Welcome!

If you are visiting this site because you've become engaged and are starting the preparations for your wedding day, then first let me say...congratulations!  I wish you all the happiness in the world.  

I served as Mayor of Charlottesville from 2008-2012 and truly had no idea how fulfilling the job would be.  I loved working with a diverse array of colleagues and constituents to make our city a great place to live.

credit: Jack Looney Photography

What I did not expect when I became Mayor was how many people would ask me to perform their wedding ceremonies for them.  Serving as a wedding officiant is a tremendous honor, so I was delighted to comply.  

Even after my term in office was over, the requests kept coming in.  I enjoyed performing wedding ceremonies so much, I decided to go into business as a part-time wedding officiant.  By November of 2023, I had officiated my 1,000th wedding!  

If you yourself are in need of an officiant for a Charlottesville-area wedding, I'd be happy to work with you to perform a custom-designed ceremony on your special day.

If you want to see what other couples have had to say about working with me as their officiant, click here.  If you want to know what the process of designing and performing a wedding ceremony entails, and how much I charge for my services, click here.  For more info. about me and my background, click here.  To meet my Associate Officiant, Kristin Holbrook, click here.  For contact or payment info., click here.

Thanks for your interest, and best wishes for a beautiful wedding day!

p.s. I am honored and humbled to have been voted as Charlottesville's Best Wedding Officiant in the "Best of C-Ville" awards for several years running now.  I love sending couples forward into their new lives together, and accolades like this are just icing on the (wedding) cake!