WEDDING WEBSITE FORMAT
Mikayla Stapleton
Matron of Honor
Mikayla and I met when we were 14 and have been best friends ever since. We spent all our extra time together in high school hanging out at eachother's houses, so much so that my parents consider her a third daughter. We went to college  in separate states, but were inseparable during breaks. Thankfully, a few years after graduation Mikayla got a job in DC and now lives about a mile from me! We meet up all the time for wine nights, long walks through Georgetown, and sleepovers when our significant others are out of town. I am so grateful that we live close together again and couldn't survive without her!
Amy Crummie-DuCarme
Maid of Honor
My sister Amy lives in Fairfax, Virginia about a 30 minute drive from me. We have been able to meet up during covid for plenty of picnics and walks which has been great! Pre-covid we traveled the world with our parents and have so many amazing memories together. I got really lucky with such a great sister!
Emily Bryant
Bridesmaid
Emily and I met our freshman year at college and have been inseparable ever since. We both majored in accounting, stayed at Wake an extra year to earn our masters, moved to DC after graduation and both work for Ernst and Young. Our coworkers joke that we are twins and we sit next to each other in the office any chance we get. When we aren't in the office together, we are chatting on Teams and keeping each other sane throughout the work day. We love to explore all of the fun things to do in DC and love to spend days trying new restaurants and bars. I could not imagine my life without her and am so lucky to have her so close!
Melissa Moran
Bridesmaid
Melissa and I met our sophomore year of college after joining the same sorority and have been best friends ever since! Melissa lives in New York City but we have never let that distance get in the way of our friendship. During non-covid times, we visit each other many times a year and take trips- we have been to Vegas, Mexico, Bethany Beach and so many more places together. It has been tough not seeing Melissa as much during covid, but we make sure to zoom all the time. She even drove to DC to surprise me when Ryan and I got engaged and stayed a week with us which was so much fun! She is such a great friend and I am so lucky to have her in my life!
Kat Dougherty
Bridesmaid
Ryan’s sister Kat lives in Bend, Oregon with her furry companion Boone the Irish water spaniel. Having Kat so far away is no fun, but we play virtual board games with her every week to keep in touch and catch up on life. When Kat is able to make the trip to DC, we have the best time going out to eat and staying up late playing games and talking. She really is the best sister-in-law I could ever ask for!
Brian Cook
Best Man

I met Brian at Wake Forest. He lived across the hall from me my freshman year. We joined the same fraternity and eventually lived together off campus for our Junior and Senior Years. Brian moved back to New York, but we kept in touch with a few trips and many long weekends spent in either city. When together you’ll usually find us playing one on one beer pong while listening to a Basshunter pandora radio station, watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall while eating cookout, making short films for our East Asian Film Class, or coming up with pranks/horrible bet punishments that no one in their right mind would do (except us).

Zak Columber
Best Man

I met Zak at Wake Forest. He lived across the hall from me my freshman year. We joined the same fraternity and eventually lived together off campus for our Junior and Senior Years. Zak also managed to turn what I thought was a long weekend on the couch into a 3-month stay while I was finishing my masters at Wake Forest. He now travels the world, but always manages to find some time in his schedule to make his way back to my couch for a ‘long weekend’. When together you’ll usually find us freestyling and listening to rap, playing some random game that we invented, playing DOTA, or doing something dumb (like running head first into walls/public property)/making a bet where the loser will have to do the horrible punishment that Brian came up with.

Jon Anderson
Groomsman
I met Jon at Wake Forest during my sophomore year after I joined the same fraternity as him. After graduation we both moved to DC and have done several trips together (Vegas, Mexico, Florida). When together you’ll usually find us at a local sports bar yelling at the TV for our various teams (Islanders and Jets for him, Dolphins and Capitals for me), at the MGM casino (pre-covid), playing innertube water polo (or more accurately being kicked out of said water polo game), or at a professional eating competition (me as the coach and him as the contestant).

Beau Lukas
Groomsman

I technically met Beau at Norwood where I went to school until 4th grade, but he later joined me at St. Albans for high school. We went our separate ways for college, but both managed to make our way back to the DC area and now live just a 5-minute walk from each other. When together you’ll usually find us hosting parties in Beau’s basement (my parents always said nothing good happens in Beau’s basement), playing PDG (at least until Beau flips the board or tries to fight someone), lost in the convention center for our biennial Otakon weekend, or as Brett Favre would say “playing DND with the boys”.

Cyrus Nasseri
Groomsman

I met Cyrus at St. Albans where we went to school together for most of middle school and all of high school. We went our separate ways for college, but both managed to make our way back to the DC area and now live just a 15-minute walk from each other. When together you’ll usually find us at the annual Egg Nog Party (honestly annual may even be too frequent), at Chipotle on Democracy Ave (AKA Chipocracy), waiting for someone to be ready to watch him chug rum at our biennial Otakon weekend, or at Mikey’s parents beach house.

Faisal Amin
Groomsman

I met Fais at St. Albans where we went to school together for most of middle school and all of high school. We went our separate ways for college, but both managed to make our way back to the DC area and now live just a 15-minute walk from each other. When together you’ll usually find us grilling on his patio (he grills, I just eat and drink), representing team STA in our weekly golf competition against the Little Hoyas, or chilling by the pool and eating shrimp in Volo’s backyard.

Vivian Dougherty
Flower Girl

Ryan's God-daughter, Vivi, will be our flower girl and we are so excited!