Tiffany Weitien Chang and Kyle William Bibby were married Sept. 8 at the Mills Chapel at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. The Rev. Beverly Lynn Williams, a Baptist minister, officiated.
The bride, 30, works in New York as a communications and public affairs associate at Global Strategy Group, a public relations firm. She graduated from N.Y.U. and received a master’s degree in public administration from Columbia. She is also a jazz drummer and composer. Her work as a drummer includes “Raise the River,” an album of duets with the flutist Robert Dick released earlier this year by the French label Rogue Art.
She is the daughter of Julie Huey-Jaw Chang and Rong-Jong Chang of Fremont, Calif. The bride’s father works in Fremont as a vice president for the chemical division of the information provider IHS Markit. Her mother works in Fremont as a piano teacher.
The groom, 32, works in New Brunswick, N.J., as a director at the New Jersey Re-entry Corporation, a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Jersey City that offers services for the formerly incarcerated. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy and received a master’s degree in public administration from Columbia. He previously served as a captain in the Marines and served in Afghanistan from 2010-11.
He is the son of Sharon Rowe Bibby of Somerset, N.J., and Ronald Doren. His mother works in Bridgewater, N.J. as a human resources specialist for MetLife.
The couple met in Washington in 2016 after being introduced by a mutual friend.