Team

MICHELLE DAUBLE

Director of Sales & Events

Michelle@atlantaeventcenter.com

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Michelle serves as the Director of Events for Opera. Michelle has been with the company since 2001, when she began as the PR/Marketing Coordinator for eleven50. As the private events business began to build, Michelle drew upon her nine plus years of service experience and spearheaded eleven50's efforts. After the renovation in 2007, Michelle has continued to lead Atlanta Event Center at Opera as Midtown's premier full service venue and in-house caterer. As Director of Events, Michelle is responsible for management over the entire sales, marketing and front of house team. She continues to both sell and manage events at Opera. Michelle has lived in the metro Atlanta area since childhood, growing up in Lilburn and currently residing in Lithia Springs. She graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a Public Relations Concentration as well as a minor in Marketing. Michelle is an active member of ACVB and FROG.

LINDSAY SMITH

Private Event Sales Manager

Lindsay@atlantaeventcenter.com

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Lindsay Smith serves as the Private Event Sales Manager. She began as the event coordinator, managing everything from vendor load-in to staff and set-up. Lindsay has managed high volume corporate events up to 1200 people and intimate cocktail parties for 100. She has an innate understanding for all things events and loves the overall experience with each of her clients, managing each event from concept to event day. To her it's all about the guests' experience. Lindsay moved to Atlanta at as child and lives here happily with her husband. She received her Bachelor's degree in Public Relations and an Event Planning Certificate from the Cecil B Day School of Hospitably at Georgia State University in 2007. Lindsay began her career in the hotel industry, but was soon hired at Opera in the fall of 2007. She is active in ACVB, ISES and FROG (Facility Rental Operators Group).

MINA FARMAN

Marketing & Event Coordinator

Mina@atlantaeventcenter.com

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Mina isthe Marketing Coordinator and is responsible for assisting our sales team, the creative process and administration for all advertisements, media involvement, drafting press releases and other public relations needs, maintaining and updating all marketing materials, sales kits and the Atlanta Event Center website and industry networking. On the day of the event Mina is responsible for the organized success throughout the entire event including monitoring light, atmosphere, music, décor, guests and making sure the client is very pleased throughout the entire night. Mina loves everything about the event industry including that every day brings on a new and exciting challenge.

JACK CRAWFORD

Executive Chef

Chef@atlantaeventcenter.com

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Chef Jack Crawford has had a lifelong passion for cooking and cuisine. He made the professional plunge into the culinary field in 2000 by enrolling in the Art Institute of Atlanta. He was immediately drawn to the diverse and exciting world of catering and events. Chef Jack has always loved the unpredictability, variety, creativity, and wide-ranging events the catering industry has offered him.

Over the last ten years Chef Jack Crawford has been privileged to work with many of the finest catering companies in Atlanta, and to have been involved in many remarkable events. Some of those events have included the CATIE Awards Banquet in Las Vegas, preparing a dinner for the James Beard House, the High Wine Art Auction Dinner in Atlanta, the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios, a private dinner at the Fox Theater featuring Earth, Wind and Fir, and a private dinner in a Delta Hanger on the wing of an airplane. He has worked alongside many of the Atlanta's greatest catering chefs which helped him learn how to successfully produce anything from bite sized hors d'oeuvres to 500 person seated dinners.

"I feel there are few connections between people as intimate as food and cuisine that can define a culture as much as any geographic feature. I have had the chance to prepare foods across a wide array of cultures and flavors and my goal is to strive each day to improve my talent and skills. I have also grown to appreciate the culinary world outside of the kitchen, and have connections with local farmers and producers of organic foods. I have taught classes on nutritional, organic and seasonal cooking, promoted CSA groups and donated time and services to charitable organizations such as City of Refuge. I consider myself very fortunate to be in an industry where there is never an end to learning and experimenting and where I am excited to come to work each day," says head Executive Chef of Atlanta Event Center at Opera, Jack Crawford.