THE EVENT DETAILS - Key Persons


Carla Van Wees

Carla is an experienced teacher with 14 years of professional experience and 23 years of experience in events and travel. She is passionate about cultural diversity and has traveled to 46 countries as well as planned authentic experiences for both corporate and leisure travellers. She utilized her teaching degree in both classroom and non traditional settings in a variety of formal and informal workplaces. She has managed and facilitated events globally in a range of environments including: retreats, corporate team building, festivals, family weddings, large sales events, educational workshops, industry conferences and bespoke masterminds. Clients at these events ranged from actors, entrepreneurs, sports professionals, authors on the New York Times bestselling list, to administrators and families. These experiences refined her interpersonal skills and together with anticipating client's needs, created a proactive and people- centric culture. She has both trained and been trained in providing an exceptional customer experience, which is the integral thread throughout her entire career.

Jeanette Tobey

Well known in the event industry, Jeanette Tobey has a reputation as the "go-to" event planner for events of all sizes and budgets. Be it your dream wedding, a product launch or an industry trade show, Jeanette has a track record of taking events to a whole new level of excellence and mak- ing them a success. Jeanette has over 20 years in the events industry with experience ranging from coordinating weddings to planning and executing full service corporate events. Her events are truly interactive - providing customers the opportunity to experience a product or service from concept to execu- tion. Jeanette is committed to achieving the highest level of excellence in every event. In recent years, Jeanette has planned and executed successful events and campaigns for clients such as Morguard, Cadillac Fairview, Prada, Tim Hortons, TELUS and CTV. With incredible knowledge of the event industry, Jeanette takes pride in turning visions into reality by being on the leading edge by leveraging a vast network of internal and external alli- ances she's amassed over the years. Jeanette has tremendous sensitivity to corporate pressures in today's economic envi- ronment and works within clients' budgets to achieve event goals, always delivering a meaningful, memorable and magical time for guests.