Wedding Party
Megan Butera
Maid of Honor
Megan and the bride met at the ripe old age of 0 and 2. They spent every summer together on Cape Cod with their grandparents, where they took sailing lessons and later worked. When they were 8 and 10 their grandmother locked them out of the car in a graveyard and wouldn't let them back in until they stopped fighting. They've been best friends ever since.
Allison Turner
Bridesmaid
Alli and the bride go way back. They met when Alli was born and the bride gave Allison her name because she wanted to name her little sister after her favorite movie, “Alice in Wonderland”. Not great reading skills on the bride's part, but she was 4 so what can ya do? Goes by several aliases including cat and sissy. She also lives in Florida, but don’t hold it against her.
Nick Lisi
Best Man
The groom’s brother and best man. An accomplished home chef and frequent golf partner.
Jon Lisi
Best Man
Brother of the groom and best man, Enjoys espresso martinis and extremely competitive monopoly games.
Sara Chehreh
Bridesmaid
The bride's best friend since they were 10 years old. Kelsey was the weird new kid who moved halfway through the school year from Hawaii. Just what every 5th grader wants. On the first day of school Kelsey ate lunch with the "cool girls" who were scary and not particularly nice. On the second day, Sara invited Kelsey to eat lunch with her and her friends and they've been best friends ever since.
Malia Uyehara
Bridesmaid
The bride's forever Peace Corps roommate. Kelsey and Malia met on the first day of Peace Corps "staging" where they had initial training in Miami before flying off to Albania. They were randomly assigned as roommates and Kelsey walked into her hotel room in Miami to discover Malia waiting for her. Then they both discovered that Peace Corps had conveniently assigned them the perfect best friend.
Cassandra LeBlanc
Bridesmaid
Cassie and Kelsey were in different sectors in Peace Corps, but that couldn't keep them apart for long. Peace Corps pulled their friendship matchmaking skills and assigned them to towns about 30 minutes from each other, where they had frequent visits that often (always) involved pizza and wine.
Bianca Vieira
Bridesmaid
Bianca and Kelsey met in Graduate School. It all started when Kelsey liked Bianca's shoes and decided to compliment her on them as a ruse to start their friendship. They were the best of friends after that point and worked together on every class project. After Peace Corps, Bianca even got Kelsey a teaching job!
Antonio Giulietti
Bridesman
Antonio and Kelsey were placed in the same training village in the Peace Corps, and then placed in towns near each other as their permanent sites. What followed was two years of adventures, laughs, food, and wine. These two best friends even spent months in Asia backpacking together, and strengthened their bond while camping in the desert with camels and sweating through summer temperatures in India together.
Marcello De Pascale
Groomsman
Friend of the groom from college. Loves an escape room, owns a pet chicken, and is known to answer to "Mike Shello" or "John Carlo" at the occasional restaurant.
Mathew Dinihanian
Groomsman
The groom’s oldest friend (not elderly, oldest in terms of years known). An intramural sports champion and Wiffle Ball Hall-of-Famer, now a happily retired father of three.
Andrew Grassetti
Groomsman
An old friend from graduate school, Andrew and George currently cycle, video game, and discuss structural biology together.
Tom Vitlo
Officiant
The groom’s friend from college and the officiant for the big day! A once great co-ed softball outfielder and a true man of the DC Metro area.