Emily Lusk Benson and Douglas Jesse Miller Jr. were married Dec. 15 at the Cosmos Club, a social club in Washington. Todd E. Edelman, an associate judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, officiated.
Ms. Benson, 30, is a program associate working on public relations at the Antiquities Coalition in Washington, a nonprofit organization that combats the illicit trade of ancient art and antiquities. She graduated with a degree in international affairs and political science from the University of Colorado, and received a master’s degree in political science from the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
She is the daughter of Molly Lusk and Arthur A. Benson II of Kansas City, Mo. The bride’s father is a civil rights lawyer in private practice in Kansas City. Her mother is the internal special projects manager, in Kansas City, at Eisterhold Associates, which focuses on interactive museums around the world.
Mr. Miller, 29, is the origin manager responsible for new technology development, promoting investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, at the Energy Web Foundation in Washington. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics and another in environmental studies, and received a master’s degree with distinction in environmental technology from Imperial College in London.
He is a son of Sheri Bialczak Miller and Douglas J. Miller Sr., both of Baltimore. The groom’s mother is an interior designer at CF Interiors in the Greenspring Station section of Baltimore. His father is the chief executive of ManagInc, a corporate social responsibility consulting firm in Baltimore.
The couple met in 2015 through the dating app Hinge, and had their first date at the Squeaky Bean, an organic restaurant in Denver, where Ms. Benson, a vegetarian, ordered accordingly, and Mr. Miller had a hamburger. After being together for about a year, Mr. Miller became a vegetarian, too.
