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Robert P Koch

President & CEO · Wine Institute

President & CEO at Wine Institute. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$2.0M

Who this is

Profile

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✓ Verified from filings
Reported as President & CEO of Wine Institute, based in Sacramento, CA.
Received $2.0M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Robert P. "Bobby" Koch is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wine Institute, the public policy advocacy association representing the California wine industry and over 1,000 wineries responsible for 80 percent of U.S.

wine production. He holds a B.A.

in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland and spent nine years on Capitol Hill working for House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt and Majority Whip Tony Coelho. Koch announced his retirement from the Wine Institute at the end of 2025 after 22 years as president and 33 years with the organization.

Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
33 years total, 22 years as president (retiring 2025)
Education
  • University of Maryland (B.A. in Government and Politics)

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Affiliations

Organizations

Wine Institute President & CEO · $26.8M revenue · Sacramento, CAADVOCATES FOR THE CALIFORNIA WINE INDUSTRYpay $1.8M → $2.0MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$2.0Mreported comp

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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General Counsel · FY2023
$357K
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$352K
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VP, Fed Relations/Intl Pub · FY2023
$332K
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VP, State Relations · FY2024
$319K
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VP, State Relations · FY2023
$310K
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General Counsel · FY2024
$277K
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VP, International Marketing · FY2024
$277K
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Northeastern Counsel · FY2023
$265K
C
Western Counsel · FY2021
$261K
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VP, Communications · FY2020
$251K
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VP, California State Relations · FY2024
$250K
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VP, International Marketing · FY2023
$250K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org