Kelly & Dan
Wedding Party
Shannon Nemec
Maid of Honor
Little Sister of the Bride. Kelly and Shannon love cheering on their little sister at her soccer games. They also love a good boozy brunch in the city followed by shopping :)
Mike Prudente
Best Man
Friend of the groom. Mike and Dan have been friends since as far back as either of them can remember. Neither Mike nor Dan have brothers, but if you asked them they'd tell you that they have one in each other.
Megan Nemec
Maid of Honor
Little sister of the Bride Kelly loves cheering Meg on at all of her college soccer games! They also love brunching in the city!
Chris Norcini
Best Man
Friend of the Groom. Chris and Dan grew up around the corner from each other, were roommates in college, and lived together in NYC. Actually, until Dan moved to Chicago they never lived more than a half-mile from each other. Although there may be more distance between them, they still remain as close as ever.
Patricia Bonaguro
Bridesmaid
Friend of the Bride. Patricia and Kelly met on the first day of 3rd grade and have been friends ever since for 20+ years. Patricia and Kelly have run countless half marathons together across the US. Patricia even chased Kelly around NYC when Kelly ran the marathon in 2018.
Zach Riis
Groomsman
Friend of the Groom. Zach and Dan met at Binghamton University and lived together in NYC. Zach and Dan spent several weeks travelling around Italy and Greece in their senior year of college. At Binghamton their go-to beer was PBR - they loved it so much that they even had a dog named Pibber (PBR).
Amanda Levigne
Bridesmaid
Friend of the Bride. Amanda and Kelly met in 4th grade and have been friends ever since. Kelly and Amanda spent 4 days camping and hiking the Inca Trail in Peru in 2019! And they hiked a volcano in Guatemala in 2022!
Jason Ciano
Groomsman
Friend of the Groom. Jason and Dan met in elementary school and lived together in college. Jason and Dan prided themselves on being the ultimate procrastinators and would often spend full days/nights in the library at school. Jason was also the first friend to meet Bailey when he was visiting Chicago and Kelly adopted Bailey by surprise.
Katie Kester
Bridesmaid
Friend of the Bride. Katie and Kelly met 9 years ago at Illinois State University freshman orientation and have been friends for years. Katie motivated Kelly to hike her first 14er (a 14,000+ ft mountain) in Colorado in 2020! Katie and Kelly also loved their wine nights at movie in the park at Millennium Park!
Ed Gauthier
Groomsman
Friend of the Groom. Ed and Dan met in middle school and have been friends since. In high school Ed and Dan would play street soccer in the abandoned K-Mart loading dock (The Thunderdome). And they would visit each other often in college as their schools were less than an hour apart in upstate NY.
Amy Archer
Bridesmaid
Sister of the Groom. Amy and Dan use to butt heads (and call each other butt-heads) like typical siblings, but have become great friends. Growing up Dan always thought that Amy was the coolest and would copy a lot of her taste in music.
Kerry Nemec
Groomsman
Little Brother of the Bride. Kelly and Kerry both studied abroad in college, a bond they both share. Kelly loves talking all things travel with Kerry!
Debra Archer
Bridesmaid
Sister of the Groom. Dan has known Debra for her entire life (literally). Growing up Dan and Debra spent countless hours together playing with Legos or dinosaurs, watching movies and eating mac and cheese, or digging holes in the backyard (sorry Mom and Dad...not sure what we were thinking).
Scott Nemec
Groomsman
Little brother of the bride Kelly loves living so close to Scott in the city!
Eileen Grant
Usher
Cousin of the Bride. Eileen and Kelly are 9 months apart and have been by each others side during every phase of life...especially singing karaoke at Dan D Jacks and at the lookout bar up in Delavan, WI
Zak Suhar
Usher
Friend of the groom
Kerry and Barb Nemec
Father and Mother of the Bride
Kerry and Barb were born and raised on the southside of Chicago. They got married in 1988 and have 5 kids (talk about a big Irish Catholic family!). Kerry and Barb enjoy trying craft beers at breweries (or at the bar in their living room), traveling, trying new restaurants and tailgating at their youngest daughter's college soccer games.
Jeff and Nancy Archer
Father and Mother of the Groom
Jeff lived in 7 states, but mainly grew up in Pittsburgh and Nancy was born and raised in Queens, NY (Let's Go Mets). They met at Syracuse University in 1980, got married in 1984, and have three children. Jeff and Nancy enjoy relaxing at the beach, taking their dog Bonnie for long walks, and dining out with their friends.
Mary Beth Berent
Officiant
Aunt and Godmother of the Bride. Aunt Mary is the best wedding dress stylist and is always down to have a good time :) Kelly was even the flower girl in her wedding!
Bailey and Enzo
Cats of the Bride and Groom
Kelly rescued Bailey when his owners wanted to put him down after he was diagnosed with diabetes. Dan thankfully went along with Kelly's desire to adopt Bailey and he fell in love with cats....which resulted in adopting Enzo, a spunky, goofy kitten!