A veteran bride, bridesmaid and celebration aficionado, Karin Sloan founded Let-Me-Tell-You after winning first place in NYU’s Stern Business School Business Plan Competition. Let-Me-Tell-You is a line of gift, celebration and lifestyle products that includes "Bride-to-Be," a gift scrapbook friends, family or bridal shower attendees complete with memories, wishes and advice for a bride, "Me & My Honey," a wedding, honeymoon and anniversaries keepsake suitcase and album that helps couples chronicle and celebrate their life adventures in style, and coming soon, "Thank You Mom." In addition to innovating products, Karin teaches seminars, writes articles and provides ideation and business development services to companies in lifestyles and celebration industries. (Ed. note: her killer gift site: http://www.let-me-tell-you.com/)

Tatiana Byron, president and founder of 4PM Events and The Wedding Salon, has been in the special events industry for over ten years. She was born in Russia and in 1978 came to the United States. .Recently, Tatiana noticed a need for brides to save time in finding helpful resources on their own and decided to redefine high-end weddings market. She created The Wedding Salon, a series of luxury bridal shows featuring the best of the best in the industry. In 2004, Tatiana launched the first Wedding Salon showcases in New York and Miami. (Tatiana was selected amongst hundreds of candidates to plan a wedding for the season premiere episode of Bravo’s hit television show, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy!)

Diana Kirschner, Ph.D. is a nationally-known psychologist & love expert who has appeared on OPRAH, GOOD MORNING AMERICA & NPR Radio. She is quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine, The LA Times & Cosmopolitan. Her book, “Opening Love’s Door: The Seven Lessons” has been called a ‘cult classic’ by Readerviews.com & her Amazon short, “The Ultimate Guide to Getting the Love You Want” is a #1 bestseller. Dr. Diana gives relationship advice on how to create love before, during and long after the wedding. For more: www.openinglovesdoor.com

After years of perfecting her skills as a professional bridesmaid, Erica Goldstein became a self-made expert in everything wedding related. She recently launched her own chic stationery line for other hip brides-to-be called Paper Bride and has been featured in In Style Weddings, The Wedding Channel Magazine, Daily Candy and Modern Bride as one of the Top 25 Trendsetters in the Wedding Industry for 2006. Erica is a bride-to-be herself now and blogs about her own wedding planning trials and tribulations for the New York Observer’s Bridal Blog.

A celebrated events expert with over 25 years of experience, Joyce Scardina Becker superlatively leads Events of Distinction, the wedding planning & design company of choice for a Who’s Who list of influential luminaries. The Founding Director of the Wedding Planner Certificate Program at California State University East Bay, Joyce is a recipient of the "WESTIE" award for event management excellence from the International Special Events Society. Her ideas and works have appeared in countless publications, including Elegant Bride, Modern Bride, Bride’s, The Knot, Bridal Guide, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald and citysearch.com. Based in San Francisco, Joyce is available to create unique, festive weddings worldwide.

Stephanie Happ, owner of Swept Away – Destination Wedding Consultants, in Key West, Fl. The majority of her brides & grooms travel from the Northeast & Midwest and a smaller percentage traveling from the West Coast. She was the wedding coordinator at Ocean Key Resort www.oceankey.com ~ the only Four Star Four Diamond resort in Key West. Stephanie specializes in weddings from 2-300 and as a wedding coordinator she offers two basic services: Wedding Day Management or Comprehensive Coordination. Check out Stephanie's site at www.BeSweptAway.com.