LaWanda C. Harris
Customer Focused Event Guru & Talented Emcee
LaWanda C. Harris, also known as “LaWanda Will B LaWanda” is a serial entrepreneur and Principal of Plan Ahead Events, South Florida (www.planaheadevents-sfl.com) and its subsidiary, You Need A MC (www.youneedamc.com). Her companies specialize in full-service event management and offer a la carte services with a focus on the Corporate, Non-Profit, and the Customer Service business sectors. LaWanda’s passion for planning events evolved from a part-time hobby (read: free events) to working in the field for various employers over 15 years ago to full-time business ownership in 2014. LaWanda is a creative and detail-oriented individual with a “whatever it takes” attitude. She maintains a super friendly, very approachable personality that loves to interact with people. In addition to being a busy business owner, LaWanda is a chronic networker who prides herself with “never meeting a stranger”, a former radio personality, active volunteer, and sounding board for budding entrepreneurs. In her spare time, LaWanda loves to travel, thrift store shop, buy gadgets and read.
LaWanda earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration on Hospitality and Tourism from Columbia Southern University. She is currently studying for her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) certification, a highly sought after designation held by less than 1200 people worldwide. She is the mother of two adult children and simply “G” to the cutest little girl in the whole wide world (of course). When the curtain drops on her final event, LaWanda plans to retire comfortably in a Class A Motorhome with a couple of cats and live a transient lifestyle from one campground to the next!
LaWanda’s adopted motto is Faith, Focus, Forward!