Jerri Woolworth
San Diego Based Celebrity Wedding Planner, Luxury Designer and Event Producer, Jerri Woolworth doesn’t like the term “wedding coordinator.” The image of someone running around at the event venue with a clipboard and a pencil in their hair is hardly the picture that Jerri wants her clients to think of when they talk to her. With Jerri, all details are planned and executed to perfection, but she is more appropriately labeled an “event artist”. Jerri Woolworth has been “painting” beautiful luxury weddings, red carpet events, and memorable corporate events for some of the country’s most discerning clients and biggest names.
Jerri learned the graceful art of hospitality and entertaining at an early age. Born in Chicago, she grew up between the lights of the big city and the farm lands of rural east-central Illinois. It was while working in and being surrounded by corn and bean fields that Jerri learned the value of good planning and hard work. Her father taught her that if you work hard, with heart and soul, you will reap a great harvest. Jerri started sowing and reaping into her event planning career in 1991 and since then has been planning weddings, corporate and special events, first in the hotel and hospitality environment and then in her own luxury event planning business . She started as the Director of Catering and Conference services in her city’s most prestigious hotel and later had the honor of working with 4 and 5 diamond hotels in Southern California, Nashville Tennessee, and on the East Coast. The hotel environment taught Jerri the operations side of the business and how to make world-class events happen from an operations perspective. Armed with 17 years of experience, Jerri launched her own event planning firm in 2008.
Jerri has designed and planned events ranging in size from 15 to 15,000+ people and produced many high-profile and celebrity weddings and social events. She has designed and produced, at last count, over 1,000 custom luxury weddings. Jerri has a rich history in creating memorable corporate events such as conferences, corporate board meetings, product launches, grand openings, and national media press conferences. Jerri has worked with many charitable organizations to produce lavish fundraising galas, live & silent auctions, and golf tournaments. Her whole heart was in it when planning designing, and producing events for the American Heart Association, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Blind Children’s Foundation, Make-A Wish Foundation, St. Judes Research Hospital, and American Cancer Society to name a few. She has had the honor of working with every type of organization including Fortune 100 & 500 companies and was privileged to produce events for the NFL and NHL. Jerri was executive producer for a try-state outdoor concert festivals featuring country music legends, politicians, and celebrities alike. She has produced top-tier red carpet events for the Country Music Associations (CMA) awards by designing pre & post parties attended by hundreds of celebrity guests for the country’s most recognized record labels, with live national media coverage. She has worked with the most discerning clients, including countless celebrities, and was selected to plan and produce events for US Presidents’ George W. Bush, Barack Obama and a few Governors and First Ladies. For these events she became an expert in working closely with the secret service and private security. All of these experiences have given Jerri a priceless in-depth knowledge of all types of luxury events that now benefit every client.
The international wedding and event community has recognized Jerri’s work on multiple occasions. In 2008, Jerri had the honor and privilege of being selected by Wedding Style Magazine to be among the list of top wedding professionals from around the world. Since that time she has often been featured in the magazine and online. In 2010, Jerri’s designs were featured in the industry defining hardcover book “Being in Love Never Goes Out of Style” by style icon, Founder and Executive Editor, Grace Ormond. Jerri is honored to have been rated a Platinum Member for Wedding Style Magazine for multiple years, placing her among the industry elite.
While Jerri is clearly an expert in the industry and has worked with distinguished clients creating unforgettable events. But she hasn’t forgotten what her father taught her: if you work hard, with heart and soul, you will reap a bountiful harvest. Because, as Jerri says, “Memorable events don’t just happen, I work hard to MAKE them happen.”