Title

Owner, Private Party Planner, Personal Wedding Consultant

Company

Butterfly Parties originated in Southern Pines, North Carolina and is currently a licensed, Texas-based business, which will travel to any venue. We are located at 201 W. FM 2410, Suite E in Harker Heights, Texas.

Career Highlights

~ Creating imaginative, memorable events as a successful catering sales manager in the nation’s capital
   
~ Organizing Italian wine dinners for Chef Roberto Donna, owner of the nationally renowned Galileo
   
~ Planning fundraisers for political figures on Capitol Hill with Chef Enzo Fargione of Barolo Ristorante
   
~ Helping engaged couples plan the best party of their life
   
~ Enjoying her first taste of the South, while coordinating special events for artist, Ms. Miriam Tidwell

Erika has enjoyed a very successful career in catering planning and coordinating off-premise events with chefs, bakers, florists, musicians, winemakers, and the best wait staff. If you are a mover and shaker, then most likely you have attended an event catered by Erika. Clients have raved for years that she has that perfect combination of style, experience, and creativity mixed with a delightful sense of humor. It is obvious that she enjoys meeting people and helping them create memorable events.

Education

~ B.S. Marketing; La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
   
~ Professionally trained by Association of Certified Professional Wedding Consultants

Hometown

Malvern, Pennsylvania

Personal

Happily married to an Army officer

Hobbies

Chinese cooking, watching old movies, dancing bachata, kick boxing, running

Miscellaneous

A former middle distance runner, her high school mile relay team still holds the record, Erika is a health enthusiast and self-proclaimed food snob who would spend her last dime on a bottle of Barolo and a plate of homemade agnolloti. She volunteers as a literacy tutor with the North Carolina Governor’s award-winning Trinity/Weymouth Writing Assistance Program for children in need.

Member

~ North Carolina Butterfly Association
   
~ Gruppo Ristoratori Italiani
   
~ Washington Convention & Tourism Corporation
   
~ Women Chef’s & Restaurateurs
   
~ North Carolina Wine Growers Association
   
~ Slow Food USA, DC Chapter



 

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