Speakers Series Features Cowgirl Creamery Founders

Join a free online Zoom with co-founders of Cowgirl Creamery on Tuesday, October 6th. Pre-registration is required at www.petalumawomansclub.com/pwcs-speaker-series/

Conley and Smith will be the guests of Petaluma Woman’s Club.

This is the final talk in the Speakers Series 2020, organized by club member and past president Colleen Mahoney. “One of the club’s original objectives was to promote education and create a center for social enjoyment.,” said Mahoney.

Cowgirl Creamery’s co-founders, Sue Conley and Peggy Smith, met at the University of Tennessee andhave been integral to the Bay Area farm-to-table food scene for decades. In Berkeley, Conley co-owned andcooked at Bette’s Oceanview Diner while Smith was in the kitchen at Chez Panisse for 17 years. From thoseexperiences, they forged bonds with local farmers and dairy suppliers.

In the early 1990s, Conley and Smith had launched Tomales Bay Foods, a marketing company designed tohelp local farms and dairies connect with the Bay Area’s top restaurants. Then they started making freshcheese in their renovated barn, sourcing the milk from Straus Family Creamery.

Cowgirl Creamery and its distribution business Tomales Bay Foods was purchased by Swiss Dairy Company Emmi in 2016. Smith and Conley continue as President and Vice President.

For this free, online Zoom event, register in advance at:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpce2gqTMjHd2agL95NUYl3r5-vsFZIpaZ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For further information, contact Colleen Mahoney, 707-765-0225 or visit www.petalumawomansclub.com/pwcs-speaker-series/

Event sponsor is Mahoney Architects + Interiors.

About PWC

Petaluma Woman’s Club Petaluma Woman’s Club (PWC) mission is to promote social, educational, civic andcharitable activities, as well as preserve, maintain, and protect our historic clubhouse.

The Speaker Series is part of the 125th anniversary of the club, founded in 1895. The club’s craftsman-style building was built in 1913, designed by Petaluma architect Brainerd Jones. 2020 also celebrates the Suffragette Movement of trailblazing women who fought for the right to vote in this centennial year of the 19th Amendment .