Jenny & Alex's Wedding
Wedding Party
Kelleigh Thompson
Maid of Honor
Kelleigh is Jenny's little sister. They are only 16 months apart and have experienced every major milestone together thus far. Kelleigh is a second grade school teacher, photographer, fitness queen, amazing aunt, and the source of much laughter in the Thompson household. In fact, if a certain chant poking fun at Kell breaks out at the wedding...enjoy! But also bring her a cocktail.
Dragos Novac
Best Man
Dragos is Alex's older brother. They met when Dragos was 5 and his parents brought Alex home from the maternity ward as his new roommate. They've been stuck together ever since. Dragos' favorite hobby is posting daily romantic sunset pictures from his porch with glasses of wine...all from different angles. Please like them on instagram.
Lisa Burrascano
Bridesmaid
Lisa is Jenny's friend via the restaurant industry. They met working at The Mermaid Inn on the LES in 2010 when Lisa greeted Jenny by speaking to her a la Forrest Gump. It was wonderfully weird and the duo have navigated the next 13 years of dating, heartbreak, and love together. Lisa is a horse mama, a stellar Second AD, a rock climber, and one of the kindest people ever.
Carissa Kovshoff
Bridesmaid
Carissa is Jenny's friend via the dance world in CT. They met during high school and had plenty of adventures climbing out of windows at night, camping on hotel balconies, and driving to different states for breakfast--all between their rigorous dance competition schedule. Carissa is a terrific professional dancer, is absolutely hilarious, and has traveled the world while performing on cruise ships.
Casey Mauro
Bridesmaid
Casey is Jenny's friend via the NYC dance world. They met in a jazz dance class at a studio that shall not be named and have shared many a NYC / RI / NJ adventure, sleepovers, and the occasional moving of very large furniture up million-story walkups. Casey is a world traveler, surfer chick, cacao ceremony leader, model, dancer, and an impressively physically- and spiritually-grounded human.
Clarissa Soto Josephs
Bridesmaid
Clarissa is Jenny's friend via high school in CT. They co-dance-captained Show Choir together and, as a result, may have gotten a certain dance faculty member fired. They later reconnected in NYC (bumped into each other on an elevator) while working in the nonprofit dance industry. Clarissa is a wonderful mom, dance aficionado, Jenny's go-to finance phone-a-friend pal, and a literal BOSS.
Emily Thompson
Bridesmaid
Emily is Jenny's sister-in-law and mother of Jenny's two nephews and two nieces. They met back in 2014 when she and Jenny's little brother, Scott, got engaged. Emily is the sweetest Mom, an expert baker, a third grade school teacher, and somehow puts up with Scott and his rogue singing on a daily basis.
Mauricio Jimenez
Groomsman
Mauricio was Alex's roommate for 5 years in NYC. They did a lot of improv shows together, and to this day nobody (including Jenny) has embraced Alex more tenderly than Mauricio did on stage at the People's Improv Theater in 2018 when they recreated a scene from the Titanic.
Puneet Maheshwari
Groomsman
Puneet and Alex met during their MBA when the lottery gods placed them in the same learning team. While Puneet was growing his healthcare startup, DocASAP, Alex let him sleep on his uncomfortable IKEA couch during his trips to NY. Randomly, they both adopted dogs at the same time at the height of COVID.
Josh Sanchez
Groomsman
Josh met Alex when he came to visit Wharton as a prospective student for the day. He was unimpressed with the school but they stayed friends and have worked on random real estate projects together since. Josh is a proud resident of Weehawken, NJ, and if you meet him he will try to convince you to move there.
Scott Thompson
Groomsman
Scott is Jenny's little brother and father to Jenny's two nieces and two nephews. Jenny's known Scott since he was born and, apparently, at the time she was eager to call him Gus (?). Alex met Scott at a couple of family gatherings before spending a week together in Turks & Caicos. Scott is a loving father, business owner, a runner, and holds his faith close to his heart.
Fiteh Zegeye
Groomsman
Fiteh and Alex met in college in Ohio. They majored in computer science and fondly remember how they dropped the Artificial Intelligence class in the same day because it was too hard. After living in the Northeast, Fiteh decided to return to Ohio because that's the cool place to be.
Clare Thompson
Flower Girl
Clare is Jenny's 7-year-old niece and daughter of Scott and Emily Thompson. Clare is a smarty pants, just like her Auntie Jenny. She is an avid reader, an artist, and an excellent big sister.
Vera Thompson
Flower Girl
Vera is Jenny's 2-year-old niece and daughter of Scott and Emily Thompson. Vera is cute as a button and is guaranteed to steal the show at the wedding. She is an active little girl, recently learned how to swim, and loves animals.
Will Thompson
Ring Bearer
Will is Jenny's 5-year-old nephew and son of Scott and Emily Thompson. Will is the sweetest and gentlest big brother. His love for cars, trucks, and automobiles knows no bounds and is closely rivaled by his love of cake and candy.