Julia Kendrick Conway

As the founder of Assaggiare Mendocino, Inc., a northern California destination wedding catering company, Julia has been in the catering and event industry for over 25 years. She also mentors other industry entrepreneurs in addition to running her own company. 

Julia is active in community building and industry advocacy at both the state and national level. She serves on the NACE National Advocacy Committee and the Board of the California Events Coalition. Julia’s passion is preserving and sharing local and regional food cultures with the larger world; she is also a long time member of Slow Food International and a former chapter leader.