Joan Wells

CEO

Joan Wells is CEO and co-founder of Wellington. A Kansas City native, Joan founded Wellington more than 24 years ago with a vision for a meeting and event company that would provide true end-to-end solutions with clients as authentic partners. She has been involved with the planning and execution of hundreds of meetings for businesses and non-profit organizations of all sizes.

She and Jada Hill, with whom she co-founded Wellington, have consistently grown the business over the company’s history with an explosive level of growth, both in size and revenue, over the past few years. Under Joan and Jada’s guidance, Wellington has been recognized as one of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s Top 10 Businesses of the Year.

“My entrepreneurial vision is to provide event and meeting production services that incorporate the best talents in concept development and skills planning. I believe in hiring associates who have a far-higher level of expertise, client relation skill and project management savvy than the industry average.”

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

“Sometimes I forget that you are not a full-time employee, you are just such a part of the team.”

— Mike, CEO of KBP Foods

“…my stress level was at an all time low…something I directly attribute to the Wellington team onsite and their offsite support teams...”

— Nicholas, Toyota

“…knocked it out of the park…You make it look easy and you make us look like rock stars.”

— Wendy, Nissan

“I've said it once, and I will say it again, you all are a MACHINE!”

— Taylor, CMG Financial

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How Long Should a Virtual Event Be?

One of the most frequent questions our virtual events team hears is, “How long should my virtual event be?” Whether you’ve never done an event before or you’re pivoting from a physical event to a virtual event, the answer is the same: it should be as long as you need it to be, and as... Read more »

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How looking at the lessons of the ultra successful can be applied to companies in meaningful ways.