Jiabei Chen and David Randall Kaiser are to be married Sept. 2 in Ames, Iowa. The Rev. Bryan John Simmons, a Lutheran pastor, is to perform the ceremony at by the Campanile at Iowa State University.
Ms. Chen, 33, will be taking her husband’s name. She is the director of global executive education at the New York University Stern School of Business and senior adviser to the associate vice chancellor of New York University Shanghai. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota and received a law degree from Harvard.
She is the daughter of Lisha He and Yuguang Chen of Hong Kong. The bride’s father is the managing director at Techpower, a Hong Kong-based company that researches and develops microbial and eco-agricultural products. Her mother retired in 2017 as a consultant for Tianbu Organic Agriculture, a Chinese eco-plant nutrient company.
Mr. Kaiser, 32, is an account manager at Cisco Systems, and a member of the associate board of Covenant House New York. He graduated cum laude from Iowa State University.
He is the son of Colleen M. Kaiser and Randy L. Kaiser of Manson, Iowa. The groom’s mother, who is retired, was the office manager at Rost Motor, a Ford dealership in Manson, for which the groom’s father is the service and parts manager.
The couple met on Bumble in 2016.