Jacqueline Vazquez
Lifetime Events by Jacqueline founded in 2007 is owned & operated by Jacqueline Vazquez. Ms. Vazquez has over 10 years experience in the industry, and is a Member of two top Bridal Industry Associations, Weddings Beautiful Worldwide (WBW) and Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC).
Ms. Vazquez was awarded in 2010 the Certified Wedding Planner™ (CWP), and in 2008 the Certified Wedding Specialist™ (CWS) Certificates by Weddings Beautiful. She completed the Professional Bridal Consultant™ Development Program with honors, and was awarded a Distinguished Graduate Award by the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC). Jacqueline is a Member of Wedding Wire, Martha Stewart Weddings and Project Weddings. She has recently been selected by ABC as Director of the ABC NY Westchester/Bronx County Networking Group. Jacqueline has over 19 years of experience in the Accounting field and that puts Lifetime Events by Jacqueline a step ahead in assisting their Clients with their budget. Ms. Vazquez majored in Accounting at Bernard Baruch College, New York, and received her Bachelor in Business Administration.
Ms. Vazquez states that the support she receives from her husband makes being an entrepreneur so worth the work. Lifetime Events by Jacqueline motto is: We work with you for you to ensure your Special Event will last you a LIFETIME.
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Gary R. Wright
Gary’s experience includes opening, or buying, or managing or selling bridal businesses at 31 retail locations in six states. Since 1973, he has been the CEO of National Bridal Service. Founded in 1951, NBS is a prestigious membership organization that provides professional services to independently owned stores–employee training, advertising, merchandising, management, financial guidelines, and market surveys.
He founded Weddings Beautiful in 1968, which provides certification courses for wedding planners worldwide. WB has licensees in Japan, Mexico, Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Bahamas, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Guam and the Philippines.
He founded Custom Catalog Service in 1990. This business creates high-quality catalogs for upscale jewelry and fine gift stores.
He appeared as the industry spokesperson on the national television program, “How To Succeed In Business,” and is frequently contacted for comments and opinions on industry issues. He has been hired as an expert witness on several litigations, and buy-sell negotiations.
Past honors include Bridal Guide’s Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Tabletop Giftware Association, Who’s Who in the Jewelry Industry, and served on the Board of Advisors for - BB&T Bank, Longwood University School of Business and Health South. Elder, First Presbyterian Church.
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Michael Nolte
Michael J. Nolte wears five “bridal hats.” He has owned his company, Nolte’s Bridal, for 30 years. During that time he has become the owner of two high-end salons, a gown designer, a speaker, an author and most importantly for this audience, a wedding coordinator of renown. He has directed over 1,000 weddings with budgets ranging $50,000 to $3,000,000. His seminar presentation “Stylish Weddings” will help rookie planners develop their personal “style” in selling both themselves and their services. For veteran planners, they will find their imaginations stretched as he shares gorgeous slides of his creations and most importantly explains “the back story.”
Michael has been profiled in numerous industry publications, has served as a director on the Miss America Pageant. He hosts Wedding Planning 101 seminars bi-annually in Kansas City. Michael and his wife, Barbie are the parents of three brides-to-be…a blonde, a redhead and a brunette. The family lives in Kansas City.
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Pat Mahoney
Pat has worked with brides and bridal fashion stores for more than 30 years. Her specialty is sales training and she is currently Director of Training for NBS. She is author of Wedding Notes, a syndicated column of wedding tips which is provided to bridal consultants and wedding planners in over 200 locations. In addition, she is the author of Pat’s Pen, a monthly management newsletter for bridal store owners.
She has conducted scores of seminars for storeowners, managers and staff all across the country. She created a sales video for stores to use for in-house training. She has written the coursework and reviews submitted study materials for the Registered Bridal Consultant course and the Accredited course offered by National Bridal Service. She is currently working on an updated course for Jewelry & Gift Consultants.
Pat has also served as Circulation and Sales Executive for the Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, with responsibility for Consumer Sales and Marketing and she has worked in the public sector as Marketing Specialist for the Minnesota State Department of Education and has taught Fashion and Retailing at the post secondary level.
As one member recently said, “I always get an idea and new inspiration from Pat. Wait until you meet her, she has so much enthusiasm for the bridal industry …. You will love her.”
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Myrna Grossman
Myrna Grossman, owner and President of For All Occasions, Inc. in Fairfax, Virginia, is a certified wedding specialist. She has been a member of the Weddings Beautiful Family since 2005, and has been in the wedding business since 1993 planning, coordinating, and assisting clients with their invitation ensembles.
Myrna is a featured writer for Brides and Weddings Magazine of Northern Virginia where she is a featured writer, and also has a monthly column online called “Myrna’s Memos”.
Myrna is a member of Weddings Beautiful, Association of Wedding Professionals, Metro DC Chapter, where she holds the position of Member chair, ISES, NACE, Business Networking International, and recently founded Women in Weddings, a local networking group for women in the wedding industry. She has been recognized as one of the preferred Wedding Consultants in the DC Metro Area in the Bride and Groom 2010 winter edition Washingtonian Magazine.
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Nancy Tucker
Ms. Tucker began her career as a wedding consultant after years of planning events and conferences in her position with Verizon. As a detail oriented person, she was the natural choice to help out friends and family with their weddings and parties. As her profession with Verizon neared retirement eligibility, Ms. Tucker decided to start a business as a Wedding Consultant. The first step was acquiring the necessary education so she began with classes at a local community college. The next step was the successful completion of the required course provided by Weddings Beautiful Worldwide thereby becoming a Certified Wedding Specialist.
Throughout her career, Ms. Tucker has been engaged to plan and coordinate weddings for brides with $5,000 budgets and the brides with the $75,000 to $150,000 budget. She has worked venues from Medieval Castles to 150’ yachts. Her precision has been evident when coordinating at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, where ceremonies are scheduled every 50 minutes.
Nancy accepted the position of President of Weddings Beautiful Worldwide in 2005. She was instrumental in the Online Course creation.
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Tracey Kumer-Moore
Tracey Kumer-Moore IS Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge. A certified June Wedding Consultant, she has been planning and “Creating Stylish Celebrations of Love and Life” in Las Vegas since 2003. Tracey has been quoted, featured and authored articles in Special Events Magazine, Event Solutions Magazine, the ICA “CommuniCATER”, The Bride and Bloom, Destination Weddings & Honeymoon Magazine, Style Me Pretty, and more, and authors the blog, “Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge" and "Diary of a Not-So-Skinny Wedding Concierge".
Tracey is a member of the Las Vegas Chapter of NACE (National Association of Catering Executives). She received the 2007 Las Vegas Spirit of NACE Award and named to the NACE Presidents’ list in 2008. Tracey is a founding member of WIPA (Wedding Industry Professionals Association) and currently serves as the 2010 Director of Education.
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Jean Daviet
For 30 years, Jean served in various project management positions with Fortune 500 companies. Five years ago when she decided to ‘retire’, she realized the same principals of corporate management apply to wedding planning. It is necessary to create a detailed plan, contract with trusted vendors, bring in all tasks on schedule, and within your budget parameters. She is not an event planner. She coordinates weddings and only weddings in the Front Range communities of Northern Colorado close to her Greeley home.
Recently, Jean has reactivated another talent from her consulting days; providing financial and business advice to small companies. Many companies are fellow wedding professionals whom, like so many small businesses, want financial success but have never focused on how the financial picture impacts their overall business health.
Jean balances her interest in helping other businesses with fun time with her all or some of her 15 grandchildren. Her community passion is directed to Habitat for Humanity where she can be seen wielding a paint brush or working through the tax intricacies of obtaining first time home buyer credits for habitat families.
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