Founder, Managing Director & Venue Sales Director at Crimson Quarter Brands & Reverie & Riot (2023-12 – Present)
A design house built for the unconventional — giving couples a judgment-free space to plan and execute the wedding and ceremony they actually want, no matter how far it strays from tradition.
- Founded & Scaled the Business: Built a boutique luxury events and design firm from the ground up, now managing 100+ luxury events annually across premier New Orleans venues.
- Team Leadership: Recruited, trained, and managed a 40+ person team of sales coordinators, day-of staff, and creative personnel.
- Full-Cycle Sales Ownership: Own the complete sales pipeline — inquiries, proposals, site walkthroughs, tastings, and contracts — from first touch to signed deal.
- Strategic Partnerships: Built recurring business and long-term referral pipelines with Race & Religious, Jewel of the South, and multiple boutique French Quarter hotels.
- CRM Architecture: Built and maintained HoneyBook and Tripleseat workflows to optimize lead tracking, booking pace, and forecasting accuracy.
Director of Corporate & Group Sales at Mardi Gras School of Cooking (2026-03 – 2026-06)
Culinary-experience & corporate team-building venue
- Record Revenue Growth: Generated the most profitable spring in company history ($470,408), setting three consecutive monthly revenue records in 90 days and beating the prior all-time record by ~$127K (+69% YoY).
- New-Business Development: Booked 30+ new corporate and group accounts from a zero base in under three months, including growing a $9,750 inquiry into a $21,050 signed contract via consultative upselling.
- Sales Infrastructure: Authored a 47-page Sales Operations Manual and led a company-wide CRM rebuild, compressing lead response from 48+ hours to under 30 minutes and closing ~50% of active proposals in a single month.
- Signature Experiences: Secured off-campus venue partnerships that tripled guest capacity, and helped design a custom spice-blend activation for 600 attendees at the NACPA national convention.
Wedding & Venue Sales Director at The Temple (2025-01 – 2025-12)
Event venue owned by Tony Award winner John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
- Program Launch: Built and launched the venue's wedding sales program from zero — the first formalized sales pipeline in the property's history.
- Sales Pipeline Management: Oversaw venue sales and coordination end-to-end, supporting a high-conversion pipeline from inquiry through signed contract.
- Industry Representation: Represented the venue at CVB events, venue showcases, and hospitality industry activations to build referral relationships and visibility.
- Officiant Services: Served as ordained officiant for select client ceremonies, crafting personalized experiences aligned with each couple's overall event design.
Senior Fundraising Consultant & Event Strategist at Dark Horse Campaigns (2009-04 – 2021-10)
National political and nonprofit consultancy delivering fundraising, general campaign consulting, communications strategy, and voter mobilization to campaigns from grassroots budgets to multi-million-dollar races — including a purpose-built model that made professional fundraising accessible to smaller campaigns.
- National Revenue Leadership: Raised $100M+ across 1,000+ campaigns nationwide — including Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets — at an 80%+ win rate and a 100% record of meeting or exceeding revenue and budget goals.
- Virtual Call Room System: Engineered a remote fundraising model pairing video conferencing with NGP VAN's CRM, letting finance staff run donor outreach across multiple campaigns simultaneously; the approach has since been adopted industry-wide.
- Talent Pipeline: Recruited, hired, trained, and mentored fundraising staff and interns — several of whom went on to work presidential campaigns — building accountable, repeatable sales structures.
- Electoral Results: Helped elect hundreds of candidates across Congress, mayoral races, state legislatures, judgeships, district attorney races, city councils, and other local offices.
- General Consultant Role: Served as General Consultant on client campaigns — hiring and directing staff, media consultants, and vendors.
- Budget & Compliance Oversight: Built and managed campaign budgets while handling fundraising compliance and state/federal financial disclosure filings across every client account.
- Sponsorship & Relationship Selling: Sold sponsorships and underwriting for high-profile galas and events featuring national figures, managing client accounts, contracts, and multi-location logistics across a network spanning 30+ states.
