NINA GLUCKMAN
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
As creative director for Bastille Flowers & Events, with more than twelve years in the event design industry, Nina creates bespoke environments and custom events, utilizing her flair for florals, texture, color and scale. Nina lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.
KATHERINE GONZALEZ
EVENT DIRECTOR
A certified member of AIFD, Katherine knows every different floral design technique out there, and continues to teach and evaluate AIFD’s new crop of students each year. As Event Director, she brings her love of the craft and impeccable design eye to produce hand-crafted events and unforgettable weddings at Bastille Flowers & Events.
MARIA O'NEILL
EVENT PRODUCER
Maria developed a love of flowers at a young age, purchasing small bouquets with her babysitting money. She has since turned that passion into a career that has spanned more than 12 years and included working as a floral designer, a wholesale sales rep and now an event producer at Bastille Flowers & Events. Maria feels that the natural world provides the best inspiration for design and that each bloom has a role to play in transforming an event space from the ordinary to the sublime.
TRACEY HU-A-NG
EVENT PRODUCER
Following graduation from FlowerSchool New York, Tracey Hu-a-ng joined Bastille Flowers & Events in 2016. She hit the ground running and immediately became an integral part of the team (aka our organizational guru). Raised on the island of Curaçao and coming from a corporate background, Tracey believes that reinventing yourself and stepping out of your comfort zone is where you grow and learn the most, and she has fully embraced that philosophy as an event producer at Bastille Flowers & Events. Tracey's creative spirit and decisive sensibility combine to make every event she works on unforgettable.
KANDICE LAVALAS
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & EVENTS AT CHELSEA MARKET
Design of all kinds is in the details, or at least that’s Kandice mantra! It’s guided her work alongside high profile non-profits such as Girl Scouts and Common Sense Media, and later translated to event management of several major fundraising initiatives. Now it takes shape, enhancing the Bastille Flowers & Events brand by curating even more beautiful dreams and ideas.
ERICA DE LA CRUZ
INVENTORY ASSOCIATE
Erica is from Mexico and lives in the Bronx. Before joining Bastille Flowers & Events, she freelanced with a handful of event design companies in Manhattan. Erica enjoys the variety of creative projects that she works on at Bastille Flowers & Events. In particular, she loves collaborating with designers, and bringing a concept to fruition.
JOSE REYES
LOGISTICS
Jose was born in Mexico and spent most of his childhood in New Jersey. He has worked in the industry for many years, and is thrilled to now be part of the Bastille Flowers & Events team. He enjoys working with the production crew to set up events and ensuring that all of the elements arrive safely and timely.