Wedding Party

We are so thankful to our family and friends who have agreed to participate in our wedding ceremony as members of the wedding party. Learn a little more about them:

• Leigh Bothe - Sister of the bride and on-going wedding planner, Leigh can plan the wedding at anytime of the day. On any given day Kate can expect 20 emails and 16 phone calls from her excited sister. Leigh currently lives in Chicago.

• Meghan Bothe - Sister of the bride. Goes to school at Texas Christian University where she is studying advertising and public relations. Meghan will show up when the bride calls. Other than that, she is having too much fun in Fort Worth.

• Ann Allie - Kate's good friend since kindergarten. Lives in Chicago, where she is doing her residency at the University of Chicago. Because Ann tormented Kate into being her bridesmaid, Kate is returning the favor.

• Katie Gerweck - Kate's Duchesne companion and survivor. The two are currently undergoing some serious wedding palooza as both friends are brides-to-be at the same time!

• Ann Campagna - Kate's first college roommate and the one who knows all truth about Kate's love life with Jon. Ann currently lives in Chicago where she is going to medical school at Loyola.

• Nicole Faulken - The first person Kate ever met at St. Thomas and the person who introduced Kate and Jon. Nicole is a wedding guru for all aspects of Kate's wedding planning. Nicole lives in the Twin Cities.

• Ryan Burggraff - Jon’s college friend and roommate for four years. Ryan currently works for General Mills doing finance and lives in the Twin Cities. He is also great at projecting puke after drinking too many fish bowls.

• Tim Schulz - Brother of the groom. Goes to school at the University of Minnesota where he is studying civil engineering. (He couldn't risk going to St. Thomas and finding another left-handed Nebraskan to marry, like his siblings.) Tim is great at breaking things in the lab, mastering all intermural sports, and taking full advantage of free food at local watering holes.

• Jason Winter - Jon’s college friend. Jason works For Price Waterhouse Coopers as an auditor and lives in the Twin Cities. He can almost define a bald eagle.

• Tom Labanowski - Jon’s college friend. Tom works as an insurance broker and bartender. Lives in the Twin Cities. More importantly, was Jon's favorite lunch lady ever.

• Shaun Buker - Jon's friend since kindergarten. Works for UPS and lives in the Twin Cities. He's the best one to tell you about Jon's "long-shorts" period of fashion and other secrets from their childhood.

• Stephen Drott - Jon's college friend. Steve works for Target as a liquor market specialist—pretty much his dream job and the best career fit ever. Lives in the Twin Cities. Steve can often be found hopping the local bar scene, is always the life of the party, and is known by most as "The Brit."