Bill Klupenger, has over 20 years of business and financial experience, working in large and small businesses. Bill earned his MBA and owned a wholesale/retail ice cream business in Eugene for 12 years (Sweet Surrender), and was a division Controller for Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco for 3 years. From 1991 to 2007 Bill was on the Faculty at Lane Community College serving as both the Coordinator and as an Instructor for the Small Business Management program. Bill grew up and worked in his family businesses - a farm in Washington State, and a grocery store in Monroe, OR. He was in a Catholic Seminary for 8 years, a Neuropsychiatric Specialist in the Army medical Corps, taught English in China for 2 years, and was an avid wine maker while living in and around San Francisco for 12 years. He loves touring around the back roads of Oregon on his motorcycle. Bill is married with two grown daughters that live here in Eugene. Bill's connection with food began when he was weeding acres of potatoes, strawberries, and cucumbers as a teenager on the family farm. Bill continues to help small business owners make a living, many of whom make, sell, or distribute local food products.