The Got Light Family

Owners & Lead Designers

Inspired by designers Russell Holt and Jon Retsky, Got Light offers over 35 years of experience in event design and production. Their backgrounds expand from more than just the event community. From fine art, photography, and film… to theatre, dance, music, and architecture… their multi faceted experience in the arts has brought a fresh vision to the events industry and transformed the way events are produced and designed.

The Got Light signature style is how to produce an event with the smallest visible footprint of production nonsense.

Nearly 20 years ago, Jon Retsky and Russell Holt started their operation out of Holt’s basement in San Francisco’s Russian Hill.

Today, Got Light employs an incredible 130 person team in a 38,000-square-foot facility serving the Bay Area event industry.

Event Designers

Michael Kuhlmann
Director of Event Design
Sean Shay
Creative Account Director
Natalia Zelazny
Lead Event Designer
Kristina Arhancet
Lead Event Designer
Marisa Brink
Event Designer
Ashleigh Norman
Event Designer

Technical Producers

Wolgang Wachalovsky
Director of Technical Production
Kim Bernard
Senior Technical Producer
Molly Stewart-Cohn
Technical Producer
Noah Hendricks
Technical Producer – Audio
Karsten Wolf
Technical Producer – Video

Production Team

Jason Hess
Director of Field Operations
Julie Johnson
Director of Event Operations
Alan Sezak
Crew Manager
Laraine Gurke
Project Manager

Warehouse Team

Mike Novitski
Senior Warehouse Operations Manager
Tony Lopez
Fabrication Supervisor
Jille Eikenberry
Warehouse Supervisor

AV Design Managers

Kedar Lawrence
Kevin Spinner

Design Managers

Aaron Thrasher
Andrew Gibson
Jerry Lee Abram
John Matt
Matt Ackerman
Oly Martinez
Rafael Zaragoza

Pets of Got Light

Maze
Jax
Izzy