Deanna Burnett Keener
Business Consultant

I am the Director of the Green River Community College Small Business Assistance Center. I work directly with companies to improve their profitability. I also present numerous workshops and seminars across the Northwest, and have been a certiifed Nxlevel Instructor for eight years.

One of my greatest areas of success in helping buisnesses has been to show them how to look at their operations in new ways that allows them to identify best practises and get them implemented. I am also one of the few local advisors who has a strong relationship with our Direct to Market Farmers and Agribusinesses, and work closely with state reource providers and networks to assist them in their growth.

On a personal level I am looking for three more great small retailers for Spyder Lake Wines who believe in sustainable agriculture and being a Locavore. We have just bottled our Apricot Wine-which is very dry-almost like a Sauvignon-only even better finish-currently we are in QFC Enumclaw and Northshore, Tacoma Boys in Puyallup and Tacoma,Kona Kai Kent, D&W Cellars Bonney Lake and VanLierops Sumner.We are comitted to sustainable business model so will only distribute to the South Puget Sound Markets. I also have to die for chocolates if anyone is looking to do Wine and Chocolate event for fund raising for a good cause. .

Graduate of Pacific Lutheran University Puget Sound Leadership Institute State Certifcation as Business Advisor Certifed Nxlevel Instructor.

Award winnining banker, employed in banking and finance for twelve years Nationally recognized Business Advisor, Program Director at GRCC Nine years Owner of local Spyder Lake Winery four years