Wendy Wittmann, Owner, Event Producer
Wendy Wittmann has always been drawn to creativity, celebration, and the energy of live events. From an early age she loved music, dance, and design. As a child, she planned elaborate weddings for her dolls—an early glimpse of the storytelling and imagination that shape her work to this day. She also developed a fascination with architecture, studying drafting and CAD while learning how thoughtful design transformed ideas into real spaces. She was involved in performance—choir and band, as well as the choreographed marching band and drill team. Around the same time, she spent several years studying oil painting, further refining her eye for composition, texture, and color.
During college, Wendy managed an upscale home design and gift store in Berkeley, where she developed a strong eye for merchandising. Her work expanded into window displays throughout Berkeley’s Elmwood District and along 4th Street, most notably for Sur La Table. That work soon translated into helping friends with their weddings, where she realized that crafting living, breathing, ephemeral experiences—ones filled with emotion, beauty, and meaning—was the most exciting and life-affirming work she could imagine for herself.
Those early experiences led her to study under renowned Bay Area event designer Robbie Ernst III—referred to as the “Cecil B. DeMille of Event Design.” In 2003 she completed her first major wedding at the legendary Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, confirming what she had sensed for years: creating beautiful, meaningful celebrations that bring people together was exactly where her creativity and organization belonged. Wendy went on to plan many weddings, eventually founding The Wittmann Wedding Company, where she collaborated closely with couples to develop creative themes, manage logistics, and direct vendors and production teams from concept to celebration. While all of her weddings were romantic and distinctive, one of her most memorable was a Star Wars–themed celebration at the George Lucas Theater in San Rafael with a honeymoon at Skywalker Ranch, which was featured on TLC’s show Wild Weddings.
Her work soon expanded from weddings into nonprofit events, where she coordinated gatherings that brought together leaders in technology, philanthropy, and public service. Speakers at these programs included Ron Conway, legendary Silicon Valley angel investor; John Morgridge, Chairman Emeritus of Cisco Systems; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus; Kamala Harris, then District Attorney of San Francisco and later Vice President of the United States; Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn; Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook; Sheryl Sandberg, former Chief Operating Officer of Facebook; and Nancy Pelosi, then Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Her work in the nonprofit sector was also recognized by Eventbrite, which featured Wendy as an Eventbrite Hero in 2011.
From there, Wendy’s experience expanded into the corporate and technology sector, working alongside leaders in science and technology including Adam Savage, host of MythBusters; Pete Worden, Director of NASA Ames Research Center and former Director of NASA’s Kepler Mission; Ed Lu, former NASA astronaut and co-founder of the B612 Foundation; Vint Cerf, widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet” and Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google; David Eilenberg, television and film producer and former Head of Content at Roku; Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of Indiegogo; Jon Fougner, engineering leader at Facebook; and Tom Cellucci, former Chief Commercialization Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She also worked on a week-long international innovation summit presented by Lockheed Martin at NASA Ames.
Wendy also spent a few years working in the tradeshow world, contributing to satellite events and supporting large-scale productions. She served as liaison for internationally known performers such as the Jabbawockeez, working closely with talent and production teams behind the scenes for events such as CES and the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang in Las Vegas. She also enjoys planning smaller, more intimate gatherings during major conferences such as RSA, where thoughtfully designed dinners bring together leaders from executive, sales, marketing, and R&D teams. These multi-day events often become opportunities for deeper storytelling, collaboration, and meaningful connection.
Today, Wendy produces a wide range of events—from timeless weddings to social celebrations, nonprofit fundraisers, and corporate events—working with wonderful clients throughout California and Nevada. When she is not planning events, she enjoys exploring local Reno-Tahoe cafés, walking the region’s trails with her dogs Tom Ford and Iggy Pup, and learning to snowboard.
