Stacy N. Stern, CSEP

For over twenty years, Stacy has planned every kind of event from intimate cocktail parties to outdoor festivals in a variety of local, national and international locations. Many of these events have received international as well as national recognition. For ten of those years, she was employed by one of South Florida's premier real-estate/condominium/resort properties, Williams Island, where she was responsible for marketing and special events.

Stacy has been nominated for the prestigious Special Events Magazine Gala Award seven times. In 1994, she won the Gala Award for the "Best Coordinated Corporate Event". She has been a four time runner-up for the international Esprit Award, sponsored by the International Special Events Society, and won in 2007 for "Best Team Effort".

She has written, as well as been the subject of, numerous articles and has spoken at industry conventions all over the world. While coordinating this wide range of events, Stacy compiled a list of thousands of vendors, entertainers, decorators, musicians etc. that formed the core of PARTY! RESOURCE tm., South Florida's most comprehensive event directory of which she is the co-author. Her latest project, www.partyresourcesonline.com , has a special event forms kit containing twelve professional event forms with audio. She also has achieved the prestigious CSEP (Certified Special Events Professional) designation from George Washington University of which there are only 200 CSEP's in the world.

Stacy is a two-time past president of International Special Events Society (ISES) South Florida/Caribbean Chapter and is an adjunct Professor at Johnson & Wales University.