Leora Ronit Kulak and Jeffrey Mah were married Nov. 5 at Carmel Valley Ranch, a resort in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif. Rabbi Leah Novick officiated.
Mrs. Mah, 40, is a director for brand partnerships at HelloSociety, a social media marketing and technology agency in Manhattan that is owned by The New York Times Company. She received a diploma in classic French cuisine from the French Culinary Institute, now called the International Culinary Center, in Manhattan.
She is a daughter of Dr. Beth Berson Kolevzon of Riverdale, the Bronx, and Dr. William J. Kulak of New Rochelle, N.Y. The bride’s father is an orthopedic surgeon in private practice in Manhattan. Her mother is a dentist in private practice in Riverdale. The bride is also a stepdaughter of Peter S. Kolevzon, who retired as a partner in Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, the Manhattan law firm.
Mr. Mah, 47, is the chief information officer for the North American operations of Marsh & McLennan, the insurance company, in Manhattan. He graduated from Columbia.
He is a son of Doris L. Mah and Mong F. Mah of Yonkers. The groom’s mother was a seamstress for a garment-industry company that was in Manhattan’s Chinatown. His father retired as a room-service waiter at the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan.
The bride’s previous marriage ended in divorce and the groom was a widower.
The couple met in 2017 on the dating app Hinge, and met soon afterward, for coffee. “Coffee turned into cocktails, and cocktails turned into dinner, and he had to leave because he had to go home to put his son to bed,” said Ms. Kulak, who has two girls of her own. “He said, ‘Can I call you to say good night?’ and he did.”
