Wish Upon A Wedding Appoints New President of Chicago Chapter Michelle Durpetti

Wish Upon A Wedding has appointed Michelle Durpetti, Founder and President of Michelle Durpetti Events and Managing Partner of Gene & Georgetti, as President of Wish Upon A Wedding's Chicago Chapter for 2016. Wish Upon a Wedding is a nonprofit organization that provides weddings and vow renewals for couples facing serious illness and serious life-altering circumstance.

"Michelle is a founding board member of the Chicago chapter of Wish Upon a Wedding and her contributions as Event Chair for two years prior to this appointment are priceless," says outgoing President Ali Phillips, of Engaging Events by Ali. "Michelle's expertise in wedding planning, along with her relationships with amazing wedding vendors in Chicago, makes her the perfect fit. I look forward to working with her and her chapter as I continue my role as National President of the Board of Directors of Wish Upon a Wedding, a position I have held for two years."

Fellow 2016 Chicago Chapter board members are: Vice President Tiffany Andrews Munster; Treasurer Lori Stephenson; Secretary Kate Molter; Event Chair Misha Newgren; Marketing Chair Shannon Gail Clemonds and Wish Coordinators Sandy Sobczak and Sarah Deeke and immediate past president/National President, Ali Phillips.

"I am honored to take the baton from my friend and greatly admired industry colleague Ali Phillips," says Durpetti. "I look forward to working alongside this talented group of women. Together we will continue Wish Upon A Wedding's mission of bringing dream wedding wishes for couples facing serious life circumstances to a reality."