Americano Restaurant & Bar

Jennifer Perlstein

Events Manager, Hotel Vitale

Drawing upon years of experience in the hospitality industry, Jennifer Perlstein brings her love of event planning, food, and wine to her new role as Hotel Vitale’s events manager.  Previously, Perlstein was Hotel Vitale’s assistant director of food and beverage.

As Hotel Vitale’s events manager, Perlstein is responsible for handling small group events – the most popular sized gatherings at the luxury waterfront hotel – which range from intimate dinners and wedding-related celebrations, to executive gatherings and team building meetings.  Perlstein, a certified sommelier, will also handle all events that incorporate wine and spirits-focused experiences.

Intent on pulling together the resources to travel the world, Perlstein began her hospitality career by working nights at a restaurant while maintaining a day job at a Silicon Valley high-tech firm.  Upon returning to the United States following her global adventure, Perlstein decided to forego the rewards of a high-tech career to pursue her passion for food and wine.  She joined the team at Nola in Palo Alto as a server, and became the restaurant’s general manager just four years later.  She then went on to become the general manager at The Edendale Grill, a classic restaurant in a converted 1923 firehouse, located in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. 

Perlstein originally joined the Hotel Vitale team at Americano Restaurant & Bar in 2008.  In addition to overseeing the food and beverage operation, she served as the restaurant’s sommelier and maintained the restaurant’s collection of over 200 labels, much with an Italian focus, as well as an extensive and diverse list of by-the-glass offerings. 

Perlstein resides in San Francisco.  

Julene Veach

Events Manager, Hotel Vitale

Julene Veach brings a strong passion for people and planning to her role as events manager at Hotel Vitale.

Veach began her professional career at a top New York City public relations firm.  While there, she soon realized that her genuine passion was in planning events for the company’s clients and she decided to focus specifically on event work.  Veach moved to Arizona and began working with The Destination Manager (DMC).  She quickly rose through the ranks, and was promoted to on-site account manager for one of the company’s top accounts.  Veach later decided to relocate to San Francisco, and took a job as the event manager/sales and wedding planner with San Francisco Terra Gallery.  In 2011, Veach accepted a new post at Hotel Vitale.

Veach is dedicated to building trusting relationships with each of her clients in order to design their ideal event.  Her events boast both passion and creativity as she excels in bringing her client’s imagination to life.  Veach’s favorite part of her job is watching the work and details come together, and exceeding clients’ expectations.

Veach studied at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, where she received her B.A. in Communications.  She also studied at the University of Richmond in Florence, Italy.  Veach currently resides in San Francisco.

Sunna Yassin

Director of Events, Hotel Vitale

As the Director of Events at Hotel Vitale in San Francisco, Sunna Yassin is dedicated to getting to know each of her clients and learning about their interests in order to help create individually tailored events.

Yassin began her career in the hospitality industry as a hostess for Bobby McGee’s, a popular restaurant in Burlingame, CA. She immediately connected with the energy and fast pace of the environment. Following jobs as a waitress and banquet server, Yassin eventually became a catering coordinator and found herself involved with every detail of putting together events. It was not long before she was promoted to event manager for Embassy Suites Burlingame in 2001.  

In 2006, Hilton Hotels offered Yassin the post of director of events where she achieved excellence in sales. Two years later, Yassin joined the Joie de Vivre team at Hotel Vitale where she continues to take pleasure and pride in building relationships with clients, and in learning all she can about their friends and family in order to incorporate their personal styles into the events she produces. Yassin also finds it exciting to work with creative event designers and planners, and believes that the most successful events are those in which everyone rolls with the punches as details change and still have a great time.  

Yassin recently completed the program and training to become a Certified Wedding Planner through the Association of Certified Professional Wedding Consultants.

She is a graduate of Canada College in Redwood City, CA, and currently resides in Russian Hill.