Gila Kaplan Belsky and Alexander Henry Modell are to be married Oct. 7 at H&H Farms in Canaan, N.Y. Rabbi Joel Sisenwine is to officiate.
Ms. Belsky, 27, who will be taking her husband’s name, received a master’s degree in education from Columbia in May. She graduated cum laude from Cornell, and received a master’s degree in the science of education from Johns Hopkins University.
She is a daughter of Nancy K. Belsky and Dr. Mark R. Belsky of Wellesley, Mass. The bride’s father is a hand surgeon at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass. He is also a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. Her mother is the president of the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, a philanthropic organization.
Mr. Modell, 32, is the principal owner of Cadmium Realty, a real estate development company in Manhattan. He graduated cum laude from Boston University, from which he also received a law degree.
He is a son of Abby G. Modell of Manhattan and the late Michael S. Modell. The groom’s mother is a contemporary glass artist whose works will be on display at the Scope Art Show in Miami Beach in December. His father, who was based in Manhattan, was a president of Modell’s Sporting Goods.
The couple were introduced by a mutual friend in Brooklyn in August 2015.
