Samantha Melnick, Jonathan Schaefler

Samantha Ivy Melnick and Jonathan Schaefler were married Dec. 7 at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York. Rabbi Jordan Millstein officiated. The bride, 34, is a genetic counselor at California Cryobank in Los Angeles, where she coordinates genetic screening for sperm and egg donors. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received a…

Erica Moody, BJ Barretta

Erica Lynn Moody and William Joseph Barretta Jr. are to be married Dec. 8 at the Pen Ryn Estate, an events space in Bensalem, Pa. The couple are to be married in a self-uniting ceremony, as allowed by Pennsylvania law, that is to be led by Gary D. Morgan, a friend of the couple. Ms.…

Mary Brunelli, Christopher Edgar

Mary Claire Brunelli and Christopher Bryan Edgar were married Dec. 7 in Manhattan. The Rev. Brian G. Konzman performed the ceremony at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, where he is an assistant pastor. The bride, 29, is a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature at the City University of New York. She is…

Rachel Brodlie, Griffin Corse

Dr. Rachel Mendelssohn Brodlie and Griffin Jerry Corse were married Dec. 5 at their dairy goat farm in Cambridge, Vt. Patrick J. Mayo, a friend of the groom’s family who is a Universal Life minister, officiated. The bride, 45, will continue to use her name professionally. She is an associate veterinarian at the Milton Veterinary…

Brenna Davis, Justin LeClair

Brenna Lauren Davis and Justin Z. LeClair were married Dec. 7 in an outdoor ceremony at Lover’s Key State Park in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Lanie Davis, the bride’s sister, became a Universal Life minister for the occasion. The bride, 32, is the vice president for marketing at Aday, a woman’s clothing store in Manhattan.…

Emily Kramer, Jared Shure

Emily Lauren Kramer and Jared Albert Shure were married Dec. 7 at the Mansion at Natirar, an events space in Peapack and Gladstone, N.J. Cantor Emanuel C. Perlman officiated Mrs. Shure, 37, is the senior vice president for business development and marketing at ClickPay, a financial technology company that collects rental payments online; she works…

Laughter the Key to a Winning Strategy

Melanie Cleo Graf and Andrew Simeon Gounardes were married Dec. 7 at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in New Rochelle, N.Y. The Very Rev. Nicholas Anctil performed the ceremony, with the Rev. Alex Orphanos taking part. The bride, 30, is taking her husband’s name. She is an associate vice president at Prosek Partners, a…

It Was Red Alert at First Sight

Erica Helene Stockman and Jason Ryan were married Dec. 6 at the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park. Steven Dunn, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. The bride, 33, is taking her husband’s name. She is an executive assistant at Solve Advisors, a financial technology firm in…