Educational Program - Love in the Time of Covid: Practical Practices for Safer Events

When:  Aug 18, 2020 from 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM (PT)
Associated with  Northern California Chapter

Love in the Time of Covid: Practical Practices for Safer Events

Our Immediate Past President, Rachel Jacob Barnett will sit down with Event Planner Elizabeth Bainbridge from 2 The 9’s Events to discuss a 100+ person wedding event her and her team just successfully produced while navigating through everything that goes along with weddings along with the pandemic.


This program will include a panel discussion – more details and speaker information to come!


Moderator

Rachel Jacob Barnett,
ILEA-NCC Immediate Past President

Rachel Jacob Barnett, or RJB as friends know her, (she/her) grew up in Ft. Worth, Texas and is a first generation Indian American. She met her husband Nick at the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her degree in Vocal Performance and Education. She was an Elementary Music Educator until 2015, when they moved to San Francisco where her skills and experience directly transferred to the Events Industry in the Bay Area. Since then, RJB has managed venues, produced corporate events, and consults #friendors in her spare time. Her passion is to help people #findyourcommunity and continue education in risk management, diversity, equity, and inclusion.  RJB loves cooking, anything TV & Film, and road trips, so please feel free to send suggestions her way!

 

Speaker

Elizabeth Bainbridge,
Owner & Creative Director, 2 the 9s Events

With more than two decade's experience in event planning, Elizabeth Bainbridge began her event career producing product launch events and industry specific events for a corporate office interiors and design company.   She moved into an Account Manager position for a corporate concierge firm which catered to the dotcom industry.  Elizabeth further enhanced her event experience as an Operations Manager with a local destination management company.  All of these experiences contributed to her decision to branch out on her own.

In September of 2001, Elizabeth launched 2 the 9s Events, a full-service event planning company spanning the event spectrum from weddings to corporate affairs to anniversary celebrations.

Since its launch, 2 the 9s Events has produced over 200 weddings. 2 the 9s Events has produced corporate events for Abode, Dolby Laboratories, Intuit, Electronic Arts, Cisco Systems, Barclays Global Investors and Mountain Hardwear, Face.com and the Episcopal Diocese of California. 2 the 9s Events has produce galas for non-profit organizations of Aim High and SEO Scholars.

Elizabeth’s passion, experience and high-level of professionalism is evident in her events, her client relationships and her collaboration with other event production companies and vendor partners. 

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