Kathy Piech-Lukas is considered one of Southwest Ohio’s top wedding resources. She has been the owner of Your Dream Day LLC since 2004 and has planned more than 260 weddings in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, during her 18 year career. She has won dozens of awards for her wedding planning work, including The Knot Best of Weddings Hall of Fame, Couples Choice by Wedding Wire, Cincinnati A List, Top 25 Women to Watch by WIBN Dayton, the Ohio WOW Award for Best Wedding, and a coveted nomination for the ILEA Esprit Award for Best Wedding.
While earning her bachelor’s degree from Xavier University, she worked in the copyediting department at St. Anthony Messenger Magazine. She published several articles in the magazine, Youth Update, and helped with the initial launch of its online presence. Prior to her career as a wedding planner, she worked in a variety of media relations and corporate marketing communications roles for two Fortune 500 companies, and with dozens of local Cincinnati and Dayton businesses as an independent consultant.
In addition to being a regular featured wedding expert on Channel 2 WDTN’s Living Dayton television show, she has also been featured as a wedding expert on Channel 9 WCPO-TV (Cincinnati), Channel 7 WHIO-TV (Dayton), Dayton24/7 Now (ABC 22 Fox 45), Women’s Day, Bridal Guide, Dayton Daily News, The Knot Ohio, Cincinnati Magazine, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Warren County Magazine, Middletown Journal, Hamilton Journal, Lebanon Western Star, Mason Pulse Journal, Kentucky Post, Franklin Chronicle, The Pulse, Long Island Bride & Groom, EwedNews, Wedding Marketing Online, Bride Guide, IntimateWeddings.com, and Huffington Post. She feels that her additional role as the managing editor of Devoted Cincinnati Dayton magazine & web directory is the perfect marriage (no pun intended!) of all her extensive experience in the wedding industry and her past experience with the media and writing. She is ready to help wedding professionals throughout the region take their wedding business to the next level with Devoted Cincinnati Dayton.
