2019 Oregon Wine Symposium | Engage & Infotain: Simple and Successful Social Media Strategies for Your Business

Meg Murray is a connector, passionate community builder, wine industry expert and entrepreneur. She is the founder of NASTY WOMAN WINES, a progressive wine brand that produces unapologetically tasty wines and donates 20% of net profits to help get more women to the table in policy and leadership.

Meg co-owns élevage consulting and helps wineries and wine-related businesses make, market, and move their product. She consults on sales and marketing and brokers bulk wine. She cofounded PROJECT M Wines out of Oregon’s Willamette Valley with her husband, winemaker Jerry Murray.

Meg has been working with wine since 2003. She holds certificates in both wine business management and wine industry finance & accounting from Sonoma State University, in addition to a Wine Fundamentals I and II certificate from the International Sommelier Guild. Meg has a B.A. in international studies from Portland State University. She resides in McMinnville with her family.

Jennifer Abernethy calls it “infotainment” — her clients call it a home run. Known as America’s Sales & Social Marketing Stylist, Jennifer is truly living the social life. After leaving a 20+ year, award-winning, multi-million dollar producing corporate sales career in 2007, Jennifer has built a global name for herself, and yet she feels she’s just beginning to make her mark. She is the two-time author of the ever-popular Complete Idiot’s Guide to Social Media Marketing (Penguin/Random House) and a successful entrepreneur. One of the breakout digital stars of today’s social business landscape, Jennifer has been earning national accolades for her digital trend-casting, social selling strategies, social marketing and social selling acumen. Her digital agency creates social campaigns and website solutions for customers from Silicon Valley to South Africa and holds annual marketing retreats for business owners.