About Kelley

Kelley Kohler, Owner & Lead planner

Kelley is an event planner and hospitality designer with twelve years’ experience planning, designing, and coordinating over 200 weddings, birthday dinners, anniversary parties, and celebrations of all kinds. She founded Haviland Events in Chicago in 2015 following several years in the hospitality industry in South Carolina, Virginia, and Italy. After five years in the vibrant Chicago wedding scene, Kelley decided to return to her Southern roots. She relocated to the Charlotte, North Carolina area in 2020, where she re-launched Haviland as a boutique planning and design firm for couples who want their wedding to be as beautiful and distinctive as their love story. Kelley lives in Charlotte with her husband and their twin sons, where she’s glad to finally have enough space to properly display her collection of vintage china.