Meet the Artists
Mrs. Asha Genevieve Dawson
Mrs. Asha Genevieve Dawson
Mrs. Asha Genevieve Dawson
OWNER & LEAD PLANNER
An advocate for love, storytelling, and timeless celebrations
Asha Genevieve Dawson is a multifaceted force in the wedding industry, known for her unwavering commitment to crafting memorable, artful celebrations for couples. As the founder and principal planner of a renowned wedding company, Asha has become a trusted ex
OWNER & LEAD PLANNER
An advocate for love, storytelling, and timeless celebrations
Asha Genevieve Dawson is a multifaceted force in the wedding industry, known for her unwavering commitment to crafting memorable, artful celebrations for couples. As the founder and principal planner of a renowned wedding company, Asha has become a trusted expert in orchestrating love stories with elegance and creativity. Her work goes beyond the logistics of event planning—she is passionate about helping couples bring their vision to life with grace and intentionality, making each wedding a unique narrative that reflects their journey together.
In addition to her flourishing wedding planning business, Asha is a dedicated high school English teacher, where she cultivates her love for storytelling in the classroom. Her background in education enriches her work as a planner, allowing her to draw on her storytelling expertise to help couples express their love and personal stories through the details of their weddings. Whether through carefully chosen vows, poetic speeches, or thematic elements, Asha’s belief in the power of narrative plays a vital role in the weddings she designs.
Asha’s passion for love stories is deeply rooted in her family’s tradition of lasting, meaningful marriages. Growing up surrounded by the enduring relationships of her relatives, particularly her beloved grandmother, Geneva, Asha was raised on values of spirit, service, and the importance of lifelong commitment. Her grandmother, a guiding light in her life, inspired Asha to dedicate herself to fostering connection and supporting couples as they embark on their own journeys together.
Asha’s own love story is a testament to her belief in romance, dedication, and the beauty of a well-crafted celebration. Her Bridgerton-inspired wedding in Charleston, South Carolina, captured the hearts of many and was featured in the #1 multicultural bridal magazine, Munaluchi. The event, which reflected Asha’s own sense of style and attention to detail, was a celebration of both love and heritage, blending contemporary elegance with classic charm.
Residing in Atlanta with her husband and their cat, Asha is committed to not only executing flawless weddings but also providing ongoing support to the couples she works with, ensuring that the love and joy of their big day carry forward into their lives together. Whether it’s helping a couple with future anniversaries, creating personalized rituals, or offering guidance during life’s transitions, Asha’s role as a wedding planner extends beyond the wedding day itself. She is there for the moments that matter, just as much as the ones that sparkle.
With her keen eye for detail, deep appreciation for artistry, and dedication to storytelling, Asha continues to leave a lasting impact on the world of weddings, helping couples craft the perfect beginning to their lifelong adventures together.
Mrs. Brianna Howell
Mrs. Asha Genevieve Dawson
Mrs. Asha Genevieve Dawson
ASSISTANT PLANNER
The shrewd lawyer who maintains her artistic roots
Brianna is a lawyer by training and a designer by passion. Outside of her current role as an International Legal Consultant, Brianna has years of contract review experience. She reviewed healthcare contracts for litigation purposes and formulated employment contracts to me
ASSISTANT PLANNER
The shrewd lawyer who maintains her artistic roots
Brianna is a lawyer by training and a designer by passion. Outside of her current role as an International Legal Consultant, Brianna has years of contract review experience. She reviewed healthcare contracts for litigation purposes and formulated employment contracts to meet U.S. immigration standards. Those contract review skills translated well to contract negotiation and revision for her own wedding in 2023!
Brianna began her design career in the theater. From winning district costume design competitions to designing set pieces, Brianna led the Design Crew at Countess de Hornle Theater in Boca Raton, Florida, from 2013 to 2015. Since then, she has expanded her hobby to interior design. Currently, she assists her family-run real estate company with creating budget-friendly designs for home renovations and new-build apartments. Brianna is passionate about thoughtful color palettes, tasteful themes, balanced space usage, meaningful personal touches, subtle patterns, and texture blending!
Ms. mya Sullivan
Mrs. Asha Genevieve Dawson
Ms. mya Sullivan
RESIDENT VOCALIST
Organic songstress committed to her dreamy, intuitive nature
Formally trained musician, teacher, and Mississippi native, Mya was raised in such a way that her imagination had much space and opportunity to flourish. Over the years her motivation has grown from creating performances for family functions, acting in school mu
RESIDENT VOCALIST
Organic songstress committed to her dreamy, intuitive nature
Formally trained musician, teacher, and Mississippi native, Mya was raised in such a way that her imagination had much space and opportunity to flourish. Over the years her motivation has grown from creating performances for family functions, acting in school musicals, and singing at talent shows to performing at major events like weddings and unity ceremonies where she continues to use her child-like imaginations to create memorable moments for the crowds of people she engages. Strengthening her voice by practicing various styles of music is what makes her unique to the industry. As a first grade teacher, Mya uses the same imagination that she developed as a child to encourage her students to see themselves and their work beyond their current capabilities and into a future of limitless possibilities.
Mr. Trevor smith
Rev. Dr. R. Drew Smith
Mr. Trevor smith
RESIDENT POET & COUPLES CAREER COACH
A tireless champion for the ambitious couple in love
Trevor Smith is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the BLIS Collective, a Black and Indigenous solidarity non-profit with a $1,000,000+ operating budget. He is a writer, poet, entrepreneur, researcher, and strategist focused on racial inequality,
RESIDENT POET & COUPLES CAREER COACH
A tireless champion for the ambitious couple in love
Trevor Smith is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the BLIS Collective, a Black and Indigenous solidarity non-profit with a $1,000,000+ operating budget. He is a writer, poet, entrepreneur, researcher, and strategist focused on racial inequality, wealth inequality, reparations, and narrative change. Previously, he was the Director of Narrative Change at Liberation Ventures, a field-builder accelerating the Black-led movement for reparations, where he launched the Reparations Narrative Lab, a creative and research space designed to build narrative power across the movement for reparations. He previously held program and communications positions at the Surdna Foundation, New York Civil Liberties Union, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and M+R Strategic Services. He currently resides in Lenapehoking, now known as
New York City.
Ms. Nina Grier
Rev. Dr. R. Drew Smith
Mr. Trevor smith
RESIDENT JEWELRY MAKER
Uniquely capturing history and culture one piece at a time
Nina Grier enjoyed a long career in the healthcare industry and lived in many
states throughout the country. After more than 20 years, she settled back home
to the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia.
Nina is influenced by art & history and stepped into another
RESIDENT JEWELRY MAKER
Uniquely capturing history and culture one piece at a time
Nina Grier enjoyed a long career in the healthcare industry and lived in many
states throughout the country. After more than 20 years, she settled back home
to the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia.
Nina is influenced by art & history and stepped into another chapter of her life
that represents these interests.
Nina trained as a jeweler and joined the world of Makers. After more than 10
years, she’s still perfecting her craft; casting and forging precious metal to
create inspiring pieces while building a reputation throughout the country as an
Artisan who makes fine custom and artisan jewelry. To emphasize Nina’s love of
history, she designs and makes jewelry inspired by historic and iconic
trailblazers.
You’ll find in her work the likeness of Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Frederick
Douglass, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jim Thorpe, Richard Allen and others being
memorialized. These and other historical characters are utilized to re-awaken
sung and unsung trailblazers who’ve made their mark on history and society in
brilliant and daring ways.
Nina Grier established Historical Dream, LLC in 2015. Historical Dream is the
banner for which she associates her jewelry portfolio. Her jewelry has been sold around the country including, but not limited to the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture and boutiques in Martha's Vineyard.
Nina welcomes custom jewelry design requests.
Rev. Dr. R. Drew Smith
Rev. Dr. R. Drew Smith
Rev. Dr. R. Drew Smith
RESIDENT PRE-MARITAL COUNSELOR & OFFICIANT
Clergyman and scholar with a heart for others (namely his wife of 45 years)
Drew Smith is a political scientist and clergyman whose leadership and scholarship have been positioned at intersections of faith, social witness, and community engagement. He has focused on public sector and faith sector r
RESIDENT PRE-MARITAL COUNSELOR & OFFICIANT
Clergyman and scholar with a heart for others (namely his wife of 45 years)
Drew Smith is a political scientist and clergyman whose leadership and scholarship have been positioned at intersections of faith, social witness, and community engagement. He has focused on public sector and faith sector responses to spiritual, social developmental, economic, educational, racial justice, and public health urgencies facing urban communities across the U.S. content. Currently Dr. Smith is professor of urban ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and also served as director of its Metro-Urban Institute. He previously served as Scholar-in-Residence at the Morehouse College Leadership Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and as the Director of the Center for the Church and Black Experience at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL. He has had faculty appointments at Indiana University and Butler University; and has had visiting appointments as a faculty fellow at Case Western Reserve University, University of Viriginia, and Emory University and as a Fulbright professor at University of Pretoria in South Africa and Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Cameroon.
Dr. Smith was ordained in 1988 and has ministered in multiple capacities and in numerous contexts. He currently serves as co-pastor and CEO of Christ’s Open Door Ministries in Indianapolis. He also ministered previously on the ministerial staff of Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, Horace Bushnell Congregational Church in Hartford, and Samaritan Baptist Church in Trenton. Moreover, he has served in prison ministries, campus ministries, and ministries to unchurched youth, drawing on his musical training in a number of these settings, including as pianist and director for numerous church choirs and for the Indiana University, Yale University, and New Jersey State Prison gospel choirs.
Dr. Smith earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Indiana University, a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University. He has published widely, having written more than eighty articles and chapters and having edited ten research volumes on religion and public life including, most recently, a volume titled Racialized Health, COVID-19, and Religious Responses: Black Atlantic Contexts and Perspectives. He has received many honors and awards for his academic leadership, including selection in 2002 as an Emerging Leaders Fellow by a Duke University/University of Cape Town program on Leadership and Public Values, and selection in 2008 by the Governor of Indiana for a Governor’s Black Expo Leadership award.
Dr. Smith is married to the Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith.
ms. jerrica harris
ms. jerrica harris
Rev. Dr. R. Drew Smith
RESIDENT SKINCARE AND MAKEUP ARTIST
Keeping couples beautiful and healthy
Her love for makeup began at 5 a.m. in the bathroom she shared with her siblings, blending hot pink and electric blue eyeshadow for the first day of her senior year. Over the years, she experimented fearlessly—mixing foundations, applying glitter with eyelash glue, an
RESIDENT SKINCARE AND MAKEUP ARTIST
Keeping couples beautiful and healthy
Her love for makeup began at 5 a.m. in the bathroom she shared with her siblings, blending hot pink and electric blue eyeshadow for the first day of her senior year. Over the years, she experimented fearlessly—mixing foundations, applying glitter with eyelash glue, and creating bold Halloween looks. Compliments often came with the dreaded question: “Are you a makeup artist?” She’d always reply, “No, just a lover of makeup,” though deep down, she longed to say yes. Fear held her back, and makeup remained just a hobby.
That changed when she decided to start over. She rekindled her passion, swapped neutrals for color, enrolled in esthetician school, obtained her license, and launched her LLC. In just six months, she had her own salon suite, surrounded by top beauty professionals in Pensacola.
Beyond makeup, she developed a deep passion for skincare and all things esthetics. She became fascinated by how skin functions, how different ingredients interact, and how the right treatments could restore confidence. Her passion project is dedicated to understanding and treating ingrown hairs, specifically in Black men—a struggle she witnessed firsthand with her father and brother, who were required to shave for work despite the damage it caused their skin. She is committed to finding effective solutions so that men like them no longer have to choose between professionalism and skin health.
She firmly believes that flawless makeup starts with solid skincare. The best foundation is healthy, well-nourished skin, and she is passionate about helping clients achieve long-term results rather than quick fixes. To that end, she has developed a specialized service for brides and grooms, guiding them through a personalized skincare journey leading up to their big day. Her goal is to ensure that when they walk down the aisle, their skin is at its absolute best—radiant, confident, and picture-perfect.
Her journey as a business owner has just begun, but her passion has always been there. Nothing compares to the joy of helping clients see their own beauty. When asked what pushed her to finally pursue her dream, the answer was clear: losing her corporate job on May 4, 2023. The realization hit her after moving back in with her parents in the bathroom she shared with her siblings after—getting ready at 5 a.m. for a job she hated, just before choosing a life she loved.
ms. sherry green
ms. jerrica harris
ms. sherry green
RESIDENT EVENT STATIONER
A refreshing approach to stunning wedding stationary
Sherry Green is an Island Girl. She was born and raised in the Virgin Islands, but Atlanta, GA has been her home-away-from-home for over 20 years. She is an Accountant by profession, but her love for designing event stationery allows her to express her artistic
RESIDENT EVENT STATIONER
A refreshing approach to stunning wedding stationary
Sherry Green is an Island Girl. She was born and raised in the Virgin Islands, but Atlanta, GA has been her home-away-from-home for over 20 years. She is an Accountant by profession, but her love for designing event stationery allows her to express her artistic side and wear her creative hat as an Event Stationer. The two roles may seem like total opposites, but for both, having a keen eye for detail is key.
Sherry values family and enjoys creating memories with them. Life is not promised so she treasures every moment spent with those she holds dear to her heart. Dining and unwinding to music are just a few of her favorite ways to escape after a busy day.
It all began with her quest to find her perfect wedding invitation. She searched high and low but did not find “The One”. So, she custom designed an invitation and hired a stationer to bring her vision to life. She really enjoyed the process of it all. Her guests were in awe when they received their unique invitations. It was at this time that the initial idea of turning this newly found passion into entrepreneurship was born. Sherry believes there is an appointed time by God for things to happen, and in 2020 Inked Green Designs, LLC was formed.