Jill Frances Watanabe and Daniel Francis Lyons were married Oct. 13 at the Great Hall at Union Station, an events space in Seattle. Juan Carlos Arenado, a friend of the couple who is a Universal Life minister, officiated.
Ms. Watanabe, 32, is a communications director at Bloomberg, the financial information and news company in New York. She is also a member of the steering committee for the American chapter of the 30% Club, a peer network in New York that is committed to increasing the number of women in corporate leadership. She graduated from Northwestern.
She is a daughter of Audrey L. Watanabe and Guy N. Watanabe of Kirkland, Wash. The bride’s father retired as the president of GW Capital, an investment management firm that was in Bellevue, Wash.
Mr. Lyons, 34, is a freelance assistant editor and visual effects artist for films whose recent work includes credits as an assistant editor on “American Made,” “The Wall” and “Live. Die. Repeat.” He is currently serving as the first assistant editor on “Chaos Walking,” an upcoming film by the director Doug Liman. Mr. Lyons graduated from State University of New York, Binghamton.
He is the son of Marjorie M. Kirkaldy of Binghamton, N.Y., and Kevin P. Lyons of Vestal, N.Y. The groom’s mother retired as the confidential law clerk for Broome County Court Judge Martin Smith, who had chambers in Binghamton. His father is a livery cabdriver in Binghamton.
The couple met in 2014 on Tinder, and had their first date in New York.
