Caskey was tapped in 2000 to be the Executive Director of the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board. His mission is to oversee the promotion of Colorado’s wine and grape products in Colorado and beyond. Caskey is a 30-year wine industry veteran, with experience in the restaurant and retail wine industries. As a well-rounded devotee of the Dionysus, the Greek god of theatre and wine, he has degrees in Theatre and English from the University of Denver and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Before joining the Board, he managed the wine department at Boulder Liquor Mart, one of Colorado’s largest retail liquor stores in Boulder. Prior to that, he was wine director for the former Rattlesnake Club in Denver. He has also been a wine education instructor at Boulder’s Culinary School of the Rockies and is currently chair of WineAmerica’s State Agencies Council.