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Tobey Dodge CSEP
Tobey Dodge understands the wedding industry from inside out, like few others. She has helped nearly eight hundred families plan their weddings over the last twenty-seven years. She has guided brid...view moreTobey Dodge understands the wedding industry from inside out, like few others. She has helped nearly eight hundred families plan their weddings over the last twenty-seven years. She has guided brides and grooms through emotional tug-of-wars, trying to find balance between their expectations and their pocketbooks while striving to create the wedding of their dreams.
Tobey shares stories about her life before becoming a wedding planner that sets the stage for her understanding of families and their cultural and ethnic diversity—from her professional teaching experience and foreign travels as a home-wares designer to her work in nonprofit endeavors for her community center.
She applied her understanding and knowledge of other cultures as she assists her clients’ road to the altar. Her skill and aptitude for artfully solving wedding challenges and describing the circumstances facing many families in today’s world demonstrates her breath of knowledge and experience, creating the perfect foundation to instruct others through her stories on how to set priorities and handle the unexpected. Tobey ultimately provides the reader with a benchmark to gauge their own expectations, ward off problems before they present themselves, and realize even though a wedding is a reflection of one’s passion, self-expression, and dreams, it is also a team effort.
Tobey has been a special event industry leader in Southern California for over two decades. Her professional affiliations include past codirector for the Association of Bridal Consultants, past board member and educational chairperson for the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the International Special Event Society, and past board member and former wish granter for OC/LA chapter of Wish Upon a Wedding, and she has trained and/or mentored over fifty aspiring wedding planners. She also holds the coveted designation of a CSEP (certified special event professional). Her weddings have appeared in many popular publications such as Inside Weddings, People, Celebrations, and US magazine. Her weddings have been documented on TV shows like “Wedding Stories” and “Platinum Weddings.”view less