Meet The Cloud 9 Team
Your Planner
Brittany Cook - CEO, Planner and Designer
Planning events since 2011, Brittany began her event planning career in the hospitality industry and designing non-profit galas, where she discovered a passion for weddings. Her event experience, relationship with vendors, attention to detail and eye for design were the perfect culmination for creating fabulous weddings. She loves to take your vision and integrate your story in the details, so that when your guests walk away from your day it reflects you. Bursting with warmth and an easy going personality, every client and event receives her personal commitment and impeccable attention.
Brittany has planned and executed over 300 weddings at most every popular Denver-area venue and has relationships with the finest wedding and event vendors. She is also our stationery guru and the go-to-gal for anything paper!
Your Planner
Amy Wainess - Lead Planner and Designer
Amy has been in the hospitality industry since 2013 and has been planning events since 2017. Amy’s outgoing character quickly establishes a personable connection between couples and herself. She has worked in multiple areas in the hospitality industry from the largest hotel in Colorado to local catering companies. Amy loves being creative to provide memorable experiences on such these special, once-in-a-lifetime days. A strong communicator and extremely proactive, she excels at paying attention to the smallest detail to enhance her couples’ wedding days.
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Bev Wu - Lead Planner and Designer
Beverly (aka Bev) has over 8 years of event planning and concert planning experience and has planned events in Los Angeles, Colorado, New Mexico, Maryland, and Europe. Her passion for event planning began at age seven; as a little girl Bev would find new occasions to celebrate and throw a party.
In addition to event planning, Bev has a degree in violin performance from Johns Hopkins University and enjoys playing the violin for weddings that she’s not coordinating! She translates the vision of your ‘perfect day’ into reality through a combination of unwavering attention to detail, creativity and resourcefulness while making the planning journey an enjoyable and efficient process for everyone involved.
Bev truly believes that every wedding is unique, and she loves to help every couple bring their personal touch on their wedding. That being said, let’s get started on planning your big day!
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Gabriel Larson - Lead Planner
Gabriel's passion of bringing people together and creating memorable experiences comes to light through his expertise in event planning. On top of his bachelor’s degree in Event Management, Gabriel has been in the wedding planning industry for over 5 years. Throughout his tenure, he has picked up many skills that are necessary to make your big day remarkable. He is kind, outgoing, personable, and focused on each of his client’s unique needs. With each of his interactions with you, Gabriel will ensure to create an experience that you will cherish forever.
Your Planner
Arturo Curiel - Lead Planner
Arturo is a teacher, an artist and entrepreneur born and raised in Denver, Colorado. Arturo’s out of the box artistic perspective allows him to take ideas and develop unforgettable creations. His love for planning started at a young age when he produced “Cinderella” at his school at the age of 11. He prides himself in his artistic eye for detail and a heart for service. Arturo is a strong collaborator and through those connections is able to build “the perfect moment.”
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Mary Collante - Lead Planner
Mary’s find’s purpose in making people happy. She is very hands on, creative, and her cheery and warm personality makes our clients feel at ease. Mary has a Bachelor’s in Communication and Business Law. She loves fashion, travel, and fundraising for different organizations. Mary is very present, resourceful, and attentive to our clients. She prides herself in making sure everything is perfect on the day of the wedding and that they feel comfortable and happy.
