Emily Kahn is President and Founder of Green Fern Events - Austin's leading sustainable event management company. Emily started Green Fern Events in 2009 with a mission to minimize negative environmental impact for every event without compromising overall budget and costs. So far, so good! With over 10 years experience planning & managing corporate events, Emily is leading Austin (and the world for that matter) down the path towards increased sustainability. She strongly supports the growth of the renewable and clean energy technologies and believes that "going green" is no longer a choice but a matter of social, economic and environmental responsibility.
Emily was born in Roanoke, VA where she spent countless years hiking and exploring the Blue Ridge Mountains. After college, Emily spent 8 years growing her career in Washington, DC. Upon finishing her graduate work at George Washington University, Emily landed a job as Conference Manager for the largest hydrogen & fuel cell conference in North America. Since 2005, Emily has played a key role in the successful implementation of five major conferences for this emerging global marketplace.
Now focused on growing Green Fern Events in Austin, Emily is excited for the opportunity to build lasting relationships with individuals and companies that share the same passion for high-quality events and sustainability.
Emily holds a BA in Cross-Cultural Communications from Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA and MA in Sustainable Destination Management/Event Management from George Washington University, in Washington, DC.
Tiffany Harelik: GFE Consultant
Tiffany brings a diverse set of skills and experiences to Green Fern Events. She has managed events ranging from 1-10 days in length with up to 350,000 attendees. Her event production experience includes nationally sanctioned sporting events, internationally attended health care seminars, statewide educational workshops, film production and beyond.
With a passion for sustainable health and green living, Tiffany will be a strong advocate in support of Green Fern Events' mission - to minimize negative environmental impact for every event we produce.
Tiffany has been engaged in a number of visionary projects. With a love of philanthropic activities and the outdoors, she can be seen attending charity runs and bike rides around the Hill Country, or volunteering with various ventures. A fourth generation Austinite, Tiffany enjoys the live music scene and activities on the water with her daughter Callie and their foster dogs. She also enjoys competing in equestrian events, cooking for friends, traveling and writing.
Tiffany has a MA in Health Psychology and over 10 years experience in the event planning industry.
GFE Intern: Summer 2011
Corinne Zuleger is a Public Relations and Advertising major at St. Edward's University. She joins Green Fern Events this summer to gain experience in marketing and public relations, as well as the green meeting & events industry. Corinne is bilingual (fluent in Spanish), is into the live music scene, and enjoys any outdoor activity involving water.
GFE Interns: Summer 2010 JLHK
Tobie is a senior at University of Texas. Her concentration is Sociology and Urban Studies. She enjoys sociologybecause she finds it to be exceedingly applicable to her relationships and experiences with people in and outside of school. However what she enjoys most in life she has overwhelmingly experienced outside of school. She has long been artistic and creative with a number of mediums from graphic design to sewing. Last summer she started a small business making pillows and accessories. Event coordination has always been an interest as it seems like a perfect way to bring her creativity, interpersonal, and organizational skills together. Green Fern Events immediately stuck out to her among the other event planning groups in Austin because of its commitment to stewardship of the environment through green events. Tobie helped to re-vamp Green Ferns website!
Rachel will be a Senior this fall at St. Edwards University. Having made the Dean’s List every year so far, Rachel is making big strides in the field of Communications, specializing in Media, Public Relations, and Advertising. She joins us this summer to help Green Fern with Media, PR & Marketing outreach and to also learn more about sustainability and how it applies to the event planning industry. While taking breaks from her studies, Rachel enjoys jammin’ on her drums, dancing to Dead Weather at Stubb’s and crowd surfing at ACL Music Festival. After graduating, Rachel aims to further her education by attending graduate school at UT in the field of Marketing/Advertising.
