You know the kind... where everything they touch turns into a work of art?

Nancy A. Goodman, Executive Vice President
Her infectious laughter announces to the world her love of music, theatre, and of life itself. Nancy's delight of chocolate truffles and a sip of champagne are only outweighed by messy pottery classes with daughter Ahmei, the golden apple of her eye. She has discovered the perfect cure for any malady is an afternoon at the beach reading James Patterson underneath a wide brimmed hat.

Jöel Thévoz, Chef d' Cuisine
A visionary, Joel is a creative and disciplined renaissance man. Swiss born and raised, he spent his teenage years in the sunshine of Costa Rica and Mexico. Joel is comfortable behind the camera's lens, swinging a nine iron, and scuba diving. Well read, he enjoys time with good books: discovering new travel adventures to partake in, exotic culinaria that Main Event Caterers can explore, as well as alternative medicines and health practices. A true family man, he takes pleasure in cooking for his wife, their daughter, as well as his parents Didi and Marcel.

Alison Bates Fisher, Senior Event Designer
After attending a proper southern finishing school, Alison followed her favorite bands around the globe. Drawing on her experiences abroad and state-side, Alison has a knack for understanding cultural nuances and norms, as well as a passion for global cuisine. When not taking her young daughter to the area's best museums and parks, Alison volunteers with both the United Way's Young Leadership Program and AFS-USA promoting cultural & educational exchanges for area high school students.

Peggy McGuire, Event Designer
Although a Midwesterner by birth, Peggy now considers herself a Washingtonian since perusing a career in food services for the last 25 years here. A true Cardinal's fan at heart, she still roots for the Nats. Fanatic about poker with pâté, she also enjoys needlework and antiquing. Her favorite meal? A slow paced evening that is shared with family and friends with a splash of wine.

Michelle Fishman, Event Designer
Without a hint of trepidation, Michelle’s family has always referred to her as “The Organizer”. From her family’s milestones to school social functions, Michelle has thrived anticipating every detail, she was even elected to the post of Class Events Chair for her Student Council. Since graduating with honors from Towson University she can always be seen dashing about Bethesda with her two best friends Michelle and Maria. One cannot help but admire their joie de vive…

Taylor Locraft, Event Designer
With an appetite for danger, Taylor leaps out of airplanes, rafts white waters, and swings high on the trapeze (really!).  Logically this led her to become a successful Event Designer.  Her motto: "The more life endangering, the better!"  Her more relaxing hobbies are drag racing with her step-dad and turkey shooting with her mom.  A native Annapolitan, she plays intense dominoes with her Grandaddy while Nanny cheers them on.

Spencer McCormack, Event Designer
A Texan native, Spencer learned to walk at the age of seven months, and since then has walked all over Texas, Los Angeles, Manhattan and the Amalfi Coast. He once ate fourteen scoops of ice cream and was awarded a shirt emblazoned with "I Ate The Kitchen Sink at Chezzie's Ice Cream Parlor." Visiting Vegas at the age of 21, he lost his shirt, luckily not the ice cream shirt. His brushes with greatness include meeting the stars of Terms of Endearment while it was filmed at his Aunt's home, and meeting Julia Robert's on the eve of her winning the Academy Award for her role in Erin Brockovich. He touched her statuette. A fan of potent flavors, Spencer cannot pass up beautiful black truffles, sinful salt + vinegar chips and exceedingly stinky cheese!

Daniela Salazar-Araujo, Event Designer

A native Virginian and a graduate of George Mason University, Daniela truly has learned the business from the ground up.  To get her foot in the Main Event door, she took a job with us as a part-time receptionist and part-time bookkeeper.  To say she has paid her dues is an understatement.  Luckily her degree in Accounting with a minor in Event Planning & Management really gave her a leg up.  She is now an old hat at planning superb events and specializes in Quinceaneras.

Andrea Falletti, Event Designer

One half of an identical set of twins, Andrea was born and raised in Chantilly, Virginia.  She is a graduate of Virginia Tech (yes, she is a true Hokie fan) and also studied abroad in stunning Lugano, Switzerland.  Her summers are spent aboard the family boat "See Ya" and during the winters she and her family frequent the slopes in Park City, Utah.  Having many years' experience in event design, Andrea knows the secrets to creating distinct ambience and visual interest for each event using colorful linens and creative accents.

Brian Beal Moore, Creative Director
Brian holds a degree in Greek + Roman Art and Architecture with a minor in Painting Since 1945. An epicurean from a young age, he hosted his first formal dinner party at the age of twelve. He is an accomplished painter and an unpublished novelist. After too many years spent skulking madly about galleries and museums, both domestic and abroad, Brian has fashioned his artistic niche at Main Event Caterers.

Cheryl Bennett, General Manager
A bonafied country girl, Cheryl is an avid animal lover... just ask Wilbur, her radiant and humble pet pig. Her waterfront cottage is an oasis where the lapping waves and fragrant pine trees allow her to soar. For 25 years, Cheryl has excelled at sales and business management. Not surprisingly, she is well skilled with power tools.

Jenny Fessler, Director of Staffing
The omnipotent and gregarious Jenny recruits, interviews, trains, schedules, and maintains a roster of nearly 450 independent contractors who prove themselves to be of the caliber that Main Event Caterers insists upon. This hand-picked army of skilled individuals fulfills the roles of butlers, bartenders, on-site chefs, and drivers. An enthusiast of nature, she is a long term volunteer with Casey Trees and is the first and foremost cheerleader of our own Green Initiatives. When the sun rests upon her face, a smile beams back, be it hiking, sailing, or frolicking seaside with her vast circle of friends.

Mike Feinberg, Executive Chef
Originally hailing from New York, Mike settled in Northern Virginia after graduating in 1980 with an intricate knowledge of hotel and restaurant management. Since that time he has worked side by side with the top catering chefs in the Washington region. He has excelled in 'creating delicious' for gatherings of 10 to 3000 guests. He holds his family close as they are his inspiration and he finds a time for meditation while quietly fishing.

Arthur Gant, Sous Chef
Art is a graduate of the noted Culinary Arts Institute of America. His strong and envied career in some of the finest hotels and catering companies brings him great satisfaction and respect. He boasts that he is remarkably happy to have finally found the best company here at Main Event, "By far the best in the Washington Metropolitan Area, every item we produce in the kitchen is truly the best that it can be." He and his beloved wife Rosie enjoy breeding Akitas, and are looking forward to a restful retirement. As if we could bear to see him go!

Souleymane Diop, Garde Manager
Souleymane started his culinary career serendipitously. He accepted a position as dishwasher in a Pizzeria to further finance the education of his young siblings. More fascinated with food than suds, he attended Carlos Rosario's Culinary Arts Program here in Washington. As a native of Senegal, his many specialties include inventive vegetarian offerings and lovingly seasoned and nearly addictive African delights.

Carolyn Root, Pastry Chef
A graduate of The Great Lakes Culinary Institute, with a Certificate from The French Pastry School in Chicago, Carolyn is an avid runner and finished her first marathon in three hours and twenty-six minutes.  This explains how she creates her decadently delicious desserts and still maintains a slim physique. Her innovative creations are a hit with clients and staff alike with a favorite being her herb-infused desserts.  Who would have thought Basil ice cream could be so delicious!  Carolyn loves her home life with her husband and their ink black cat, Merlin.  With much chagrin, she admits only one woefully guilty vice - peanut butter!

Scott Hoffner, Culinary Liason
First in his class at the Western Culinary Institure in Portland, Oregan, Scott has honed his craft at Mille Fleurs in San Diego, and in Las Vegas at Aureole at Mandalay Bay, Rio Hotel & Casino, and The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.  He and his wife Rebecca have one four-legged child, a cat named Savannah.

Bessie Ortez, Chef Support
In our world, Bessie is the Goddess of Garnishments. Able to transform simple kitchen staples into extraordinary edible objects assures our presentations to be artistic, innovative, and quite lovely.

Nancy Aguilar, Chef Support
With a thirty foot wide smile and slightly mischievous glances combined with her finely honed skills, Nancy's care and knowledge ensure that everything in our kitchen is precisely the way it should be, at the peak of freshness and of the best available.

Marina Torres, Chef Support
Superlative in her abilities, Marina's nimble fingers and agile laugh are the extra ingredient that truly enables us to create delicious.

Javier Fernandez, Kitchen Support
Javier's high standards and quick actions ensure that everything he touches reflects his remarkably deft hands.

Roberto Zuleta, Warehouse Manager
An affable individual, who oversees and maintains the care and storage of the thousands of items that are imperative to any event, Roberto is as detail oriented as he is personable. It is his awesome responsibility to be three places at once at all times and to pay strict attention to so many intricate details it would make a lesser man’s head spin. He is the father of three rapidly growing sons, who keep both he and his wife amused and amazed everyday.

Marcello Marquez, Warehouse Support + Jack of all Trades
Asking where our stash of Caribbean conch shells, flashy firecracker candles, or jaunty jack o'lanterns might be produces a knowing smile from Marcello. The master of all he surveys, his knowledge of our holdings is a vast as our warehouse... and that's rather big! In addition, Marcello meticulously maintains the heavy equipment in Main Event Caterers' laundry and dish washing facilities. Even more, Marcello tears down walls, builds shelves, paints pipes, creates room, destroys untidiness, and mends anything be it big or small.

Yolanda Diaz, Warehouse Support
Unarguably the youngest and prettiest member of the warehouse team, with her radiant eyes, Yolanda searches and destroys all imperfections she encounters. Her laughter alone makes our crystal sparkle and our silver gleam more that any others.

Sarah Cornejo, Office Wizard

A freshly minted graduate from Marymount University, Sarah received her Bachelor’s in Graphic Design and Fine Arts. She is currently exploring the theme of combining Pop Art and Portraiture. Her talents have enabled her to participate in several Eco-awareness and Eating Right advertising campaigns. Her future goals include backpacking through South America and expanding her artistic talents in London or Spain.

In Memoriam, Sherri Seymour
We have shed multiple tears to the physical loss of our beloved Sherri Seymour. Mrs. Seymour shall always riotoulsy remain an independent free spirit. She wore many hats at Main Event Caterers, but none more proudly than that of a dedicated friend. Sherri shall live forever in the heart of her high school sweetheart and husband of thirty-two years, Kip Seymour, as well as our own.

Alexandra Rice, Intern

A native of Warrenton, Virginia, Ally is a rising junior at Davidson College in North Carolina where she is a Theatre major with a concentration on Gender Studies.  She is an avid singer as a member of the Delilah's, an a capella group, she is also the Social Chair of Connor Eating House at Davidson, and loves tacos so much she named her dog 'Taco'.  When not wearing her many hats here at Main Event, she is taking a summer semester of French at Georgetown.  It is a great pleasure to have her company and bright smile in our offices.

Katy Williams, Intern

Katy Williams has joined us for the summer of 2009, as an intern extraordinaire. Upon graduating from American University in September, she plans to attend cooking school. She loves traveling, dancing, and being outdoors. She combined these three loves recently by Swing Dancing on the Great Wall of China!

Nick Williams, Intern

Our earnest intern, Nick Williams, is a great asset to our team. A Student at St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School, and a participant in the Summer Economic Institute at T.C. William’s High School, Nick comes to Main Event with the aspiration of having his own restaurant. He has excelled at football as well as cooking, remarking that his Key Lime Pie Cheesecake “makes the girls go crazy!”