Maria DiBenedetto, President and Owner

For more than 16 years, Maria DiBenedetto has played a significant role in creating, producing and promoting countless signature events in (and out) of Philadelphia!

Maria’s professional background and experience includes hundreds of Festivals, Parades, Concerts, Firework Spectaculars, and Community-Related Programs & Events, Product Launches, Press Events, Grand Openings and Gala Celebrations. Her career highlights include two Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Inaugural Celebrations, a national television advertising campaign, the 2000 Republican National Convention, and the development, design, construction and management of a suburban news bureau and retail store in one of the largest malls in the country.

Maria currently co-produces the largest annual event in Philadelphia, the 6ABC IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade. The 3½ hour live television broadcast airs locally on the ABC affiliate, and is syndicated in several major markets throughout the United States.

In 2007, with the purchase of UNIQUELYphiladelphia, Maria combined her Event Staging and Production background with UNIQUELYphiladelphia’s outstanding 16-year tradition of producing Convention, Meeting and Corporate-related events. The expanded company profile, combined resources and outstanding team of talented professionals continue to provide clients with the highest quality of service, while managing impactful programs and extraordinary events.