Ivy Bergsten Howell and Timothy Chrisantha Gunatilaka were married Nov. 3 at Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest, Ill. The Rev. David Lyle, a Lutheran minister, performed the ceremony.
Ms. Howell, 30, works in New York as a senior digital strategist for Edelman Digital, the strategic communications and advertising agency. She graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
The bride is the daughter of Patricia D. Howell and Gary W. Howell of River Forest, Ill. The bride’s father, who is retired, was a partner in the Chicago law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman. Her mother is the office manager of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church and a yoga instructor at Ahimsa Yoga Studio, both in Oak Park, Ill.
Mr. Gunatilaka, 37, is a vice president and creative director at Attention Global, an advertising agency focused on social media and content marketing based in New York. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received a master’s degree in American studies from Columbia.
The groom is the son of Josephine P. Gunatilaka and Dr. C. Desmond Gunatilaka of San Jose, Calif. The groom’s mother is a registered nurse and case manager at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. His father is a physician specializing in pulmonology and internal medicine in private practice in San Jose.
The couple met in 2013 while working at KBS, an advertising agency in New York, which is now known as Forsman & Bodenfors.
