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David Stark Design and Production is a full service event design, planning and production company that elevates ordinary events to extra extraordinary experiences.

Led by renowned event producer David Stark, our talented designers and managers create the most celebrated events worldwide for a broad range of international clientele in the entertainment, fashion, publishing, arts, media, and consumer product industries.

Stark and team bring over 18 years of creative innovation to custom decor and flowers as well as every other aspect of event production including venue selection, invitations, catering, entertainment and integrated branding.

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David Stark

President & Creative Director

David has always had a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Growing up, he was obsessed with making puppets from anything he could find, including gum wrappers, old pieces of tin foil, and cereal boxes.

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Alfonso Nieto

Studio Production Manager

An adventurist by nature, Alfonso has jumped out of a plane 72 times!

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Alyson Walder

Studio Production Director

A production maven, Alyson has produced over 3,575 potato pancakes for her annual Wine and Latke Party.

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Audrey Pondek

Floral and Styling Coordinator

Audrey's love affair with design began as a child speed skater when she designed her own body suit!

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Benjamin Bryant

Designer

Benjamin attributes his creativity and funky fresh style to many years of playing dress up with his mother.

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Christina Dimitriadis

Senior Project Manager

Christina's love for events began at 8 years old when she was a cranberry in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Christopher Clark

Executive Assistant

Christopher spent his early years attempting to ignore constant Clark Kent/Christopher Reeve/Superman jokes and gibes. In recent years, he has learned to embrace and celebrate his Kryptonian heritage.

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Corrie Hogg

Special Projects Designer

An aspiring crafter at age 11, Corrie was making rag dolls and selling them around the neighborhood.

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Dani Calkins

Special Projects Coordinator

In the fifth grade Dani named the very popular Benjamin Moore paint color Surf Green as an attendee of "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" day!

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Dena Saperstein

Technical Design Coordinator

Rather than playing with dolls as a child, Dena spent her time collecting miniatures and building small replicas of houses.

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Heather Lee

Project Coordinator

In college, Heather formed a secret society. The mission of the society remains unknown to this day.

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Heather Rook

Finance and Operations Manager

Heather began her career studying studio art in college. It was only after joining the working world that she discovered her love for numbers, paperwork, and pestering people for expense reports.

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Jennifer Whitney

Associate Designer

While in school, Jennifer played percussion in an Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble. Now, in her free time, she loves jamming with her friends.

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Juliana Jaramillo

Design Director

Juliana moved from Colombia to the United States with dreams of going to summer camp. Twelve years later Juliana still has not been to summer camp.

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Kate Kennedy

Project Coordinator

In junior high school, Kate had an illustrious career as a pole vaulter where she earned sixth place out of seven!

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Lauren Merkin

Managing Director

A masterful strategist, Lauren spends her free time playing Monopoly with her two kids.

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Leslie Grisdale

Studio Production Coordinator

Prior to organizing the creative chaos at David Stark Design, Leslie organized the creative chaos of various Broadway and Off-Broadway shows (and maybe an opera or two)!

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Liz Holden

Project Director

In 2007, while on her honeymoon, Liz scored an impressive upset at the Southeast Alaska State Fair by taking second place in the women's axe-throwing competition.

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Marco Mendez

Production Assistant

So much more than your average PA, Marco can fix literally anything, from a client's car to a leaking building and EVERYTHING in between!

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Maryelys Martinez

Bookkeeper

When not crunching numbers at the office, Maryelys and her family are at the little league baseball field all year round.

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Melissa Gamwell

Senior Designer

In Kindergarten, Melissa was married under the piano.

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Michael Kuhn

Project Manager

Events have always been in Michael's blood. As a child, he decorated his bedroom for every holiday, even St. Patrick's Day (with lots of green shamrocks)!

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Michaella Holden

Associate Project Manager

Despite the fact that Michaella has a huge fear of fish, her favorite place is the ocean and she LOVES swimming in the waves!

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Natividad Gutierrez

Studio Supervisor

A jack of all trades, Naty often functions as the office nurse having been formally trained in Mexico.

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Scott Sanders

Design Technical Director

Scott's childhood dream was to become an astronaut until he surpassed the maximum height restriction at age 13.

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Stephanie Yeh

Associate Project Manager

An experienced world traveler, Stephanie has backpacked through all of Southeast Asia!

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Susie Montagna

Floral and Creative Styling Director

A creative mastermind down to every detail, Susie is known for styling stunning vignettes, capturing the most exquisite photographs, and creating the most beautiful salads at the lunch table.