Meet The Design Team | Sandra Downie Event Designs | Sandra Downie Event Designs Connecticut's Premier Wedding and Event Planning Firm serving Connecticut, New York, Newport RI and New England

Sandra Downie
Creative Director & Lead Designer

Sandra has always had a keen eye for beautiful things and a desire to take her creative skills to the next level. Sandra’s design aesthetic naturally results in a signature style layered in couture detailing, beautiful colors and timeless style. Sandra strives to always create unique and memorable experiences through attention to detail and flawless orchestration.


Alison
Event Planner

Alison Galayda, an Event Planner, has been working with Sandra for over 2 years. She is instrumental in helping Sandra create distinct event designs for her clients. Her designs are elegant, yet simple accentuated by her mastery knowledge of the importance of color.

Growing up just outside NYC, Ali shows her chic city flare in many of her designs. She studied interior design at the University of New Haven and she has previously worked for several of the top furniture designers with their display designs and taught seminars in the design field.

Samantha
Event Planner

Growing up on a farm, in a small town in Pennsylvania, Samantha was surrounded by beauty. What did she love most of all? …The time worn pieces and treasures that she found around the farm. This has greatly influenced and enhanced her sense of color, aesthetics and style.

After attending school for fashion merchandising and working in the visual world for large department stores and various clothing lines, she decided to merge her two loves to become an Event Planner and Dessert Stylist with Sandra Downie.