Founder & CEO of Creme De La Show. Creator of The Power of Presence. Event strategist, producer, and speaker on human connection.
Mandi Brix has always been someone who creates experiences. Long before she had a business card, she was the mom who went all-in on every birthday, every gathering, every moment worth marking. Then she spent a decade running a successful photography studio in Mexico — building something from nothing in a new country, learning what it meant to make people feel seen.
When she moved to Canada, she moved into corporate marketing. Climbing deliberately. Eyes on the ladder. And when she took her last marketing role — during Covid, when gathering was illegal and events felt like a distant memory — she did what any sensible marketer would do.
She quietly set aside the events portion of her job description and figured she’d deal with it later.
“Later” came faster than anyone expected. A few months into the role, the world cracked open again — and Mandi’s first event wasn’t a small community affair. It was a consumer trade show. Thrown into the deep end, she didn’t just survive it. She discovered something she hadn’t been looking for.
She was good at this. Not just competent — genuinely, instinctively good.
When a team restructure forced a choice between marketing and events, she chose marketing. Her plan was clear. Her path was set. But when she was included in the interview process for the events role she was vacating, something unexpected happened.
"I was defensive. Territorial. It was MY job — and I hadn't even realized I'd claimed it."
She took the events role. Full time. No looking back. And over the years that followed — consumer trade shows, customer appreciation events, sales launches — she built something she couldn’t have planned: a calling.
Mandi loved the digital world. She still does. But she watched it quietly become a cage — and the stories from her events told her what was missing. The contractor who landed their biggest client at a home and garden show. The woman who walked into The Power of Presence alone and left with a community.
These weren’t just outcomes. They were proof of something she now builds everything around: when people gather with intention, something happens that no screen can replicate.
“Events are where society remembers what it means to be human.”
“I design events that remind people that we are designed for community.”
“The most powerful thing you can do at any event is be genuinely present. Everything else flows from that.”
Creme De La Show is not a large agency. It’s something better: a tight, trusted operation built for quality over volume. Mandi leads every client relationship personally, supported by a curated network of specialists she has worked with and vetted over years.
When you work with CDLS, you get Mandi’s direct attention, her team’s proven execution, and the same standard she holds her own events to — because her name and her reputation are on every single one.
