Dina Mande is an accomplished brand strategist, graphic designer, copywriter, editor, visual fx artist and award winning filmmaker. Originally from St. Helena, Dina started her career in the Napa Valley; first in the marketing department at Buena Vista Winery, then at Napa’s leading agency, Balzac Communications. After a stint at Industrial Light & Magic in Marin County to learn animation and visual effects, then a year in the breakneck world of news, she transitioned to entertainment marketing, design and advertising. She spent the next nine years branding and marketing feature films, television shows and DVDs at New Wave Entertainment for clients such as HBO, Warner Bros, Paramount, Lifetime, Disney and designed the entire graphics package for the 2004 Emmy Awards. Her short films have played numerous festivals, including Tribeca and Toronto. Recently, Dina has served as creative director on projects for Sony, Pepsi, Aquafina and Microsoft. She is thrilled to be back among the grapes.
Kasey Stewart has created original branding solutions for over 100+ clients in the last five years. Working with clients ranging from Home Depot, the world’s 2nd largest retailer, to start-up businesses, he has worked at every level to effectively communicate the essence of both large and small companies.
Kasey believes in the power of less. His work is simple and clean — we call it über-style.
Kasey is also really good at ping pong.
Katie Korgan graduated from Cal Poly SLO with a B.S. in Graphic Communication. She’s an award-winning graphic designer with a passion for print design. An internship with Sports Illustrated magazine in New York City in 2006 provided her insight into the Corporate America career, and she vowed to stick to small design agencies from that point forward. Katie has worked as a graphic designer for Barnett Cox & Associates in SLO, and freelanced for various agencies throughout SLO County, including Whizbang Ideas and Downstairs Design. In addition to her background in print, she has experience in copywriting, photography and web design. Katie enjoys traveling; she studied abroad in Australia for 6 months during college, and backpacked through Europe after she graduated. On the weekends, you may find Katie pouring and selling wine at Whalebone Vineyard in Paso Robles. She also enjoys tea, practicing yoga, learning new things such as WordPress, and being part of a creative design team.