Lea and Alexander Russell
Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace deMenocal of New Canaan announce the marriage of their daughter Lea Grace deMenocal to Alexander William Maxwell Russell, son of Mrs. Graham Russell Briskman of Palm Beach and Mr. Hollis Russell of Locust Valley, N.Y. They were married Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Church of The Atonement Quogue, N.Y. The Reverend Melissa Smith officiated. A reception followed at the Quogue Field Club.
Childhood friends Kristin Elizabeth Pasternak and Calvine Dunnan Harvey were Maid and Matron of Honor. Bridesmaids were Sarah Lyon Ashton and Kyley Lyon Weida, both cousins of the bride, and Jillian Julie Lee, future sister-in-law of the bride. The best man was Hamish Eliot Maxwell Russell, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Joseph David Cohen, Jarod Joseph Korn, Alexander Barr Patten and David Cleary Sieck.
Mrs. Russell, 30, is a vice president at JP Morgan Asset Management in New York City. The bride’s father is executive managing director and branch manager of Aon Benfield.
Mr. Russell, 31, is a teacher at St Bernard’s School in New York City. He is currently pursuing his Master’s of Science in Educational Leadership at Bank Street Graduate School of Education.
The groom’s mother is project consultant at the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach. His father is a Partner with the law firm Ackerman Levine in Great Neck, N.Y.
The bride wore a strapless, corded French rose lace sheath over a double charmeuse underdress with a sweetheart neckline custom designed by Anna Maier.
The couple resides on the Upper East Side of New York City.