Elizabeth Jane Zaretsky and Lauren Collins Peterson were married Oct. 6 at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery in Madison, Wis. Theodore Kamm Goff, a friend of the couple who is a Universal Life minister, officiated.
Ms. Zaretsky (left), 25, is a digital strategy consultant, specializing in fund-raising for progressive political candidates, in Brooklyn. She graduated from the University of Iowa.
She is the daughter of Bonnie L. MacEachern of Arlington Heights, Ill., and Edward N. Zaretsky of Palatine, Ill. The bride’s father is the regional recruiter in Rolling Meadows, Ill., for the human resources division of Arthur J. Gallagher, an insurance and risk management company. Her mother is the secretary at East Prairie Elementary School in Skokie, Ill.
The couple met in 2012 while working on President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in Chicago, and began dating while working in Brooklyn on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, in 2015.
Ms. Peterson, 31, is a speechwriting consultant in Brooklyn, and is an author of “Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead,” (Touchstone, 2018). She graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
She is a daughter of Susan L. Collins and Judge James D. Peterson of Madison. The bride’s father is the chief judge of the United States District Court in Madison. Her mother is the senior managing counsel for private client and institutional services in the Madison offices of Associated Bank.
