Rebecca O’donnell, senior planner and coordinator

“Rebecca is AMAZING! She is incredibly detail-oriented, but her best quality is that she's very honest. She'll tell you her advice and opinion, but then always respects your decisions and does everything in her power to make your vision happen.” - Britt and Chris

Rebecca has been planning weddings in DC, Maryland and Virginia for over 16 years. After living in Arlington for 15 years, she moved to Anne Arundel County, so now she’s right in the middle between DC, Baltimore and Annapolis! She has planned weddings from an 18 guest gay wedding to a 400 guest Hindu wedding and everything in between. She has written for blogs such as United with Love and Frederick Weddings and has had weddings featured on Capitol Romance (including her own!) , Style Me Pretty and Washingtonian.

Rebecca grew up in Central Virginia after moving from the Pittsburgh area (Go Steelers!), and has even done weddings in the beautiful Charlottesville region, since she knows the area so well. Rebecca holds a degree in Music and Arts Management from Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC, so she can definitely help you with all of your music selections!

Rebecca is a complete television addict, and can talk to you for hours about shows from Parks and Recreation to The Crown, but her current favorite is Survivor. She also loves to cook (and eat!) and discover new restaurants. Follow her on Instagram @rodickell 

Tarra MORGAN, coordinator

“Tarra was awesome, amazing, a mind-reader, really organized, thorough, a true professional - literally anything positive you could want or need in a coordinator/planner can be found in Tarra.” - Angelina and Ron

Like many others in the industry, Tarra fell in love with weddings after planning her own in Baltimore.  At that time, she was actually pursuing her PhD in Criminal Justice and then it hit her…she was totally in the wrong field.  Since then, she has dedicated every caring, creative, organized, and detail-oriented bone in her body to planning and executing programs and events including  helping others make their wedding day dreams come true!

Tarra’s wedding coordinating journey began in 2013 in the breath-taking Charlottesville, VA region.  Her MO is pretty simple:  Listen, Imagine, and Execute.  Her style is completely opposite of the pushy, know-it-all, you are just another client approach to wedding coordinating (hence, she’s a perfect fit for The Plannery).

With a BS in Psychology and a MA in Criminal Justice under her belt, Tarra continued her education and received an Event Management Certification Program from George Washington University School of Business in 2017.  

Tarra is a laid-back yet attentive New Englander.   She is a planner through and through, though she is open to a little spontaneity here and there.  She is fond of all things creative including art, poetry, photography, and music…especially music.  She resides in the Baltimore area with her two children Sargeant and Saylor. Follow her on Instagram @tar2ra

Katie Wannen, Owner

"She's like a ninja that comes in and gets sh*t done before you even knew it needed to be done." - Sally and Brendan

Katie launched The Plannery in 2012, and has been planning fun, quirky, gorgeous, one of a kind weddings and events in the D.C. area ever since. Before relocating to the DC area (Del Ray in Alexandria, VA to be exact), her experience in NYC included working as a wedding planner at a high-end event planning and design firm and as a manager for an event entertainment company. Katie is a contributor to both the blog and the book, A Practical Wedding – helping couples on How to Choose a Wedding Venue, and Doing a Wedding Venue Site Visit: Questions to Ask, and has also been featured on Catalyst Wed Co and spoke at their (un)convention, Brooklyn. She’s appeared on an episode of the excellent podcast, Surprisingly Awesome (about Wedding Planning, of course).

Having grown up in Connecticut (with a few formative years in Paris, France), she then earned her undergraduate degree from Barnard College, Columbia University in NYC. She received her certification in events management through George Washington University’s School of Business in July of 2013.

Katie is a pop-culture junkie who loves eating her husband’s delicious cooking. She’s mother to her darling daughters, Tallulah and Delta, and her other special girl - her black lab, Birdie :) She fanatically enjoys organizing family travel plans—often years in advance. Also, Wannen is pronounced WAH-nen, not WAY-nen ;)