Fête: French for festival, celebration or gala. Perfection: a state of completeness and flawlessness. Partnering with the soon-to-be-married and their families, I strive to exceed the expectations of all of my clients, and to ensure that they enjoy the wedding day of their dreams. As a wedding and event planning professional, I work with an outstanding network of service providers, including the best of the best florists, hair and makeup artists, photographers, transportation companies, officiates, travel organizers, hotels and venues of all types, and many more. As a client, you benefit from knowing that I partner with only the most select, appropriate service providers for your event. With a strong background in marketing and professional services, my clients benefit from my unerring attention to detail and exacting standards. Whether you are getting married in your home town or a destination across the US or internationally, Fete Perfection is the ideal wedding and event planning choice.

Fête: French for festival, celebration or gala. Perfection: a state of completeness and flawlessness. Partnering with the soon-to-be-married and their families, I strive to exceed the expectations of all of my clients, and to ensure that they enjoy the wedding day of their dreams. As a wedding planning professional, I work with an outstanding network of service providers, including the best of the best florists, hair and makeup artists, photographers, transportation companies, officiates, travel organizers, hotels and venues of all types, and many more. As a client, you benefit from knowing that I partner with only the most select, appropriate service providers for your event. With a strong background in marketing and professional services, my clients benefit from my unerring attention to detail and exacting standards. Whether you are getting married in your home town or a destination across the US or internationally, Fete Perfection is the ideal wedding planning choice.

Committee member working to build visibility, community and donor support for the Ordway Theatre's educational and artistic programs. Define target professional organizations and private individuals to present and validate the Theatre's needs and objectives. Establish community relationships and mutual programming for fund development and support.

Chaired national team of committee members responsible for a wide variety of communications tactics, focused on chapter development, legacy planning and visibility building primarily through a web-based communications platform. These efforts resulted in new chapters being created, a broader base of partnerships, increased exposure to our mission and ongoing revenue streams established.

Professional services consultant, project manager, editor for full range of communications, marketing, business development and strategic planning engagements. Requested skills include writing, editing, strategic plan and budget analysis, phased growth recommendations and other critical business needs planning. Manage service providers and contractors, maintain budget and timeline demands. Industry experience across professional services, including healthcare, real estate, financial and legal services, professional event and destination wedding planning. Focused on results, and exceeding expectations.

Responsible for all new business in large employer health insurance 'add-on' services focused on health and wellness: illness prevention and cost reduction programs. Identified new business prospects, pitched services, and maintained pipeline. Established web presence, built public relations strategy, participated in industry conferences and white papers. Strategic planning resulted in establishing the agency and executive management as industry and thought leaders; several key large employer clients; a healthy pipeline of active prospects, and solid revenue stream.

Directed all marketing and new business initiatives for a 10-office national law firm. Primary responsibilities included quarterly and annual budget analysis; implementation of business development programs for top revenue practice groups and individual 'rainmakers'; research and reporting on new market and industry potential via competitive intelligence best practices; established key community partnerships through innovative public relations, marketing and advertising programs. Ongoing results included enhanced visibility and increased revenues for the firm and individual practitioners, several key relationships established with national organizations, and exclusive participation in industry conferences, committee meetings and trade associations.

Marketing team member responsible for individual practice group marketing initiatives, resulting in additional industry influence and revenue creation. Participated in negotiating key program involvement, including gaining the naming rights for a industry incubator, providing unparalleled access to decision makers and business leaders. Worked with several hundred attorneys across multiple offices, both nationally and internationally.

Oversaw the competitive intelligence research and reporting by a team of analysts, with responsibility for understanding geographic, market and competitor growth trends and developments. Participated in key technology solutions beta-testing, including vetting providers and monitoring test programs. Established a regular reporting structure for top executives with an accessible, succinct series of reports and summaries, delivered on demand via new technologies.