Leadership & Administration

Laura Macario
President

With four daughters and a large extended family, managing gatherings comes naturally to our President and resident Wedding and Event Planner, Laura. She loves the challenge of creating décor through lighting and effects based on a client’s “vision.” Her background in musical theatre often lends itself to creative textile and stage makeup solutions. When not orchestrating memories for customers, you can find her enjoying her grandchildren or on an RV trip somewhere warm!

Mike Macario
Vice President

As our founder, Mike has been with us on special projects and consults from the company’s inception. He’s an ETCP certified rigger whose electrical background and broad knowledge of rigging systems, dimming systems and lighting equipment enable him to provide cost effective repair solutions that ensure the safety of our staff and customers. Now that he has retired from the Fairfax County Fire Department, he enjoys fishing, spending time with his grandkids, and catching up on his “honey-do” list.

Ashlyn Lambert
director of finance

Ashlyn grew up in theatre and has spent the last 20 years managing small businesses in the hospitality industry. She has been with Artistic Concepts Group for 13 years and is responsible for the corporate finances and human resources administration. When she isn’t encouraging fiscal responsibility, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and 3 kids, sewing & crafts, drinking wine and pretending she’s a Michelin chef.

Michael Wysolmerski
Director of sales

Michael wears many hats when it comes to his responsibilities as the Director of Sales; all in effort to ensure that ACG exceeds customers’ expectations. He started with ACG as a counter sales team member over 13 years ago and has progressed his way up to Director of Sales holding many other technical positions at ACG. This experience has helped him develop the ACG team with a wide range of abilities always able to assists our clients at a moment’s notice with a variety of challenges. When he is not working for ACG he is actively involved as a volunteer fire fighter with his local fire department.

Bridgid Burge
Operations Manager

Bridgid is new to ACG but is loving digging her Type A personality into managing the operations and schedule. Bridgid has been working in theatre for over ten years. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and her MFA from Illinois State University before moving to the DMV. She also works around the region as a freelance scenic designer. You can check out her scenic design work at bridgidburge.com. 

Luke Colella
Warehouse Manager

Luke has been an integral part of the ACG team for over 10 years. As warehouse manager he pays close attention to all the incoming and outgoing equipment, and makes sure everyone has what they need. Prior to joining the ACG squad, Luke worked with Signature Theatre and other local venues. If you have ever picked up from ACG, you’ve met Luke!