Meet Deanne
Deanne Bryan is the founder of Selah Event Consulting, Inc., an event marketing and business consulting firm that helps clients deliver purpose-driven experiences and creative solutions to business challenges. Deanne combines her love of details, project management, problem-solving, and building meaningful connections with diverse audiences to design moments and models that have a lasting impact on organizations and teams.
Before devoting her work full time to Selah Event Consulting, Inc., Deanne served as SVP Business Operations, Event Management at the largest experiential brand agency on the West Coast whose clients include Microsoft, Nike, Amazon, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In this role, Deanne was responsible for strategic planning, operational effectiveness, fiscal management, and client delivery responsibilities within the event management department and across the agency.
Prior to this role, she spent 15 years at a boutique event firm in Seattle, WA. She worked her way through the organization first starting as a customer service representative and then began leading events of her own. After 5 years of managing her own programs she was promoted to lead the Event Management Department and became an Executive Team member. She filled these roles for a decade, growing and scaling the business and enabling its successful acquisition in 2018.
Outside of work, Deanne loves to spend time with her family and friends, in the garden or the yoga studio. She loves snowboarding, snorkeling, and cooking new recipes. Deanne is also an Ambassador Board Member for Amara, a non-profit in Washington that serves children in foster care.
