Christine DeMont was born and raised in Europe.  She received a B.A. from Oregon State University and is fluent in German, French and Italian.  Christine has extensive International and Domestic Marketing experience.  She began her business career at Nordstrom, learning about the importance of customer service and how to teach and instill customer service in employees.  After managing at the flagship downtown San Francisco store Nordstrom, Christine moved from retail to International Marketing at the E&J Gallo Winery.  After opening up several new markets, she directed the global marketing effort for the California Almond industry.
Christine has integrated marketing plans domestically, internationally and globally that include advertising, public relations, and promotional plans.  She has managed large and small advertising and public relations agencies from the client side in the US as well as in International markets.  She has managed advertising agency relationships and has experience in consumer and business marketing in the US, Germany, England, France, Japan, and China.
Christine's strength lies in her strategic marketing experience and global perspective. She has introduced new brands and strengthened established ones by focusing on consumer positioning and capitalizing on brand equity. Her focus on marketing fundamentals and the consumer have influenced her to develop many successful marketing campaigns across industries.
Christine spends her non-working time shuttling children between soccer games, riding horses, cooking and running.