Our Team

Ann Parnes
Ann Parnes
Founder/Matchmaker | LA | Nationwide
Ann is a former Assistant District Attorney, and a certified life coach. After 14 years practicing law, she transitioned into building a nationally recognized matchmaking firm rooted in vision, values, and emotional depth. She is known for her intuition, discernment, and her unwavering belief that the right partnership changes everything.
Maria Murray
Maria Murray
Co-Founder/Chief of Operations | FL/AZ
Maria is the co-founder of After Hello, a business consultant, and a strategist at heart. Her background spans wellness, recruiting, operations, and brand leadership, and she is known for bringing clarity where there is noise and structure where there is friction.
Ashley Vera
Ashley Vera
Matchmaker | NV | Nationwide
Ashley is a dedicated matchmaker with over four years of experience in the industry and two years with the After Hello team. She thrives on building meaningful connections and loves interacting with new people. Anytime there is an opportunity to socialize, travel, meet someone new, or try something different, she is all in. Ashley brings warmth, intuition, and genuine enthusiasm to every client she works with.
Kat Watson
Matchmaker | TX | Nationwide
Kat is a professional matchmaker and relationship coach with a background in executive recruiting. After years of helping people make smart, high-stakes decisions in their careers, she now helps singles do the same in love — with intention, clarity, and heart. Her approach blends data, psychology, and real-world experience. She focuses on values alignment, emotional intelligence, attachment awareness, and building relationships that actually work long-term — not just spark chemistry on paper.
Atlanta matchmaker Lana of After Hello Matchmaking+, specializing in personalized matchmaking for Georgia professionals
Lana Schneider
Matchmaker | GA | Nationwide
Lana is a matchmaker with a long career rooted in connection, strategy, and understanding what truly drives people. Her background spans business development, media, and client relationships, and she brings that same insight and curiosity to helping people build meaningful partnerships. Lana believes the strongest connections come from shared values, clear intention, and genuine understanding.
Jaime Drummy
Matchmaker | FL | Nationwide
Florida based matchmaker and veteran recruiter with over 20 years of experience, Jaime has dedicated her career to creating meaningful, lasting connections. She blends a personalized approach with keen intuition, human insight, strategy and genuine care. Her sincere investment in each client’s journey drives her commitment to cultivating deeply aligned, fulfilling partnerships.
Felicia, professional matchmaker serving Boston, Massachusetts at After Hello Matchmaking+
Felicia Romano
Matchmaker | MA | Nationwide
Felicia is a matchmaker whose work is informed by her career as a couples therapist. Specializing in relationships and intimacy, Fel has spent years developing clinical expertise helping people navigate love and attachment as well as dating coaching. She hosts a local weekly radio segment on dating and life and is creating a docuseries about dating in her home town of Cape Cod.
Erin of After Hello Matchmaking+, managing referral partnerships and professional alliances
Erin Donahue-Paynter
Partnerships Coordinator | Nationwide
For more than a decade, her career has centered on guiding people through some of life’s most personal and high-stakes decisions. She’s known for listening deeply, creating a comfortable and respectful process, and helping people move forward with confidence and authenticity. She genuinely enjoy learning what matters most to you, helping articulate your relationship goals, and supporting you with care and discretion as you navigate this next chapter.
Nina Curtis
Client Consultant
With a background rooted in human connection and personal transformation, she is passionate about helping individuals gain clarity around what they truly want in a partner and guiding them through the early stages of the matchmaking process with intention and care.
Kris Davis, client consultant at After Hello Matchmaking+, guiding consultations for upscale matchmaking services
Kris Davis
Client Consultant
Kris Davis has spent more than a decade guiding people through one of life's most important pursuits: finding love and building meaningful relationships. With experience in matchmaking and relationship consulting, a background in education, and certification as a Life Coach, she helps clients move forward with honesty, empathy, and personalized support.
Susan Sterling of After Hello Matchmaking+, leading marketing strategy and brand growth for the matchmaking firm
Susan Sterling
Marketing Operations
Susan is a marketing operations coordinator who believes the right message, delivered with intention, creates real impact. With nearly two decades of experience across social media, PR outreach, content strategy, and brand growth, she keeps After Hello's marketing running with clarity, consistency, and care.

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