Corporate Office Team

Our team is at the ready to help you make your event a 5-star success.  Call us today to have us whip up a proposal for your group.  Leave all the details to us - you can just show up and we will make sure you look like a hero among your friends and collegues!

Michelene Moayedi

Director of Finance and Strategic Planning

After eight years in high-tech sales and marketing, Michelene pursued her passion for food, entertaining and travel, and uses her skills at Parties That Cook as Director of Finance. Michelene received formal training in French cuisine at Tante Marie's Cooking School in San Francisco and continued her studies with an externship at Le Petit Robert on Russian Hill. There she launched monthly Regional French cooking classes in the restaurant kitchen. She has also assisted San Francisco Chronicle Food staff writers for the Chronicle Cooking School Series and has taught cooking classes at Purcell Murray. She appeared on Evening Magazine along with her cooking partner Heidi Bottom, a Parties That Cook Chicago-based chef.

Crissy Gershey

Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Growing up in New York City, in a family of foodies and “seasoned” home cooks, Crissy developed a passion for great food and diverse flavors early on. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in Biology, she decided to move her experiments out of the lab and into the kitchen. Crissy graduated with honors from the California Culinary Academy and instantly felt at home in the Bay Area food scene. She spent 4 years honing her skills and fine-tuning her palette as a Sous Chef at Hawthorne Lane in San Francisco. She moved on to manage the four kitchens and menu development for Oakville Grocery as Culinary Director. After two years managing Field and Office Operations for Parties That Cook, Crissy currently leads the Sales and Marketing team with enthusiasm and commitment to the continued growth of Parties That Cook. 

Rosie Monson

Director of Event & Office Operations

Rosie grew up surrounded by home grown food and fresh cooked meals. As a result she loves entertaining and celebrating good food with family and friends. She received her degree in Economics and immediately joined the nonprofit world where she planned fundraising events. After moving to San Francisco, Rosie decided to follow her passion for cooking and entertaining. She worked as an Event Planner for Small Potatoes Catering & Events in San Francisco before joining the Parties That Cook team to share the joy of cooking with others.

Beth Harris

Client Services and Event Manager

Beth grew up with home cooked Italian and hearty meat and potatoes meals in the Pacific Northwest. A whole new world opened up when she moved to California to attend Mills College. Beth not only developed a taste for different cuisines, but discovered that she loved to cook and entertain. Before joining Parties That Cook, Beth was a legal recruiter for Bingham McCutchen and more recently, Morrison & Foerster, both in San Francisco. Her roles offered her the opportunity to explore her food passions and in the process she also gained a great appreciation for well planned and executed events - many of them hosted by Parties That Cook! Beth is thrilled to be part of the PTC team and is looking forward to sharing her enthusiasm for cooking and planning great events.

Christina Turner

Client Services and Event Manager

Christina, a Bay Area native, learned to cook, throw parties and connect with her international community at an early age. After completing her Masters degree in Public Relations from the University of Westminster in London, England, Christina returned to San Francisco to pursue her career in sales and public relations. As her career advanced, her interests in cooking and event planning deepened. After years of managing events and community relations for Zobha yoga apparel, Christina finds being an event planner with Parties That Cook a satisfying and rewarding way to align her talents in sales and event planning with her passions for cooking and entertaining.

Gina Scrivani

Client Services and Event Manager

Gina grew up in Oakland CA, surrounded by art, food and creativity. She pursued dance and music starting at age 3 and baked in her mom’s kitchen at age 5. Continuing on a creative path, Gina moved to Southern California where she earned a BA in Fashion Design from Cal State Long Beach. Gina worked at Quikilsver, Inc. in design before moving into Visuals and Events where she started to find her true passion. She realized her favorite part of planning events was the food! She returned to the Bay Area in 2010 to produce countless events at Warehouse 416 Gallery in Oakland. Gina joined Parties That Cook in 2011 and is thrilled to bring her passion for food and event planning expertise to the team.

Carolyn Davis

Operations Manager and Lead Chef

Carolyn's lifelong passion for food began helping her mother prepare family meals in Michigan and cooking her way through a B.S. in Psychology/Pre-Med. Her interest in food from the ground up planted her in Palo Alto where she oversaw an organic community garden. Over the next 6 years, Carolyn pursued a variety of culinary adventures, including cooking for summer camps and retreats in California and Maui, honing her skills at Roxanne's in Marin and running her own catering business, Carolyn Davis Catering. A Lead Chef with Parties That Cook since 2004, Carolyn is excited to bring her expertise in the field, organizational skills and love for Californian cuisine to her new role as Operations Manager.

Erin Rasmussen

Bookkeeping Manager

This is Erin's debut on the professional food scene although she's been baking since the tender age of five. She was raised in the suburbs of Chicago on made-from-scratch health-conscious home cooking and absolutely loves the health and food lifestyle of the Bay Area. Erin is no stranger to logistics planning, something she had to master when she started her professional dance career while still a full-time scholarship student at University of Chicago. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in history of science and then last year, left a successful career as a professional dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago to start new adventures in San Francisco with her husband. Currently she free-lances, teaches dance, choreographs and has begun accounting classes at UC-Berkeley extension.

Rebecca Rodriguez

Marketing & Events Coordinator

Rebecca was born and raised in San Francisco. Surrounded by the diverse food the city has to offer, she developed a deep love of ethnic foods. She recently graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a BA in Business Management Economics and Psychology. Having spent all four years of her college career working various positions at an on-campus dining hall, and with additional catering experience, Rebecca was drawn to the food industry after graduation. Various marketing internships have led her to her current role as Parties That Cook’s Marketing and Events Coordinator, and she is very excited to be a part of the Parties That Cook team!

Kelle Furrier

Logistics Coordinator

Kelle is an avid home cook and loves to share her passion for her native Southwestern flavors as well as the cuisine of her heart’s home, Italy, where she lived for a brief time. After cooking her way through a double major in Anthropology and Communications from the University of Arizona, Kelle moved to San Francisco to immerse herself in the area’s foodie culture. She has shared her knowledge and excitement through cooking demonstrations at Williams-Sonoma, teaching youth classes with the Girl Scouts of America and catering. Kelle joined the Parties That Cook team in 2011.