Who We Are
Our Team
Bridget Doherty
Owner & President
- Go-to libation: Champagne, of course!
- Event décor guilty pleasure: Anything purple
- Can’t live without: Wine, pizza, and friends
- All weddings need: Great combo of a fun bar and great music
- Favorite jam song: Anything by, “Outkast”
Shelly Gillean
Sales Manager
- Go-to libation: Bud Light
- Instruments played: Keyboard
- Favorite jam song: “Footloose” by Kenny Loggins
- All weddings need: Amazing bar and dance floor
- Life story movie title: “Not What She Planned!”
Kayla Gettys
Asst. Sales Manager
- Event décor guilty pleasure: Blush and gold color combo
- Grilled or Fried: Fried- is that even a real question?
- Can’t live without: The ocean, books, fam & friends
- Sundays are for: At home lounging in sweats or at the beach while drinking mimosas
- Rapper Name: K-Dawg
Heather Nelson
Senior Account Manager
- Event décor guilty pleasure: All things black
- Sundays are for: Family time and drinking rosé
- Strange talent: Touching my tongue to my nose
- Life story movie title: “Never Boring!”
- Can’t live without: My children, coffee and wine
Celeste Popadiuk
Designer/Senior Account Manager
- Can’t live without: Open-ended curiosity, authentic people, laughter
- Grilled or Fried: Baked, like cookies and cakes
- Go-to libation: Morning cup o’ joe
- All weddings need: An experienced wedding planner and a good floral designer
- Best place for retail therapy: Erin Martin Design
Alisha Lindsey
Senior Event Specialist
- Go-to libation: Gin and tonic
- Life story movie title: “Gym, Drink, Love”
- All weddings need: Love and dancing
- Favorite jam song: “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles
- Spirit animal: Elephant
Renée Gibson
Senior Event Specialist
- Sundays are for: Laying by a pool and drinking rosé with friends
- Can’t live without: Mascara and Yerba Mate
- Weirdest food eaten: A cricket
- Life story movie title: “The Wedding Planner”
- Grilled or Fried: Fried- everything is better fried, especially pickles
Emily Landrum
Senior Event Specialist
- Strange talent: Super tech savvy
- Can’t live without: My daughter, cupcakes, books, husband and dog (in this order)
- All weddings need: A good videographer
- Life story movie title: “Into The Woods”
- Spirit animal: Corgi
Dawnyel Howard
Senior Event Specialist
- Go-to libation: Ketel, water and lime
- Event décor guilty pleasure: Glowing candlelight
- Can’t live without: Family, friends and a good laugh
- All weddings need: A little bit of sparkle
- Favorite jam song: “Pocket Full of Sunshine” by Natasha Bedingfield
Olivia Nelson
Senior Event Specialist
- Go-to libation: Anything dry and sparkling! #bubblehead
- Event décor guilty pleasure: Dark velvet
- Life story movie title: ‘What’s For Dinner?”
- Pro wrestler ring name: Chairman Meow =^^=
- Favorite jam song: Gypsy by, “Lady Gaga”
Laura Allen
Event Associate
- Sundays are for: Hiking!
- Event décor guilty pleasure: Pillows
- Can’t live without: My dog and my bed
- Instruments played: Violin
- Favorite jam song: Man of the Woods by, “Justin Timberlake”
Kendall Burger
Marketing Manager
- Go-to libation: Blanton’s Manhattan, stirred over rocks
- Rapper name: Kendallicious
- Strange talent: Reverse and parallel parking
- Favorite jam song: “Uptown” by Prince
- Can’t live without: My squeeze and chapstick
John Buhagiar
Hiring & Facilities Manager
- Can’t live without: Chocolate, bread, liquor
- Pro wrestler ring name: The Rock
- Weirdest food eaten: Deep fried chicken head
- All weddings need: Awesome music
- Sundays are for: Whatever I feel like doing
Brian Rankin
Operations Manager
- Go-to libation: Cold Bud Light
- Can’t live without: My family, dogs, and remote control
- Grilled or fried: Grilled
- Spirit Animal: Irish Wolfhound
- Favorite jam song: “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner
Anthony Herrera Sosa
Dispatch Manager
- Go-to libation: Cold, Modelo
- Weirdest food eaten: “Escamoles” (Google it!)
- Can’t live without: My family, spicy salsa and fast cars
- All weddings need: Encore Events Rentals products
- Favorite jam song: “Feliz, Feliz” by Banda El Mexicano
Brandon Shipman
Production Manager
- Can’t live without: My wife’s sense of humor (since she married me)
- Instruments played: Piano
- Go-to libation: Margarita
- Grilled or fried: Grilled
- Spirit animal: Dragon
Nick Evdokimoff
Production Lead
- Go-to libation: Bloody Mary
- Strange talent: I can run a mile backwards
- Spirit animal: Peregrine falcon
- All weddings need: Dancing
- Favorite jam song: “Low Down” by Boz Scaggs
Tyler Doherty
Co-Owner & Vice President
- Spirit animal: Manatee
- Pro-wrestler ring name: The Hammer
- Go-to libation: IPA beer
- Strange talent: Ability to remember endless movie quotes
- Fun fact: I’m Bridget’s brother!
