Professional Event Execution

The average special event or wedding can take more than two hundred and fifty hours to plan. Negotiating your contracts and attending to every detail lead to professional execution of your event. Our professional planners work with the very best vendors and suppliers to ensure that your event is an event to remember. With 25 years of experience in all aspects of event management, Asheville Event Co. will take your ideas and design an event that is uniquely yours, communicates your message, incorporates your theme and fits your budget.

Melissa Porter

Melissa spent the early part of her career planning elite cocktail parties, luncheons, bridal shows, weddings, and fashion shows in major cities across the Midwest.

For the past eleven years, Melissa has worked as an event planner and festival director for the City of Asheville, North Carolina. She was directly responsible for 5 festivals and consulting over 100 other events annually with a combined attendance of over 500,000 people. Her accomplishments include director of Bele Chere, the largest, free, outdoor street festival in the Southeast, founder and director of the Asheville Film Festival, and securing over $1 million in sponsorship for city-wide festivals.

Managing nearly 800 events including weddings, festivals, community celebrations, corporate events and fundraisers has established Melissa Porter as one of the premier event designers in the region. Melissa routinely speaks at regional and national event conferences and is a member of the International Festivals and Events Association.

Becca Stefan Knuth

Having worked in the entertainment industry for most of her career, Becca’s solid background in organization and logistics led her to become an event and meeting planner for Wildfire Marketing, LLC. This opportunity has allowed her to hone her skills which can be effectively utilized by any organization. She has planned and implemented major events from BB&T Grand Openings to tailgate parties for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as many weddings and special events. Becca has produced corporate meetings, charitable events, and parties for organizations such as Hanes Brands, BB&T, and Wrangler. Before entering into the event & meeting planning industry, Becca was an Assistant Director on Feature Films for a number of major motion picture studios.