Meghan Ely
OFD Consulting owner, Meghan Ely, combines in-the-trenches event experience with a love of marketing, public relations and the wedding industry to empower her clients to take their businesses to new heights.
Meghan began her career at a historic Richmond estate, where she steadily increased sales through partnership marketing and re-entrance into the bridal show market after a 10-year absence. She next designed and implemented the first Banquet Marketing Plan for a popular local country club before joining the five-star, five-diamond Jefferson Hotel, where she consulted with the Marketing Team to optimize the property's placement in the local wedding market. In 2009, with over 200 weddings under her belt, Meghan launched OFD Consulting.
Meghan is a regular contributor to Virginia Bride Magazine and national wedding marketing journal WedLock Magazine. She co-authors a monthly column for brides in the Richmond Times Dispatch - Wedology 101: The Realities of Being a Bride, and shares wedding business tips in her own blog - Illuminate: Tips, Tricks and Bright Ideas for the Wedding Professional.
Meghan is a sought-after speaker on a broad range of wedding marketing and wedding pr topics at industry events and conferences. She serves as the charter Marketing Director for the Richmond Chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) and produces the wedding business seminar Illuminate: The Workshop twice yearly to sold-out crowds of Virginia's top industry professionals.
Meghan was recently honored as one of the "Top 40 under 40" by Style Weekly Magazine.
