About Clandestine
We know
what belongs.
Clandestine is an experience strategy and production company built for moments where expectations are extraordinary.
We design the room, the flow, the hospitality and the hundreds of decisions that determine how an experience actually feels.
Some are visible. Most aren't. That's the point.
What We Bring to the Room
01
Judgment
We know when to add. We know when to stop.
We know which details will change the experience and which ones will simply change the invoice.
02
Operational Discipline
Beautiful ideas only matter if they work.
We think through the arrival, acoustics, seating, service, timing, transportation, contingencies and everything happening behind the curtain.
03
Hospitality
People remember how a room made them feel long after they forget what was on the agenda.
We design accordingly.
The Receipts
Fourteen years.
More than 200 experiences.
Our rooms have included multibillionaires, international royalty, global executives, physicians, investors, employees, families and some of the most demanding audiences in the world.
We've worked across Formula 1, NBA All-Star, Indy 500, executive retreats, physician dinners, corporate milestones and private hospitality.
And we've turned more than a few "how did they do that?" ideas into reality in a matter of days.
They blew the effing doors off. Supreme client service, backed up with edgy creative, solid event management and a great sense of humor. There is not a curved ball they cannot catch.
Richard Weston-SmithGlobal Director of Events, Teleflex
What We Believe
Four things
we won't budge on.
01
Hospitality is the medium, not the point.
The point is what happens because people were there.
02
On time and on budget is table stakes.
Execution is expected. The experience is what matters.
03
Details are evidence.
People notice when someone thought about what they needed before they had to ask.
04
Restraint is a skill.
More isn't automatically better.
The People
Small on purpose.
Clandestine is founder-led and deliberately lean.
Our core team brings decades of experience across marketing, hospitality, motorsports, corporate events and operations, with trusted specialists brought in when the work requires them.
No pitch-and-pass. The people you trust with the work are the people doing the work.
Kelley Troia
Founder
Before founding Clandestine in 2012, Kelley built marketing operations practices at Walmart and Whole Foods, reporting to the CMO at both companies.
After more than three decades in marketing, hospitality and experiential, Kelley sees what others often miss: how a room behaves, where an experience will break, what guests actually need and which details deserve attention.
The team
Chrisy Hurst
Operations + Production
Steve Carnes
Chief Administrative Officer
Liz Poston
Chief Growth Officer
Lylah Martin
Event Coordinator
Maureen Long
Accounts Payable
Candice Barnard
Executive Assistant
The Little Black Book
We pay attention
for a living.
Hotels. Restaurants. Rooms. Cities. Experiences.
The Little Black Book is where we share what earns our attention and why.
Skip the stars.
Trust the Seal.
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Bring us the moment
that has to be right.
Tell us what's happening, who's in the room and why it matters. We'll take it from there.
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