Loni Kao Stark (Twitter: @lonikaostark)
Co-Founder, Creative Director and Wine Collector

Loni is a self-professed foodie, adventure travel seeker and aspiring artist. It’s been said her laugh can be heard from San Jose all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge.

The former Ms. Global Petite runner-up is host of several SSC shows including Wine Tube TV, StarkSilverCreek Presents, Loreto Live, and the new series The Artist Diaries.

In a former life she was simply: “sushiweakness”.

For some reason known only to Google, her Vegetable Planter Box plans have become one of the most popular downloads.

She wishes to apologize in advance to all winemakers, actors, directors and producers whose names she will mispronounce or mix-up. Then again, it does make for fun blooper reels.

Between busy travel schedules to Washington, Napa and global destinations such as Australia, the Baja and Europe, she expends the rest of her energy collecting wines, practicing “escape artist”-style cooking, and building what she hopes, one day, will be a real estate empire. She catches her breath by writing about her adventures.

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Loni holds a Bachelors from McMaster University in Computer Science & Liberal Arts with a minor in Economics and a Masters from Stanford University in Management Science & Engineering. She attended the Harvard Kennedy School for leadership development.

A class junkie, she also holds ‘prestigious’ certificates in home repair, toastmasters, interior design, and skydiving.

No matter what new adventures and goals she tackles, she hopes that her sights never outstrip her abilities and to always remember to “deliver substance with style…order matters.”

Some things you may not know about Loni:

• Her arcane Chinese name means “where the sky Gods keep their books”—most girls names at the time meant “beauty” or “grace”. It was only later in life when she recognized the wisdom of her parent’s decision.
• She once entered a beauty pageant “just to prove she could” and to the surprise of everyone (especially herself), was crowned Miss Global Petite, Second Runner Up.
• In the real world here in Silicon Valley, she leads world-wide government marketing and solutions at Adobe Systems. She is passionate about helping customers use technology to improve government services.

If there are parallel universes, she hopes to be:

• A FoodTV Network Star
• A contestant on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• A sculptor
• An owner of a winery in Napa

Follow Loni on Twitter: @lonikaostark

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