When Elizabeth Coopersmith ’93 tied the knot in 2003, she was lucky to have been an event planner at the time, and had a very good idea of what to expect and where to go and find what she wanted. It was the year when all of her friends were getting married too, and wanted to help. Eventually, Silver Charm Events was born. With almost 15 years of experience as a planner in Los Angeles, Coopersmith collaborates with the best creative professionals in Southern California. As a huge Los Angeles Lakers fan, Coopersmith helped former NBA Star Robert Horry and his wife, Candice Madrid, plan the final weeks of their wedding in October 2019, and their story was featured on People.com. Silver Charm Events is committed to giving their clients the support, resources and time they need to create the celebration of a lifetime. They believe their clients should enjoy their special wedding day, and feel relaxed about the planning that leads up to it.

In-Person and Virtual Team Building: Amazing Race, Survivor Games, Game Shows, Fast & Furious Build ‘N Race, Lego Build, Culinary Classes and Much More

Feet First started in 1988 with Dave and Kevin (the Cloutier brothers) organizing intramural competitions on the UCLA campus. They became known within the student body for creating games that were original and innovative. After graduation, a number of UCLA alumni started asking Kevin and Dave to bring their expertise in team building to their corporations. Since then, they’ve helped thousands of companies strengthen camaraderie, improve communication and build morale. Feet First has been California's leader in fun, unique, and creative team-building events for nearly 30 years. Whether it’s a small group of five to 10 or 1,000+, they have events that will get your people out of the office and have fun, all the while working on their communication skills and trust in one another.

Flour LA was originally conceived as a retail storefront of food and flowers towards the end of 2009, hence the company's double-entendre name. After building an online presence locally in the floral world, the plan got derailed in order to focus on solely providing flowers to upscale clientele that yearned for quality and creativity. In 2013, Flour LA expanded to the East Coast and launched Flour LA Jr. for children’s parties and in 2019, expanded to Nashville. Flour LA provides flowers for the lifestyle, beauty, tech and fashion industries, matching floral and event design to brands for product launches, parties and corporate events. Whenever possible, leftover event flowers and plants are donated to women’s shelters. They now offer virtual flower arranging classes for private and group floral design lessons, events, client appreciation and virtual team building.

Created in 2010, Let’s Play! is a minority women-owned special events company created by founder Michelle Johnson as an alternative to the same old bar scene. What began as a fun game night event for friends would grow into a full service events company specializing in a nostalgic game night concept. Let’s Play! has been able to capture the essence of their client’s fondest childhood memories through board games, interactive play, inflatables and music to transform even the most mature adults into little kids back on the playground. During the pandemic, Let’s Play! quickly pivoted by taking advantage of its partners’ IT and AV experience to create the ultimate virtual platform entertainment. Since April 2020, Let’s Play! has put on more than 220 virtual events, including funerals, birthdays, installations, comedy shows, happy hours, parties, movie screenings, corporate workshops, retreats, cocktail receptions, fundraising galas, summits and inaugural events.

Just Merried Events is a female-owned, female-powered event and wedding planning business that Lilian Hsyu started in 2012 as a hobby. It was a “side-hustle” until she made it her full-time job in 2014. They are the go-to resource for a stress-free planning experience. They love working on weddings, birthdays, holiday parties and corporate events. Just Merried Events is all about fun, wow-worthy, 100% authentic and unique events that everyone can enjoy (no cookie cutter events)! The team has traveled to Hawaii, Italy and are ready to head wherever their client’s celebrations take them next.

The TODD GROUP was founded by Todd Hawkins ’07, a successful event producer and native of Los Angeles. Hawkins has produced numerous events for nonprofit, corporate, entertainment and political organizations. The company is led by a dynamic team of event producers who carry forth the vision and commitment of excellence to events, and develop and maintain close-knit relationships with A-list event vendors. Vast knowledge and experience in the events industry allows The TODD GROUP to secure the most competitive prices, without compromising design, function and quality. The TODD GROUP is composed of a diverse group of individuals who share a common passion for classic entertaining, and offers unique creative solutions tailored to each client’s needs and objectives, making it unlike any other event management company.

Ara Farnam-Levinson ’02 has been the rock of Rock Paper Scissors since its inception. Right out of college, she moved to London and landed a job at global interior design icon de Gournay, where she worked her way up from ordering office supplies to overseeing several U.S. showrooms. She eventually moved to New York City and established the company’s first American showroom. In 2009, after six years at de Gournay, Farnam-Levinson felt the itch to start her own thing. She started doing friends’ weddings, and then fairly quickly realized she had something of real value to offer and maybe people would pay her to do this. So she quit her job and started Rock Paper Scissors Events. The RPS team is filled with a roster of design talent with backgrounds in floral design, film and television production, event planning, interior design and large scale event production. Post-pandemic, the RPS team have come full circle to wanting to do more in the wedding space. They have a new program for using the momentum of change unique to this moment to craft a fresh way to approach weddings to make them more meaningful and transformative.

They call themselves Grin Events for many reasons, but the main one is they love making their clients smile. Plus, their founder’s name has the word “Grin” in it. From a young age, John Grindle, loved to play games. He quickly realized he also loved to bring people together to have fun. He was the friend you wanted at your birthday party or wedding because you knew he would make sure everyone was having a great time. Now, as the Chief Purveyor of Fun, he’s dedicated his life to helping others connect in meaningful ways because he knows play is one of the best ways to get people engaged with each other. That, and he always wanted to get paid to have fun.

Natalie and Stephanie Duclett ’11 have been creative all their lives, but it wasn't until 2008, when Natalie was planning her own wedding, that she discovered the art of wedding design. Their creativity ran wild as they made Natalie's wedding day unique to her and her fiancé as a couple, through distinctive and traditional wedding styles. After the perfect day came and went, friends and family came knocking. Natalie and Stephanie went on to design and plan events together. Seeing the potential in each other, these sisters sat down together and dreamt up Lovelyfest. The two decided to take a leap and open up a business together, and haven't looked back since. The two are not only highly creative, but their personalities balance each other out perfectly. With their keen organizational skills and attentiveness to detail, they never miss a beat. Whether they’re planning an entire event from start to finish, or simply providing design, the two give their whole hearts and souls to each event.

Evee provides customizable solutions for managing your corporate events. It was born out of a desire to make it easy for anyone within any organization to spearhead an event or experience. By being a technology-first corporate culture platform that offers a robust selection of experiences, with tools to reduce logistical headaches and integrations to streamline the process, Evee enables anyone to be a planner. 2020 brought on a lot of changes to the workplace. Realizing teams need experiences more than ever, Evee was born. When the time is right, Evee will provide many more in-person and hybrid offerings in addition to the current selection. As companies re-adapt, Evee will be right there to provide the solutions teams need.

Orange Blossom Special Events (OBSE) produces beautiful events and truly puts their heart and soul into everything they execute. It started in 2003, when Brooke Avishay ’06 was a student intern at UCLA Athletics working closely with sponsors who were executing game-time promotions. From the beginning, she was addicted to the adrenaline that comes with producing live events. She followed that passion and right after graduating from UCLA, she worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers in advertising and special events where she learned more about event production. Avishay realized weddings would be a great next step, and after cold-calling nearly every wedding planner in Los Angeles, she ended up scoring her first job in the wedding industry. Having learned more about the wedding industry, she decided to start planning weddings on her own, and Orange Blossom was born. OBSE is filled with passionate, friendly, and unbelievably talented people who genuinely care about their clients’ weddings and special events.