Kelley F. Byrne Event Planning Portfolio

The Country Club of Virginia Events

My role during The Country Club of Virginia events was rotating throughout my internship, therefore some weeks I was in the kitchen doing anything from helping with the cake to assisting in plating a 300-person dinner. Other weeks I was working directly with the bride and mother of the bride before, during, and after the reception as the “bridal assistant.” On two occasions I was fully in charge of the reception from helping with food choices to loading the gifts in the car afterwards.

Presbyterian College Events Raise the Torch Fundraising Campaign; 75 guest average

Confucius Institute Launch hosted by the President and Board of Trustees and had about a 500 guest average for the weekend. My role ranged from everything from designing and sending out invitations to cleaning up after the weekend of events.

William Plummer Jacobs Society Dinner, Scholarship and Donor Recognition Dinner and The Neville Dinner 125 Guest Average William Plummer Jacobs Dinner

Scholarship and Donor Recognition Dinner

My role for each event included table decor, menu, invitations, menu cards, place cards, event set-up, management, and clean-up. The William G. Neville Society Dinner

Anne Pinckney Smith & Co Events

My role included building relationships with the bride and groom and their families; helping design, print and put together the programs; manage ceremony location and timing the day of the event; timing for the reception and departure of bride and groom; take all gifts to the bride’s home; and help oversee and assist in post event clean up.