Jonathan McCloud is Resident Scholar, Winemaker and Chef of Musea Center for Intentional Creativity and Museum. He also is President and CEO of Imprensiva, Inc. a private consulting firm offering executive services to SBE clients, and an officer of NGO, the Intentional Creativity Foundation, Inc. which he co-founded.

He is a poet and artist at heart.

He hails from a small town in West Virginia. Centered in the heart of Appalachia, he holds a deep understanding of nature and traditional medicines and ways.

He spent two tours deployed with the US Air Force and retired from service because of injuries received in conflict. He was swept into the glamor and gastronomy of the food world and worked for top chefs around the globe serving fine cuisine. He has owned several restaurants in Dallas and Las Vegas over the years. He earned two baccalaureate degrees with honors in business and a Master's in Philosophy and is currently enrolled as a Doctoral Student. He also holds a certification in Phytobiology from Cornell University.  

After nearly 30 years of developing his career in hospitality, he changed his life path to take up life as an artist, photographer, and poet, as well as working for Burning Man, Couch Surfing, and more in the artistic, digital, and business startup realms.  

Described by his colleagues as an alchemist, Chef McCloud prepares cuisine for participants worldwide with his culinary genius and winemaking.

Chef McCloud has found a deep relationship with nutrition, as he is a survivor of Kidney Cancer. He cites it as one of the most significant factors in recovery and remission. What once was a passion is now an imperative.

He lives and works in the Sonoma Los Carneros wine country on a small ranch from where he consults globally.