Meet our team of professional and experienced Event Planning Consultants and Concierges that are eager to help plan and host your next event. Once an event is booked, this team will provide personal, tailored end-to-end support and production to guarantee your event is a success.
We specialize in professional yet personal service for each and every client. With a combined 30 years’ experience in event planning and production, attention to every last detail, utilizing budgets to their fullest extent and our creativity are what truly separate us from the rest.
As the team’s luxury special event and wedding planner, Lorie Fox may be the best-kept secret in Knoxville society… but not for long! The owner and operator of The Ribbon Cutters, Lorie is a visionary who develops cutting-edge and classic happenings for our clientele.
Meticulous, yet refreshingly charming, Lorie’s vision can transform your event ideas into a world of exquisite taste. In short, the lady simply loves a great bash.
Lorie received certification as a Project Manager from George Washington University School of Business. She began planning Social Functions and Weddings and eventually turned her passion into a business recently featured in local & national media coverage. Lorie’s attention to detail, superb inventive style and hands-on approach are her formula for a party of the ages. Never the stiff official in the background, she can often be found mingling amongst the guests, using her effervescent personality to set the tone of the event.
Today, her clients remain loyal friends who are passionate about their parties, most especially the creative concept and design. Lorie is rapidly building powerful and trusted relationships with a variety of professional companies within the industry.
Janie is a master at making people shine. Her long career in engineering management has afforded her many years of planning corporate holiday parties and company picnics for up to 2,500 guests, organizing charitable functions, and special event production. If you need a chauffeur driven Rolls-Royce Phantom, she’ll do her dead-level best to find it. Whatever your need, from hard-to-find items to custom décor, she can orchestrate a myriad of services and items that are as unique as you are. Her number one concern is ensuring that your event production is exceptional! Though you may never see her amongst the guests, you can be sure that she has done the research to ensure that every single detail that you desire is in place for the success of your event.
Leslie is your go to girl for your on-site coordination and event management needs. Through her experience and contributions over the past years in the construction industry, Leslie’s hard working East Tennessee values bring a great zest for life, creativity, and unparalleled energy to The Ribbon Cutters. Leslie possesses and demonstrates a creative ability to execute hard-hitting memorable weddings and special events. Her passion for photography gives her a unique ability to assist The Ribbon Cutters in executing your ideas for the perfect presentation of your vision.