Walton Goldring

Walton Vetter Goldring graduated from Bard College with a degree in Spanish Literature and Translation which she has never used. She also graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Schools in both London and Paris. After cooking professionally, she went into restaurant and hotel management and eventually moved to New Orleans in 2006 to manage a luxury Bed and Breakfast. She is involved with various charitable organizations. She serves on the Board of Directors for Bridge House Grace House, the Audubon Institute, Manning Family Children’s, and Generation SOS. She is an advocate of recovery from substance abuse disorders and has been vocal about her own recovery. She helped launch the New Orleans chapter of Ben’s Friends, a national organization that supports members of the hospitality industry who are seeking sobriety.