Emily Claire Ollis and Jason Edward Mlynek were married Oct. 19 at Calamigos Ranch, an events space in Malibu, Calif. The Rev. Bradley L. Reed, a minister of the Evangelical Covenant Church, officiated.
Mrs. Mlynek, 26, is the marketing manager at G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a commercial fiction imprint of Penguin Random House, where she leads promotional campaigns for authors including Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, John Sandford and Clive Cussler. She graduated from N.Y.U.
She is a daughter of Janice Smith Ollis and David H. Ollis of Valencia, Calif. The bride’s father retired as the controller for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Company in Encino, Calif. Her mother retired as the office manager for the social work department at California State University, Northridge.
Mr. Mlynek, 32, is the director of program development at Distinguished Concerts International New York, a company that puts together productions at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and other places. He graduated with university honors and received a master’s degree in arts management from Carnegie Mellon University.
He is a son of Roxana Grabenstetter Mlynek of Oregon, Ohio, and David L. Mlynek of Toledo, Ohio. The groom’s mother is a human resources manager at Toledo Building Services, a company in Toledo that provides janitorial services. His father retired as an assembly technician at Dana, a manufacturer of drivetrain, sealing and other automotive technologies in Maumee, Ohio.
The couple met in 2013 at a mutual friend’s birthday party in Manhattan.
