Lori Hardacker
Event Planner
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North Fort Myers, LeeMember since May 14, 2025
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About
I have been creating, planning, executing and hosting events around SWFL at bars, restaurants, on tiki boats, housing communities and comedy clubs since 2019
Experience
07/19-present LEAVE IT TO LORI EVENTS!, Fort Myers, FL
Owner
- Solely responsible for the overall operation of the business; sales, marketing, advertising and administration.
- Planned, created and executed all events in the SWFL area.
- Met with venue owners to put together weekly and monthly events at their establishments.
- Held weekly social webinars
Owner/Teacher
- Create curriculum.
- Plan and execute all dance classes.
- Promote literacy and fitness with the “Moving the Story off the Pages” enrichment program at libraries preschools, daycare centers and elementary schools.
- In charge of all aspects of owning and operating the company.
Assistant Manager, Server, Bartender, Banquet and Cocktail Server, Host
- Coldwater Oyster Market, Fort Myers, FL
- Colter Bay Ranch House, Moran, WY
- Page Barteau Catering, San Antonio, TX
- The Trinity Hotel, Carlsbad, NM
- Bluewater Cowboy, Port Aransas, TX
- Dante’s Coal Fired Pizza, Fort Myers, FL
- Western Avenue Grill, Glen Arbor, MI
- When Pigs Fly, Kittery, ME
- Concord Colonial Inn, Concord, MA
- Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
- Robert’s Seafood, Kittery, ME
- Abercrombie and Finch, Hampton, NH
- Blue Rock Catering, Newport, RI
- Vincenzo’s, Andover, MA
- Paul’s Diner, Westford, MA
- Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, Woburn, MA
Education
BA from Roger Williams University 1994
