Andrew Leavitt is an event safety specialist with a focus on event meteorology. Andrew founded “Ironic” named in honor of Alanis Morissette in 2020 as the first global concierge event meteorology service, focusing on weddings, social, and corporate events. His journey in the event industry spans over 20 years, beginning with private event planning and gradually expanding into specialized roles in meteorology, crowd management, and risk mitigation. Since launching Ironic, he has had the pleasure ...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Rebecca Yale is an internationally acclaimed destination wedding photographer and educator based in California. She was named one of the top wedding photographers in the world by Harper’s Bazaar and BRIDES and has been featured in 100+ publications including Martha Stewart Weddings, The Knot, and People Magazine. Rebecca is dedicated to empowering fellow creative entrepreneurs to find success by making intentional decisions for their art and business. You will hear all about Rebecca’s journey an...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Tanya Pushkine born and raised in Brussels, Belgium to an American born musical conductor and German/Belgian painter. Upon moving to the USA, she was soon accepted to The Juilliard School’s Drama Division. Immediately upon graduation, she was selected to play Mozart’s wife in Amadeus on Broadway, followed by roles on television, stage and film in both Europe and the US. After a successful 10-year career, and the birth of two children, Tanya changed paths entirely and joined the corporate world w...
Mar 28, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 6
New York-based event designer Josh Spiegel of BIRCH began his career selling floral arrangements out of his father's balloon shop in Brooklyn. As founder and Chief Creative Officer of the high-touch decor, floral, and production company, Josh and the BIRCH team have globally transformed luxury spaces, creating awe-inspiring events that WOW—from weddings to celebrations around the world. As seen in Vogue, Harper's BAZAAR, People, Brides, and beyond. Featured Guest: Josh Spiegel of Birch Event Des...
Mar 21, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Robyn's journey in the wedding industry is a blend of passion and professionalism. She started at Wedgewood Weddings as a Catering Sales Manager, orchestrating over 100 weddings annually. Since 2012, she's witnessed the company's remarkable growth to 60+ venues nationwide. Now, as the Director of Sales Training, Robyn is the driving force behind a team of 200+, spanning coordinators to sales directors. She empowers them with knowledge and skills, ranging from coordinating ceremonies to selling w...
Mar 14, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Persephone Maglaya, Chief Executive Officer + Founder, and Eduardo Maglaya, Chief Data Officer of The Media Socialites, are passionate about empowering brands to take control of their narratives and unlock their potential for social growth and conversions. With a boutique approach to social media, TMS specializes in partnering with small to mid-sized businesses, helping them launch and grow across their digital marketing channels. At The Media Socialites, they are not just a team; they’re a fami...
Feb 19, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Phillip Van Nostrand is a photographer and life changing coach based out of New York City. He is an expert in capturing bright, cinematic lifestyle imagery in weddings, events, and commercial projects. He travels abroad once a year and has photographed 40+ countries. Published in the New York Times, Dwell Magazine, Fortune.com , Brides, Vogue, Style Me Pretty, Fast Company, Huffington Post, Forbes.com , Parade Magazine, The Knot NY, and was a Master Class speaker at WPPI in 2016, 2017, and 2019....
Jan 25, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Ashley Saffer is an acclaimed wedding planner and designer with nearly two decades of experience across the wedding and hospitality industries. Her well-rounded knowledge makes her uniquely skilled at crafting full-service weddings where she expertly orchestrates each aspect of the couple’s celebration. Ashley is a sounding board that guides her clients throughout the planning and design process. She’s a master of strategy and stunning designs, and most of all, Ashley is a trusted partner to her...
Jan 18, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 1
From the stages of Harvard Business School, to pages of Architectural Digest, Rachael is regarded as the in-demand Luxury Strategist for female entrepreneurs seeking to become a top 3% firm. Rachael stands for values and brands that last. With a storied career monetizing personal brands, she is celebrated for her coined & trademarked work surrounding the psychology of the "Velvet Rope." ™ Her goal? To launch her clients into luxury via "The Four P's" positioning, press, paid speaking and pip...
May 18, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Kawania Wooten brings a unique mix of experience and skills to her businesses, Howerton+Wooten Events and the Enlightened Creative. Her vast experience in the hospitality world includes hotel management, casino and gaming, the culinary industry, and 30 years as a professional meeting and event planner for the Washington DC elite. Kawania strives for professionalism, creativity and impeccable organization within every function planned by the Howerton+Wooten Events team. She is an adjunct instruct...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Michelle Loretta is a strategist for the events industry and creator of Be Sage Consulting, formerly Sage Wedding Pros. She has been educating, coaching, and consulting event professionals since 2009. With a degree in accounting, roots at the Big 4 firm Deloitte, and experience as a stationery entrepreneur, she dissects numbers to help level-up businesses’ earnings. These days, Michelle primarily provides financial strategy services and Fractional CFO consulting to event business owners. She has...
Apr 27, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 9
With a combined 30-plus years of experience and hundreds of weddings produced in the Boston and New England area, Real Deal Wedding Insiders® Edna Dratch-Parker and Jeri Solomon have seen it all. Edna is the founder and creative director of EFD Creative—Event Planning & Design, and Jeri owns Jeri Solomon Floral Design. They combined their depth of knowledge and real-life experiences to write Guide to Smart Wedding Planning to help couples set a solid foundation for their wedding planning jou...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Jillian Nichols is a tenured, professional, and driven Director of Catering and Conference Services. She lives and breathes hospitality and strives for 5-star service in all of her team members, herself, and her employer. She has worked for numerous four, and five-star properties such as The Langham, Boca Raton Resort, and Club & Hotel Viking. While reopening the Langham Boston for the last two years, she has served on the Board for Boston Wedding Group as Educational Chair, Vice-President, ...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 7
Tracy Taylor Ward Design plans, designs and produces (with florals and stationery in-house!) exceptional events throughout the world. Their award-winning firm is named on the Brides Best Planner list, and has been featured in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Town & Country, to name a few. With offices in New York City and South Florida, the TTWD team strives to exceed your expectations and deliver an unparalleled experience every step of the way. You w...
Apr 06, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Meredith Ryncarz is a former college art professor turned destination wedding photographer with Meredith Ryncarz Photography. Recently named one of the top photographers in the south by South Magazine, her work can be seen in Forbes, The New York Times, and Southern Living. As a military spouse, Meredith has crafted a business that is not situated in one regional market but rather is mobile to suit the lifestyle of her family, allowing her to restart her business multiple times over the past dec...
Mar 30, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The Jordan Kahn Music Company has established itself as the new standard in luxury entertainment for every kind of celebration. As described in articles in Vogue Magazine, Fortune Magazine and People Magazine, Jordan Kahn's bands have performed for former Presidents and First Families, The Bachelor Franchise and several of the The Real Housewives Franchise television stars'. You will hear all about Jordan Kahn's journey and his tips on 'Setting New Standards in the Wedding Industry.' We will fi...
Mar 23, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 4
With offices in California and Maryland, Shannon Leahy Rosenbaum of Shannon Leahy Events plans and designs stunning weddings all over the world. Shannon has been named one of the top wedding and event planners in the world by Martha Stewart Weddings, Brides, and Harper's Bazaar Magazines. A Shannon Leahy wedding is characterized by clean line design, a carefully orchestrated flow, and an incredible attention to every detail. She is renowned for her ability to remain calm in stressful situations ...
Mar 16, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Brandee Gaar is a luxury Event Planner, Thought Leader, Educational Speaker and Host of The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast. As a lifelong lover of all things events, Brandee spent 7 years as a corporate event planner with the prestigious Gaylord Hotels brand before opening her own event consulting firm. Blush by Brandee Gaar and Eleven Events by Blush have quickly become known for their over the top events and high touch standard of customer service. Brandee is passionate about teaching wedding industr...
Mar 09, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Gretchen Culver is the creative mind behind Minneapolis’ go-to design and planning firm, Rocket Science Events, but her business prowess doesn’t stop there. In 2020, she opened the doors to Minne Weddings, a brand that provides stylish and affordable micro-weddings, as a way to meet her clients’ evolving demands for small-but-significant celebrations. Her knack for identifying client pain points and solving problems has propelled Minne Weddings to the top of her market. Named one of the “30 Unde...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
WE'RE BACK, Confetti Hour Squad! It has been a MINUTE! Truthfully, I have been taking some time to revamp and rethink how I want to serve the community with this podcast and all of my education offerings. I am excited to share a few updates with you before we launch our first episode of the new season this Thursday! ——— Confetti Hour Squad, I’ve got some BIG news to share! My new education website is HERE !!! It is a new home for my 1:1 mentoring services for planners, my educational blog, the p...
Feb 28, 2023•4 min
Meryl has spent 28 years in the special event & catering industry as co-founder of Feastivities Events, along with its subsidiaries OffShoots Decor and Philadelphia's Picnic Company. She also is the author of Booked It!, Cha-Ching, Becoming a Sales Superstar, and three how-to Style & Design videos; in addition, she is the creator of the Triangle Method Sales Training Platform. She's ambitious, focused, and confident. This is more than a job; she's on a mission to help businesses get on t...
Oct 06, 2022•58 min•Ep. 124
Eddie Babbage is the founder and CEO of Timeline Genius, a software company dedicated to revolutionizing the way wedding and event professionals create event day timelines. Prior to launching Timeline Genius, Eddie spent over 3 years researching the timeline creation process – interviewing hundreds of wedding planners nationwide and studying their timeline workflows. In addition to his work on Timeline Genius, Eddie is the host of the Wedding Industry Insider podcast, which provides interviews a...
Sep 01, 2022•54 min•Ep. 123
Emily Jane Lee is the owner of a website design business called By Emily Jane, where she specializes in creating custom Squarespace websites for wedding professionals. From her former experience as a photographer, she totally understands how much of a headache it can be to create a website that actually helps you stand out and get clients. That's why Emily loves to teach other creatives how to incorporate more strategy and professional design into their own websites, through her speaking and blo...
Aug 11, 2022•35 min•Ep. 122
Kelly Ann Peck, founder of Emerson Reese Creative , is committed to helping event entrepreneurs create their own path in life by translating her experience into actionable strategies that turn ideas into profitable businesses. She guides creative professionals in developing a roadmap to their version of success, whether that’s building a six-figure business or discovering more freedom in entrepreneurship. Growing up with an entrepreneur father and launching her own creative business has taught h...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 121
After a decade in weddings and events, Amber Anderson, founder of Heavenly Day Events, pivoted her career into coaching others while maintaining a role in her planning company in Austin, Texas. As the host of Refine for Wedding Planners, Amber desires to coach and mentor planners via the largest Facebook group exclusively for wedding planners by offering a course, retreat, membership and templates! Amber is known for having radical honesty, often saying what most people are thinking but won’t sa...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 120
Brittny Drye is the founder and editor-in-chief of Love Inc., the leading equality-minded wedding blog and print publication, and host of Inclusively Yours, an LGBTQ-inclusive podcast highlighting wedding planning tips and love stories. Featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, and more, she is known for her inclusive efforts, her wedding know-how, and her candid takes on the state of the industry at large. You will hear all about Brittny Drye's journey and her tips on 'Indus...
May 12, 2022•59 min•Ep. 119
Elaina Pires is the owner of Revel and Joy Events, a wedding and event planning firm based in Greater Boston. With a background in the performing arts, Elaina's approach to planning is infused with experience in stage management, choreography and set design. Her passion for the arts morphed into a career in events, working on high production performances, galas, and corporate parties. While she once swore she'd never dive into the wedding world for fear of the "bridezilla", she now finds joy in ...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 118
Lindsay Williams is a mama, wedding stationer and educator based in Niagara Falls, NY. Through personality packed content, and out of this world customer service, Lindsay has grown her wedding stationery company, from $30k to $300k in yearly revenue in just 5 years. As host of the ‘Build that Business’ podcast and creator of ‘The Wedding Booking Blueprint,’ she now shares tips, tricks, struggles and triumphs from her experience building, growing and scaling a successful wedding business. Her goa...
Apr 21, 2022•53 min•Ep. 117
Rebecca Simon is a Virtual Service Provider Coach and the founder of The Success Society, a corporation that has helped hundreds of women build, launch, and scale their online service-based businesses. She leads and teaches virtual assistants (VAs) and online business managers (OBMs) through one-on-one and group coaching programs. She has built a community of over 45,000 entrepreneurs, providing a safe space for her audience to feel supported, educated, and inspired. You will hear all about Rebe...
Apr 14, 2022•31 min•Ep. 116
Carissa Woo is an award-winning wedding photographer turned business coach. With an eye for lighting and angles coupled with her natural ability to bring out the best in her clients, Carissa has been the exclusive photographer of choice to over 200 weddings around the world. With over a decade of experience, Carissa has built a thriving business, and she is ready to share her recipe for success with other passionate photographers. By providing a clearcut roadmap, specific tools, and proven strat...
Mar 31, 2022•39 min•Ep. 115
