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Meet the Diva, Herself!
Dr. La Shawn Denise Witt is one of the top wedding and event planners in the industry. Born in Los Angeles, wedding event, and travel planner extraordinaire La Shawn began her career in alumni relations and special events at her alma mater Loyola Marymount University, and soon fell in love with the event planning aspects of her job. In addition, she was planning small events including her own baby shower while an undergraduate in college. In 1999, she ventured out on her own and opened Divine Diva Events. While many of her satellite offices and clients are located throughout the country, her home office is in Beverly Hills, CA. Traveling allows La Shawn to see the world in different colors and shapes. Her love for colors and shapes transforms into La Shawn creating beautiful designs, gorgeous color patterns and decor accents for her clients.
It was her dream to provide clients with quality event planning that they could trust. After working in the event industry for the past 23 years, she has established a reputation of being dependable and trustworthy, has produced over 650 events, and maintains working relationships with many of Los Angeles’s top event industry professionals.
Outside of event designing La Shawn indulges in her passions of shopping, traveling, reading and enjoying time with the loves of her life, daughter Morgan, Shih Tzu’s Dolce & Gabbana and her significant other Ricky. In her spare time, she loves watching both basketball (Los Angeles Lakers) and football (Dallas Cowboys).
La Shawn holds two Bachelor degrees, two Master degrees and a Doctorate degree; in Biology, African American Studies, Education and Educational Leadership from Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine University, Mount Saint Mary’s College and Argosy University, respectively.
She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America, Inc, both Inglewood chapters and the Angel City Chapter of the Links Incorporated. She is also a member of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, National Association of University Women and Tabahani Book Club. One of her contributions to these organizations are planning and executing many of their events.
La Shawn is currently a member of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Bridal Consultants, where she serves on the Executive board. La Shawn actively travels the country attending conferences, wedding planner familiarization trips and workshops to keep up to date on the latest trends and happenings in the event industry.
La Shawn’s experience includes planning hundreds of weddings and special events around the nation which she and team Divine Diva executes every detail with style. She focuses on all weddings and events, sophisticated to intimate, from traditional to destination, and cultural to conservative. La Shawn is an event scholar that makes sure all of her events shine and the guests go home wanting more. La Shawn sees each event as a unique opportunity to design the experience of a lifetime and give clients a personalized and elegant event. Let her take your next celebration beyond an event to create a priceless memory touched with a DIVA’s style!
It was her dream to provide clients with quality event planning that they could trust. After working in the event industry for the past 23 years, she has established a reputation of being dependable and trustworthy, has produced over 650 events, and maintains working relationships with many of Los Angeles’s top event industry professionals.
Outside of event designing La Shawn indulges in her passions of shopping, traveling, reading and enjoying time with the loves of her life, daughter Morgan, Shih Tzu’s Dolce & Gabbana and her significant other Ricky. In her spare time, she loves watching both basketball (Los Angeles Lakers) and football (Dallas Cowboys).
La Shawn holds two Bachelor degrees, two Master degrees and a Doctorate degree; in Biology, African American Studies, Education and Educational Leadership from Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine University, Mount Saint Mary’s College and Argosy University, respectively.
She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America, Inc, both Inglewood chapters and the Angel City Chapter of the Links Incorporated. She is also a member of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, National Association of University Women and Tabahani Book Club. One of her contributions to these organizations are planning and executing many of their events.
La Shawn is currently a member of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Bridal Consultants, where she serves on the Executive board. La Shawn actively travels the country attending conferences, wedding planner familiarization trips and workshops to keep up to date on the latest trends and happenings in the event industry.
La Shawn’s experience includes planning hundreds of weddings and special events around the nation which she and team Divine Diva executes every detail with style. She focuses on all weddings and events, sophisticated to intimate, from traditional to destination, and cultural to conservative. La Shawn is an event scholar that makes sure all of her events shine and the guests go home wanting more. La Shawn sees each event as a unique opportunity to design the experience of a lifetime and give clients a personalized and elegant event. Let her take your next celebration beyond an event to create a priceless memory touched with a DIVA’s style!
La Shawn is nationally certified as a wedding, event and travel planner by way of professional and educational associations and most importantly experience since 1994.
La Shawn is a certified Mexico Destination Wedding Specialist.
Enjoy shots of La Shawn, her daughter Morgan, her dogs Dolce & Gabbana, her honey Ricky and a few shots with clients.. overall just the Diva's blessed life!
