While Ben has known Chris for almost as long as he has been alive, Gina has known him for even longer than she has known Ben (technically). Though their initial meeting was brief, he certainly knows how to make an impression. Chris is hard to miss in a crowd, not only because he's 6' 3" with a booming voice that is very good with impressions at the D&D table, his exuberant and celebratory nature made him the perfect choice to officiate the union of Ben and Gina. He's a thoughtful friend, a doting dog-dad for a rescue greyhound, soon-to-be husband himself to the lovely Diana (see above), and there is nobody we would rather have enforce the armistice of 10/01/2022 amongst all active parties.

Sister of the Bride. Often mistaken for each other, where Gina and Kristine are alike in looks and hobbies, they differ in how they might throw a party. In other words, Kristine is utterly thrilled to not have to make any decisions, and to let Gina take it away! A PhD candidate at Northwestern University for Neuroscience studying in a lab with a focus on audiology, Kristine is probably one of the only people known to have finished a large tin of holiday popcorn by herself.

Annie is a healthcare hero, RN extraordinaire at the best hospital in the world, NP in training, and ice cream connoisseur. She will slay you with her dry wit and incredible skill for taking a joke and running with it, and was once known to eat an ice cream cone every single day in the month of July without fail.

Amanda, ever hard to pin down, has spent the last few years somewhere between Montana and Oregon studying wildlife biology and conservation, and is now pursuing her Masters at the University of Montana. She once named her pet snake “David McLellan” but later renamed it to the more appropriate name “Legs.”

Liz is also working to save the world, the marine world that is. While she might be best known for being a freelance Forbes Magazine contributor on marine science, a little known fact is that she can break it down on the dance floor like nobody’s business, possibly remembering the choreography to the dance recital hit of 2004 “let’s get it started” by the Black Eyes Peas. 

Nate, older brother of the groom, can be commonly found either on a speedy 12 mile run with his dog, Rabbit, or subjecting an unsuspecting soul to an impromptu math lesson at the dinner table. You can take the teacher out of the classroom, but you can’t take the classroom out of the teacher! Ever the role model for Ben, he hiked the Appalachian trail at a pace which Ben was able to blow out of the water several years later.

Ambitious and charming, James is a master of finding the next greatest opportunities no matter the circumstances, be it military coup or global pandemic. His talents have sent him from Istanbul to Italy, and since returning to the states has worked for some of the biggest names in finance. A purveyor of niche media markets, he is a walking IMDB page for all the shows you’ve never heard of.

Peter is an engineer and an innovator, with shoulders like glass and a heart of gold. Peter embodies all of the best relationships that Ben had while attending Bucknell University, from their first year hall to the rugby pitch, to the final days before graduation, Peter and Ben complemented each others eccentricities. While Peter and Ben will often go months between reunions, they will always make sure to text each other twice a year and express their mutual disgust for man’s greatest folly: daylight savings.

Frank, having studied the art and science of sound, is not only an accomplished musician of all the instruments one can name, he is now an audio engineer with a penchant for passion projects. After moving across the country with nothing more than his beautiful wife and a straw man plan, they have built themselves a strong community of new friends and unending adventure. Rock climbing, archery, woodworking, guitar building, and improvisational storytelling among his exceedingly long list of skills, one skill he never did quite master is the art of making small talk at a wedding.