she teaches accounting concepts to winery staff and is a former board member of the Napa/Sonoma Chapter of Women for WineSense where she served as Education Director. She was a member of TEDxNapaValley.org and spoke at their event in September of 2011. You can read Geni's blog posts here. Geni is a CPA licensed by the Georgia State Board of Accountancy.
Geni WhitehouseCountess of Communication
Laura Hawkins is a graduate of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama where she earned a B.S. in Accounting. Upon graduation, she was determined to cross an item off of her bucket list, and moved from her home in Birmingham, Alabama to California. She applied online for positions on the west coast and once hired, headed to her first job at a travel agency in Santa Rosa. She will be sharing her insights as a member of both the tax and accounting teams. She is a born adventurer and has traveled to Italy and most recently Costa Rica to see her favorite animal, the sloth. She is hoping to make a trip to Iceland in the near future.  
Laura HawkinsMeraki-Maker
Dawn Marshall is a Napa native.  She briefly left the Napa Valley for a sojourn to Miami, Florida but returned to Napa to begin her professional career. Her first job was in a florist, before moving to high-end hospitality, then winery accounting and for the past 17 years she has been serving in a number of different roles in city government, culminating in the role of Human Resources and Administrative Manager. She is a two time recipient of “Award of Financial Reporting” by the Government Finance Officers Association. When she’s not helping “humans with resources”, she is likely to be gardening, quilting, or arranging items in her home to be more aesthetically pleasing. Dawn is the mother of 3 children – 2 sons and a daughter who all seem to have inherited some of her creative abilities. As a young woman, Dawn went off to purchase her first automobile, a Renault, at a local Napa automobile dealer. While she was unsuccessful in securing her dream automobile, she ultimately walked away with a first date with her now husband of 29 years. 
Dawn MarshallTeam Harmonizer
Tom Davis has been a CPA for more than 35 years and has been specializing in the wine and hospitality businesses since 1979. Tom offers customers superior technical knowledge and the wisdom of his vast wine industry experience. Tom graduated from Pennsylvania State University and went on to work for Arthur Anderson & Co. in New York City before moving to California. He is active in the Kiwanis Club, the Sierra Club, and the Napa County Land Trust. Read Tom's blog posts here. Tom is a CPA licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.
Tom Davis (Retired)The Sage, Partner
Guy Carl has been a CPA with BDCo since 1992 and a partner since 2005. He specializes in helping small wineries with tax preparation and planning, financial statements, forecasting, and accounting software guidance. Guy enjoys helping business owners understand how their businesses work and perform, and empowering them to be more successful. Born and raised in the Napa Valley, Guy holds an accounting degree from St. Mary's College. He is a past-active member of the Napa Active 20-30 Club, an organization dedicated to helping children in the community. An avid outdoorsman, Guy can often be found alongside a mountain stream or floating on a lake with a fishing pole nearby. Guy is a CPA licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.
Guy CarlProfit Prophet, CFO
Gregg Swann, CPA is a graduate of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California where he majored in religious studies. He has held a number of tax positions in the wine and high tech industries, and spent 5 years in the tax department of a Big 8 (at the time) accounting firm. When he is not working his way through the tax code, Gregg is most likely to be found contemplating Nietzsche or appreciating the view from his cabin in the mountains or from the flybridge on his boat on the Bay. Gregg is a CPA licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.. 
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