Wedding Party
Nicole Spatafore
Maid of Honor
Nicole and Kaitlyn (although both born and raised in CT), first met during their freshman year of undergrad at Arcadia University in Pennsylvania. There they became quick best friends as they bonded over their homesickness for CT. Sophomore year Nicole and Kaitlyn both transferred to UConn where they lived together for 3 years throwing epic halloween parties and surviving the world's worst roomate. Now you can find these two climbing pyramids together in Mexico, planning a cowgirl's dream bachelorette party, spending way too much money on party decorations for any cause, and still taking Halloween way too seriously.
Samantha Rodziewicz
Matron of Honor
Kaitlyn and Sam first met on Easter of 2023 when Sam came home from Tennessee on a break from PA school. While Kaitlyn was in CT and Sam in TN for the first couple years of Kaitlyn and Matt dating, they suffered through PA school at the exact same time and both finished in May 2024. These two bonded over their love for books, cats, good food and spending way too much money at Lulu Lemon. When they're not cruising across the Atlantic whale watching and raiding Lulu Lemons in Canada, they can be found working together as PAs in the Neonatal ICU where they share a love for caring for the littlest joys in life. They are also known for collecting cats and conspiring to buy lots and lots of horses.
Amber Sousa
Bridesmaid
Kaitlyn and Amber met when they started PA school together in January 2022. They quickly trauma bonded and could be found peeling themselves off the couch on the weekends for a night out in WeHa, making a much needed chick-fil-a run, or on a nail date. Post-PA-school these two are now living it up and can be found poolside in East Haddam in the Summer, sipping fruity cocktails and screaming sappy country songs on a catamaran in Cabo, or more productively working on (or conspiring to make happen) new projects in each of their new houses.
Sara Candito
Bridesmaid
Kaitlyn and Sara met in January 2022 at the start of PA school. They quickly bonded over their love for pediatrics and became fast friends outside of school. Affectionately known as the "Quizlet Queens", Kaitlyn and Sara could be found on hikes through the reservoir to decompress or sipping hidden high noons on the Westerly beach. Now, Kaitlyn and Sara can be found working together in the neonatal ICU, living it up in Miami, and enjoying nights in in the hottub. Sara is to thank for inspiring the Bachelorette trip to Jackson Hole!
Melinda Gallery
Bridesmaid
Kaitlyn and Mel met perhaps by fate! A couple days before their first day of PA school, each of them tested positive for COVID and had to tune in virtually for the first day. When they each made it to the classroom on day 2 in person, of course everyone had already chosen their seats! So of course Kaitlyn and Mel sat together and bonded over their COVID fate. They became fast friends as Mel shared life secrets on day one while giving Kaitlyn chest pain over how many tabs she always had open on her laptop during lectures (have you cancelled your six flags membership yet???). These two can be found catching some sun at the beach in the Summer, having playdates with Mel's rescue pup Pheonix, and always conspiring to plan the next vacation together!
Kaylee Granata
Bridesmaid
Kaitlyn and Kaylee met when they started PA school together in 2022. There Kaylee was affectionately known as the “rat wrangler” as she quickly and without hesitation grabbed a mouse by its tail and flung it outside when it scurried across the PA school classroom of 40+ people. Can you tell she’s from Maine!? Jokes aside these two share a friendship that feels like it’s existed way beyond its years. They bond over their love for flowers, the outdoors, and are always up for a spontaneous girls trip. These two can be found snorkeling the reef in Cancun, picking flower bouquets in the garden, and talking all things bridal since Kaylee is recently married as of August 2025! These two can’t wait to be by each other’s sides again in October!
Sierra Romie
Bridesmaid
Kaitlyn and Sierra met at the start of PA school and bonded when Kaitlyn sat behind Sierra in class every day and watched her impressively down an ungodly amount of BangX drinks to get her through the day. Now Sierra, affectionately known as “Cece” when in post-pa-school-vacation mode, can be found tearing it up at a jungle party in Cabo with Kaitlyn and the girls sipping something much better than Bang! Sierra is always up for a girls date and is the girl you never want to be photographed with because she always looks the best. These two can be found on their next adventure as cowgirls in Wyoming coming soon!
Taylor Luke
Bridesmaid
Kaitlyn and Taylor have been friends since Taylor moved to East Hampton in middle school. These two quickly became best friends and shared many years of memories growing up together in good ol’ EH. These two have explored California together from the Hollywood walk of fame to Sequoia National Park, and plan to hit Grand Teton National Park next in August of 2026. Kaitlyn has enjoyed visiting Taylor up in her new home in Portland, Maine and is so proud of how hard she has worked to achieve her new career as an RN there. No amount of distance or time can never get between a friendship as genuine as the one between these two!
Brandon Gumula
Best Man
Brandon and Matt have been best friends for 15 years. They quickly bonded when Matt would graciously eat all of the bagel chips from Brandon's ChexMix in high school- little did they know that was the secret to becoming a Best Man. As long as you don't get these two going about politics, you will find them always enjoying each other's company balling out on Red Sox season tickets, at the Dog House on Cape Cod, crafting edible arrangements or enjoying Dominos garlic knots on the couch.
Ryan Morris
Man of Honor
Matt and Ryan, affectionately known as "Fly", are the best brothers there ever were. They bonded over their love for cars and Fly's love for Matt's "ghost truck" that drives itself. Fly can often be found talking about how excited he is to have a brother and he has very high expectations for "all the things we will do when we are real brothers". These two can be found offroading in the Bronco in Salmon River State Forest and Matt enjoys receiving comical voice memo texts and photos from Fly about all the new cars he should (not) buy!
Joe Bak
Groomsman
Matt and Joe have been friends since middle school. Although the relationship started out a little rocky in 6th grade, they bonded over hiding in the trunk of Margaret's car at the movie theatre and jumping out making people think they'd been abducted. You may recognize these two from their late business, CSL (college student landscaping) which is why all the yards in Bristol used to be known for being so well manicured. You can now catch these two going to music festivals, skiing/snowboarding down Mount Snow in the Winter, or singing Mumford and Sons full blast in the car (yes, completely sober).
Garrett Burns
Groomsman
Matt and Garrett have been friends since high school where they bonded playing golf, crafting edible arrangements, and playing frisbee. You can catch up with these two when they drop their new podcast "Dude Soup" live from the Foot Hills Rd hot tub.
Shawn O’Sullivan
Groomsman
Matt and Shawn have been friends since middle school. They quickly bonded over playing flag football, long drives to Sonic or White Castle, and going to Firefly music festival together. Shawn is affectionately known for his showering in the pouring rain at Firefly during a tornado warning- never a dull moment with these two.
Derek Felker
Groomsman
Matt and Dereck, affectionately known as "Sunshine", have been friends since he walked into the doors of Bristol Eastern High School as the new kid from Texas. Their friendship blossomed swimming off of Coney Island with band member Matt after a Matt and Kim concert- as Sunshine would find any excuse to be shirtless! Now these two can be found making plans to get together after Sunshine's move back up to New England.
Christian Sinchi
Groomsman
Matt and Sinchi have been friends since high school where they bonded over organizing a tag sale to raise money for a boys trip to Florida (which never happened). While funny memories of Sinchi aren't all appropriate for a wedding website, these two can now be found skiing down a mountain, having a beer and going to concerts.
Joe Lombardi
Groomsman
Joe is Kaitlyn’s “best cousin” which is now he and Matt met. These two are always up for a good time and have traveled to Iceland together for a family vacation. Joe and Matt can be found going to comedy shows, always excited about food, and making Kaitlyn and Berenice fiancés within months of one another (yay)!!