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Mr. Koch is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wine Institute, the San Francisco-based public policy association representing over 850 California winery and associate members responsible for over 80% of U.S. wine production and 90% of U.S. wine exports. He joined Wine Institute in 1992 and, prior to becoming its President and Chief Executive Officer, headed the Washington, D.C. office as Senior Vice President. From 1986 through 1992, Mr. Koch held senior leadership positions in the House of Representatives for the House Majority Leader and House Majority Whip. He received his B.A. in government and politics from the University of Maryland in 1983. Mr. Koch is a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade (APAC), and a board member of the National Commission Against Drunk Driving and the Council on American Politics of the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. He also is active in raising funds for research to find the cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. | 