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Alexis opened BURST after spending 5 years in the hospitality industry and nearly 10 years dreaming of owning her own business. While on maternity leave with her oldest daughter, Lillian, Alexis realized that if she was going to teach her newborn daughter that she can live her dreams and have a family, that she had to do it herself first. So with a 3-month-old baby, between naps and nursing, Alexis launched BURST Event Co. 7 years, another baby, and 100+ weddings later, Alexis is excited to fully step into the role of CEO; shifting her focus to creating new services, allowing BURST Event Co to live our mission of helping ALL couples, regardless of budget, defeat confusion and reclaim the joy that comes with being engaged, and working on our most logistically challenging events.

Beverly joined our team after spending 15 years as a Floral Designer and 4 years WOW-ing our clients with her out of this world floral creations. Bev uses her extraordinary design talent & remarkable way of understanding a couple's vision to support our entire team at being the most creative and unique Planners possible. Bev is known by her clients for her profound and genuine love for the people she works with and her unmatched imagination.

Christina joined The Bursties after working as an Event Coordinator at Darby House in Columbus. Her experience working at the venue level brings expertise in the management of vendors & the wedding day. Since joining the Burst team in 2020, Christina has become an expert in keeping clients supported through the ebbs and flows of planning and has now taken on the roll of Managing Director, supporting our entire team in being the most efficient and thorough Planners possible. Christina is known by her clients and our team for her consistency, proactiveness, and detailed meeting agendas.

Liz joined our team after moving from a self-proclaimed IG stalker to an intern for our busiest, most sink or swim wedding szn - 2021. And she SWAM you guys! Liz quickly became a highly requested and recommended Wedding Attendant. Our clients immediately fell in love with her infectious laugh, bubbly personality, and ability to become BFFs with an entire wedding party in a matter of moments. Prior to joining our team, Liz spent 6 years as a Flight Attendant for Skywest Airlines, handling wedding-level chaos, only IN THE AIR. Since joining our team full time, Liz has nearly single-handedly managed the relocation and replanning of nearly 30 couples after our former venue partners closed both of their venues simultaneously. Liz is known by her clients for her responsiveness, thorough weekly updates, and the thoughtful time she gives each of her clients.

Before joining our team full time, Ally completed 2 years in our job training program while finishing up her degree at DePaul. She has a bachelors in PR and Advertising with a dual minor in Event Planning and Business. In addition to her internship with our team, she interned with a handful of other Chicago Wedding Planning firms and planned events for her sorority, Alpha Phi, including their biggest philanthropy event, The Red Dress Gala. Ally was then promoted to Junior Event Director in which she quickly mastered wedding execution and has now been promoted to Event Director where she works with our clients from beginning to end in their planning process. 

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Ally clients consistently compliment her responsiveness and excitement over their plans!

Ken joined The Burst team after spending 10 years working in project and account management in the logistics + transportation management industry. Ken is a master doer and keeps all of our wheels turning here at BURST. You'll interact with Ken when you initially onboard with us, but most of his work is BTS managing our processes and team.