Lia Avanessian

Michelle Sheppard is the founder and creative director of Michelle Sheppard Events, a luxury event planning and design company known for refined, experience-driven weddings and social events with depth and meaning.

Raised professionally in New York City’s fashion and hospitality worlds, Michelle brings an instinctive sense of taste and elevated guest experience. Her background spans high-level fashion production, editorial styling, and white-glove hospitality an education that shaped not only her eye for design, but her approach to service: thoughtful, intuitive, and deeply personal.

Michelle approaches each event as a layered experience. Every detail is considered through the lens of atmosphere, flow, and feeling.  Her work is defined by timeless elegance, quiet confidence, and a reverence for refinement over excess.

At the heart of Michelle’s process is gratitude for the trust her clients place in her and for the relationships built along the way. This philosophy allows her to create events that feel as meaningful as they are beautiful, and to cultivate long-standing relationships with clients who value artistry, substance, and effortless sophistication.

Founder & Creative Director