I've been an event planner my entire career and wouldn't know what to do otherwise. I love planning and executing events. I love people. I really love my job and the company Becca and I created.

My experience in managing nearly 800 events has been varied – everything from highly stylized themed parties and luncheons in the nonprofit sector to bridal shows, weddings and fashion shows in major markets in the Midwest. I even worked in the marketing department producing team events and conferences for an industrial manufacturer at the corporate level.

For eleven years, I worked as the Festival Director for the City of Asheville, North Carolina. I was responsible for 5 festivals, including Bele Chere – one of the largest, free music festivals in the Southeast - and consulting and permitting 100 events annually with an attendance of over 500,000 people. I managed a team of 6 staff members and served as the key media spokesperson to major media across the Southeast. I was the founder and director of the Asheville Film Festival & secured over $1 million in funding for city-wide festivals.

In 2008, Becca and I launched Asheville Event Co., a full service event planning and consulting company and we now manage over 40 events per year including weddings, corporate events and festivals.  We are special event experts in budgeting, site research and selection, event logistics, vendors, sponsorship development, volunteer recruitment, community relations, marketing, public relations and all things Asheville, North Carolina.

I’m a mom, a wife, a runner and an animal-lover. I love rock music, shopping, the beach and calling Asheville, North Carolina home.

I like to say that I escaped LA when I moved to Asheville. My career began in the entertainment industry working on feature films and commercials as an Assistant Director for a number of major motion picture studios. During those years, I developed a solid background in organization and logistics, which led me to become an event and meeting planner.

My event planning career began when I arrived in Asheville over 10 years ago and was hired by a marketing company to plan and organize corporate events and meetings. I planned and implemented all types of events from Tailgate parties for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to large scale corporate events and meetings, as well as hundreds of upscale weddings and special events.

I love love and have always been a hopeless romantic, which is likely what lead me to Hollywood in the first place. Ironically, I ended up in Asheville - finding the love of my life - and working with brides on well...a day filled with love.

Melissa and I have experience and a level of professionalism that exceeds most of our clients and vendors expectations. We truly love what we do and take pride in being a part of something that comes together and is one of the best days of someone’s life - be it a wedding, a corporate event or a festival.

I love the outdoors, the fresh air and the mountains. I enjoy spending time with my family and appreciating this wonderful city that I live in.