Our Team

Lorraine Ralston 

Lorraine has worked in event management and communications for more than 30 years.  

As a former newspaper editor and Army public affairs officer, her expertise is in delivering outstanding facilities and services to the media.  Lorraine has worked at many international sporting events such as the Olympics, the European Games, the Asian Games and several world championships, events such as the United Nations COP climate conference and the World Expo, and smaller local community festivals and events.  

Lorraine has a solid operations and venue management background and brings a wealth of experience to any event.

Lorraine has also worked with many organizations as a media and communications consultant offering media management and communications planning within an event environment.  She has also worked with the United States Census Bureau on outreach for the 2020 Census.

Dave Ralston

Dave, a former U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer and Paratrooper, invested more than two decades in senior retail positions in 21 countries before entering the event world.

Dave has enjoyed supporting and assisting a variety of clients, special events, and employers including the 5th Indoor and Asian Martial Arts Games, The Flag Football World Championship Tour; Invictus Games Orlando 2016; Baku 2015 European Games; the White House Press Pool; the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation Cup; the 2014 European Youth Olympic Trials; the Festival of Sail Tacoma; the International Women's Flag Football Association; the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008; the Olympic Equestrian Trials; the National Hot Rod Association; YachtoberFest 2014; the Galloping Gertie Half Marathon; Comeback Sports; Western Washington Football Official's Association, the Ruston Way 5K Race; Peninsula Metropolitan Parks and the Tacoma Waterfront Association.

In addition to event operations, Dave has a strong background in operations, sales, marketing, social media and website management.