Why Bona Fide?


Based on years of experience planning every kind of event imaginable, Bona Fide Events partners with you to plan and to take care of all of those pesky little details! Whether it is your own very personal wedding celebration or another event that needs to shine, we will take the stress off of you and manage things leading up to and on the big day. The product is a seamless, well-planned event that will lessen your workload and diminish planning anxiety. You are not alone; Bona Fide is here with a wink and a smile to work with your vendors, devise a solid game plan, and tackle any issues that may arise. Experience matters and that is what you get here, solid event planning experience! So, go live a little; we’ve got you covered.

Our event team at Bona Fide Events are a group of talented, event seasoned, and cheerful professionals! The very definition of Bona Fide is near and dear to our hearts and has become a company credo - true, real, genuine, and honest! Oh, and helpful, very helpful!

 
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AND, who am I?

I‘m Heather! I came about planning events honestly: as a youngster, I served my gregarious parents and their friends my homemade hors d’oeuvres, along with a cocktail or two (and they ate it all up!). Early on, I saw people laughing and engaged, celebrating their love for life and one another at various events and, I loved it. I was bitten!

After many years of schooling and a graduate degree in Exercise Physiology, I couldn’t shake the hospitality bug. Throughout school and beyond I worked in restaurants, catering, event planning and on larger special events across the country. When I casually mention to a potential client that I come from a catering past, it truly is an understatement! Get to know me and I will tell you so much more.

I am enthusiastic, fun-loving, kind, and as my mom would say, “full of moxie”. I live with my handy Andy firefighter husband, a teenage super genius that can’t seem to keep his bedroom clean, and two animals that don’t talk back as much as the humans in the house. Life is, and has always been, an adventure!


Getting to know you is fun for me and my team too! We love hearing all about you, your lives, and your amazing stories! To start this relationship off on the right foot, here are a couple of fun facts about me.

I live in Hillsborough, NC but I hail from Detroit, Michigan. I am a big animal lover. Check out Sydney, the dawg, and my big orange tabby, Mozart! I am also a huge fan of goats, especially the cuteness of baby goats (who isn’t?). Yes, please to dumplings, all dumplings, from any culture. Other loves include Canada, hiking, biking, camping in our badass RV and a great bonfire. Oh, and music soothes my soul!

I don’t like jelly donuts, dressing up for Halloween (I know, I’m no fun), anchovies on pizza, or the opera, and yes, I have tried.

And, now, it’s your turn….I am all ears!