Johanna Koch named Director of Sales and Marketing at The Ventana Inn & Spa in Big Sur
Prior to joining Ventana Inn & Spa, Koch, 37, served as marketing director for the San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) Visitors & Convention Bureau; marketing communications manager for Sea Island Resorts in Sea Island, Ga.; senior account executive for Hunter Public Relations-Special Events in Pebble Beach, Calif.; and public relations assistant and sales associate for Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley, Calif., at the foot of Squaw Valley USA. After hosting quiet couple retreats since its debut in 1975, the resort this year opened its doors for the first time to small meeting groups. A recent property-wide $18 million renovation at Ventana featured the addition of new meeting space, which now, according to Koch, allows the resort to serve as “a memorably tranquil setting and experience” for executive retreats, high-powered sales meetings and corporate strategy sessions for anywhere from 12 to 120 attendees. Koch attended college at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She resides in Carmel.
