Angelia Renee Tyler and Michael Anthony Fletcher II were married Aug. 31 at the Top of the Town, an events space in Arlington, Va. Terumi Culmer, a Universal Life minister, officiated.
The bride, 28, is a principal risk specialist at Capital One in McLean, Va. She graduated from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., and received a master’s degree in international affairs and international economics from Johns Hopkins University.
She is the daughter of Claudia A. Grixoni of Tacoma, Wash., and Frederick H. Tyler of Phoenix. The bride’s father retired as a sales representative for Direct Energy, an energy service provider in Phoenix. Her mother retired as an office manager at Hillclimb Chiropractic Clinic in Seattle.
She is the stepdaughter of David C. Grixoni of Tacoma.
In October, the groom, also 28, is to join the law firm Covington & Burling as a first year associate in Washington. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis and received a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton. He also received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
He is the son of Gale D. Fletcher and Michael A. Fletcher of Baltimore. The groom’s mother is the dean of students at the Ingenuity Project, an advanced math and science program for gifted and advanced students in Grade 6 through 12 in Baltimore. His father is a senior writer for “The Undefeated,” ESPN’s website on race and sports in Washington.
The couple met in 2011 at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, where they both attended the public policy and international affairs program’s junior summer institute.
