Liene is also the founder of Splendid Insights, the leading wedding market research firm and the first to publish wedding statistics on the luxury and ultra-luxury wedding markets serving HNW, VHNW, and UHNW brides and grooms.
Prior to the wedding industry, Liene’s career included strategic development as an NGO executive. During that tenure she also led international high-stakes crisis management, working closely with then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and his team.
As an expert on the business of weddings, Liene has appeared as an industry spokesperson on hundreds of TV programs and news media outlets including The New York Times, Forbes, The Economist, France 24, Vogue Thailand, and The Times of Japan.
Liene currently serves as an Allied Council board member for the National Society of Black Wedding and Event Professionals. She previously served on the Board of Directors for the New York Metro chapter of the International Live Events Association (ILEA) and the Advisory Board for the Wedding and Event Institute.
In addition, she is the author of the books, Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Marketing Your Wedding Business in Today's World and Luxe Love: Marketing and Selling Luxury Weddings.