Joshua David Rovenger and Trevor William Pollack are to be married Oct. 21 in Cleveland. The Rev. Shawn M. Fiedler, a minister of the United Church of Christ, is to officiate at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Later in the evening, Chief Judge Jeffrey R. Howard of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, with chambers in Concord, N.H., and Judge Michael A. Ponsor of the Federal District Court in Springfield, Mass., are to lead the couple through their vows and an exchange of rings. Mr. Rovenger was a law clerk for both judges.
Mr. Rovenger (left), 30, is a staff lawyer, working on a project concerned with predatory college lending, at the Harvard Legal Services Center in Boston. He graduated summa cum laude from George Washington University and received a law degree, cum laude, from Harvard.
He is the son of Hollis Rovenger of the Villages, Fla. His mother makes and sells jewelry and other products online.
Mr. Pollack, 32, is a program officer and the manager for special projects for the Barr Foundation, a Boston organization that supports initiatives in the arts, climate and education. He graduated from Brown, and is studying for a master’s degree in public administration at Northeastern.
He is a son of Ellen Podhouser Pollack of Moreland Hills, Ohio, and Glenn C. Pollack of Pepper Pike, Ohio. The groom’s mother is a library volunteer for the Cleveland chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, and is also a volunteer caregiver at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. His father is a founder of Candlewood Partners, a financial consultancy in Cleveland.
The couple met online in 2016, in Boston, where they had their first date.
