Regina & Ryan
Wedding Party
Martin Rickman
Best Man
Ryan has known Martin for decades and is worried what might be said in the Best Man speech. Martin was the official photographer of the proposal event, so all photo credits go to him.
Julianne Gemberling
Maid of Honor
Julianne has had the privilege of being Regina's younger sister for the past 31 years (wow! so old!), and now her Maid of Honor. She is looking forward to the unlimited supply of red wine at the wedding as well as roasting both her sister and brother-in-law-to-be during her speech.
Abhi Pillai
Groomsman
Fate brought Abhi and Ryan together and their love of the Fast & Furious movie series has kept them together. A few years ago Abhi abandoned Ryan and moved to New York, but he plans to move back to Chicago as a wedding present.
Bridgette Romberger
Bridesmaid
Once just Heather Helline's annoying younger sister, Regina eventually became fond of “Bird” in 7th grade when she realized it was going to take two of them to keep Heather in line. Bird is part of nearly every great high school and college memory Regina has, and even with states between them their friendship has never waivered.
Brendan Sawdey
Groomsman
Four-time winner of Ryan’s roommate of the year award, Brendan moved into Ryan’s life in middle school and has always maintained that he never got in trouble in school until he met Ryan.
Courtney Petrone
Bridesmaid
Courtney entered Regina's life during their undergrad years at OU where they spent countless hours drinking champagne slushies on the Broney's patio. Her optimism, determination, and loyal friendship was exactly what Regina needed to make it through PT school. And despite a late-night, stress-ridden rift over whose turn it was to run the projector screen (obviously it was not mine...), they remain best friends.
Dave Heiser
Groomsman
In middle school, Grave followed Ryan from Cleveland Heights to his Leighton Estates neigborhood in Hudson and spent the next several years living in Ryan’s basement where they spent countless hours crafting the best possible Madden rosters in between driveway basketball games.
Erin O’Boyle
Bridesmaid
Erin is Ryan’s sister and has become a sister to Regina over the many, many years she and Regina have spent waiting for Ryan to finally propose. Regina and Erin have bonded over lots of things, specifically a love of bacon.
Dave Weisberg
Groomsman
Dave and Ryan battled together as teammates on many youth baseball teams, with varying degrees of success. Despite Dave’s misplaced loyalty toward the Steelers, his unforgivable decision to attend Miami, and his parents’ tendency to wake us up at 6am at sleepovers for no reason at all, Ryan has always loved Dave.
Heather Helline
Bridesmaid
Heather and Regina have been friends since 1st grade at OLOP, but the Skyland Pines years really sealed their best friend fate. Regina and Heather balance each other out; ying and yang, angel and devil, cautious and adventurous. There is no more genuine person or friend than Heather, and Regina knows Heather will still be by her side, tempting her with mischief, when they're old and grey.
Mitch Brummer
Groomsman
Whenever Ryan has found himself in an “adventure” - some good, others...less good, Mitch has been there. After becoming a regular at OU through one unforgettable visit after another, Mitch and his very tolerant wife, Emilie, followed Ryan and Regina to Chicago where Ryan and Mitch focus their energy on dive bar crawls and doing things that annoy Regina and Emilie.
Krissy Gallow
Bridesmaid
Krissy insists becoming Regina's friend in 2nd grade "made her cool" and while that’s probably true (wink), Regina believes that really she's the lucky one, as Krissy has been by her side for all of life's most important moments...like the Cavs winning the title and her engagement night celebration!
Sam Hammonds
Groomsman
Whether it was wing nights, driving around doing nothing (or perhaps on occasion doing something they weren't supposed to be doing), or in Martin's basement arguing about sports and watching classic films like Varsity Blues and Can't Hardly Wait, no matter what it was Sam and Ryan were together pretty much at all times during high school.
Mary Wackerly
Bridesmaid
Mary is Regina's cousin and has been like a little sister to her and Julianne over the years. They've shared some of the best weeks of their lives catching rays at the beach and making unforgettable memories. Don't be fooled by her calm and quiet nature, she'll be bringing the party to bachelorette weekend and wedding weekend!
Steve Curitore
Groomsman
A regular on Ryan’s little league baseball teams, in Ryan's driveway playing basketball after school, and regularly sleeping in Ryan's basement, Steve was another member of the Leighton Estates crew that spent every moment of middle school and high school playing, watching, or arguing about sports. Though Steve was never right in any of his sports debates with Ryan, Ryan still loves him.
Sarah Putka
Bridesmaid
Sarah and Regina became great friends as they roomed together at OU for 4 years, and Sarah has been a part of so many great memories then and now. Sarah and her husband, Brian, share the same die-hard love for Cleveland sports and singing Ja Rule as Regina and Ryan, and this has sealed a bond that will last a lifetime!
Ryan Jordan
Groomsman
The Ryans first met as members of the green soccer team and bonded over their shared first name and apathy toward soccer. Like Mitch, Ryan had many memorable visits to OU and through Man Day, weddings, and bachelor parties, the Ryans have always found excuses to party together.