Deborah Deborah Kaufman Watt

About Deborah Deborah Kaufman Watt

When your first career is a professional ballet dancer, every career afterwards is carried with discipline, creativity and a solution mindset.Working at Goldman Sachs, as an analyst in Private Wealth was a full view of not only how to build relationships, but to take care of them with quality and attention to detail. I took this knowledge, added creativity and joined a high profile media marketing company, Endeavor, as a project manager. Post corporate, I formed my consulting company with a focus on brand, mission and eclectic events for an across the board sector of non-profits from the arts, city development and environmental causes.I co-run sales for an architectural lumber company.I create trips around the world for an amazing family office of design/advising in personalized luxury travel.For close to two decades, I’ve been a certified yoga and meditation teacher. Mindset is how you start and how you finish, so mental awareness and physical agility is a current that runs through all I do for myself, our clients and community.

Experience

1. Travel Designer

   Via Curato

   Apr 2025 — Present · Global - I am based in Charleston, SC, US

   We meticulously design custom journeys for our clients, encompassing exceptional moments, exclusive advantages, complimentary offerings, VIP privileges, and extraordinary access.Via Curato collaborates with over 1,800 of the finest global enterprises, encompassing top-tier hotels, cruise lines, tour operators, and beyond. Leveraging these intimate relationships and our firsthand knowledge, we meticulously design custom journeys for our clients, encompassing exceptional moments, exclusive advantages, complimentary offerings, VIP privileges, and extraordinary access.Virtuoso is the leading global network of agencies specializing in luxury and experiential travel. Via Curato is an independent affiliate of Travel Experts, a Virtuoso agency. Deborah’s passion for travel began with one foot in America and the other in Italy. With parents of different nationalities, she was born a globetrotter which has since expanded her adventures to over twenty countries. While her traveling has been diverse, her careers have been just as eclectic. First as a professional ballet dancer, and then off stage as a licensed client analyst on the Private Wealth desk at Goldman Sachs in NYC. She returned South and started a consulting business raising awareness for various non profits from city revitalization, the environment and the arts. Deborah is a certified yoga and meditation teacher and a partner in their architectural lumber company. Deborah is thrilled to be on the Via Curato team bringing her wanderlust to her client’s journeys.

Education

• Hunter College

  BA Honors, Political Science