Our Team
Ann Parnes
Founder/Matchmaker | LA
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
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
Matchmaker | NV
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
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.
Lana Schneider
Matchmaker | GA
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
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 Romano
Matchmaker | MA
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 Donahue-Paynter
Client Consultant
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.
Charo Tutor
Executive Assistant
Charo is an executive assistant based in New York with a passion for getting things done. She thrives on organization, problem-solving, and keeping fast-moving teams running smoothly. Known for her reliability and follow-through, she brings clarity, structure, and momentum to everything she touches.
Susan Graeser
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.
Ibiza Bernadas
Content & Production Assistant
Ibiza is helping across all things marketing, with a strong focus on content. She has a solid background in content, social, podcasts, email, and systems, and is great at turning ideas into clear, on-brand content across platforms. She’s super organized, reliable, and knows how to keep things moving behind the scenes.
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After Hello is more than a matchmaking service; we're your partners in crafting a love story that lasts. Whether refining your approach to online dating, enhancing your first-date dynamics, or guiding you through the dating etiquette maze, our expertise is at your service.
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