Born in the Philippines and raised in Texas, June is the CEO & Partner of Houston-based
Goodnight Hospitality founded 2019 consisting of retail shoppe and wine bar Montrose
Cheese & Wine, Rosie Cannonball, a 2020 James Beard Award semifinalist for Outstanding
Wine Program, and ultra-fine dining venture, MARCH which garnered accolades such as
Best New Restaurants in Esquire, the No. 2 Restaurant in America in Robb Report’s Best of the Best 2022 and a 2022 James Beard Award semifinalist nod for Best Chef Texas. They
will open The Marigold Club, their fourth concept in 2024.

In her career June has opened over twenty hospitality concepts with numerous James
Beard Award winners and nominees and Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs. She
remains a partner in the eponymous June’s All Day, named one of Food & Wine magazine’s
Restaurants of the Year in 2017.

She is a known leader in the hospitality community and her personal accolades
include: Wine Enthusiast’s Sommelier of the Year 2018; Wine Enthusiast 40 Under 40 2016;
Key Panelist at Women in Wine Leadership Symposium and numerous Food & Wine
Festivals across the nation; Food & Wine magazine’s Sommelier of the Year 2014 (she is theonly person to have received both the Restaurants of the Year & Sommelier of the Yearaccolade), Star Chef’s Rising Star Sommelier 2012, Wine & Spirits Best New Sommelier2011, TEXSOM Best Sommelier Winner 2009 and is one of 25 women in the Americas to earn the Master Sommelier credential.

An avid sparkling wine drinker and determined to find cause for celebration in day-to-day
life, in 2017 she launched her own wine, the popular and thirst quenching, June’s Brut
Rosé.

Outside of her passion for restaurant operations, wine, and championing diversity &
inclusion, June loves doing crossword puzzles with her husband, obsessing over her dog,
admiring art, avoiding regular exercise, and laughing heartily with her friends.