About Us

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Celebrity Event Planner Rená Puebla established Coast Concierge Service, Inc. (CCS) in 1986. Through the years, CCS has become a top special event planning company in Orange County with a style that is synonymous with creativity and elegance.

CCS is dedicated to providing cutting edge corporate and personal events, grand openings, and weddings for our clients. Rená and her team strive to make each special event a memorable and unmatched experience by incorporating personal touches with eye-catching details. Rená’s passion combined with her ability to transform an ordinary room into an extraordinary experience has won over the hearts of each of her clients. With insight, knowledge and enthusiasm, CCS is confident that every event they produce will be executed above and beyond their client’s expectations.

CCS is committed to working with clients to provide personal services and create memorable events with a lasting impression. Whether planning events with special themes and activities, selecting exquisite locations, or designing special decor and ambiance, CCS partners with clients to produce truly memorable events by understanding each client’s goals and objectives.

Born in Philadelphia, Rená Puebla is more than just an event planner. She is a successful and altruistic businesswoman, mentor and a sought-after public speaker. Rená was inspired on her Honeymoon to create a product that she found to be missing from the marketplace after her own interracial marriage. She founded Renelli, a company specializing in interchangeable cake toppers with brides and grooms of various ethnicities and sexual orientations that was featured on Desperate Housewives. 

Rená was selected to be a guest speaker by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), as well as by the National Charity League and An Empowered Woman, a global networking community for women entrepreneurs. In 2011, she worked with the American Red Cross and was able to raise $10,000 in just 2 hours for disaster relief and emergency management efforts following the devastating tsunami in Japan. She has volunteered her time with the Ronald McDonald House and New Directions for Women, a treatment center for women struggling with addiction. Rená has also been featured on National Public Radio, as well as national and local morning news shows in Los Angeles and New York City. Rená was also a finalist on TLC’s Reality Show Battle of the Wedding Designers. She is Minority Business Certified with SCMSDC, and has served on the Board of Festival of Children, an organization dedicated to helping strengthen the lives of children in need, for over 13 years. She was recently selected to serve a second consecutive year as Chair of the Chapman University’s Network Advisory Board from 2013-2015, and continues to be a strong asset to the university’s Career Development Center. In 2021, she was brought on by the country of Trinidad to conduct an etiquette seminar.

At CCS, Rená developed and heads a highly rewarding internship program, where she personally mentors up-and-coming young entrepreneurs. She is the author of the bestselling book The Wow Factor, a guide for aspiring event planners.