Melanie Rae Adelson and Benjamin Klebanoff were married Feb. 2 at the Miami Beach Edition Hotel in Miami. Rabbi Judith Siegal officiated.
Ms. Adelson, 32, is an underwriting counsel for Ambridge Partners, a transactional insurance underwriting firm in New York. She graduated with great distinction from McGill University in Montreal, from which she also received a graduate diploma in public accountancy. She holds a joint law degree and master’s degree in tax law, cum laude, from the University of Miami. She is a certified public accountant in both the United States and Canada.
She is a daughter of Cynthia Adelson and Andrew Adelson of Montreal. The bride’s father is the vice president for development of the Westcliff Group, a commercial and residential real estate management firm in Montreal. Her mother is the founder of a residential interior design firm in Montreal that bears her name.
Mr. Klebanoff, 31, is a litigation associate at Shearman & Sterling, a law firm in New York. He graduated from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, and received a law degree with honors from Emory University in Atlanta.
He is a son of Danielle Greenberg and Victor Klebanoff of Waccabuc, N.Y. Dr. Greenberg is a retired senior director and senior fellow at PepsiCo in Purchase, N.Y. The groom’s father is a statistician and data scientist in Waccabuc.
The couple met on a blind date in New York in 2016 that was set up by mutual friends.
