Alex Baranick Weds Tawnie Chandler in California

Alexandra Baranick and Tawnie Chandler were married at the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades, California on July 26, 2015. Alex is a 2006 graduate of Scarsdale High School and her parents David and Karen Baranick still live in town. She attended Dickinson College and now lives in New York City where she works as the Coordinator of Strategic Initiatives for the Union for Reform Judaism.

Tawnie grew up in Columbus, Ohio and her mother Kristie and stepfather Mike recently moved to Portland Oregon for a more outdoorsy lifestyle. Her father, Bryan, lives in Champagne County, Ohio where he grew up and where Tawnie was born. Tawnie holds a BA and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Kentucky and is a Development Associate at the New York Foundling

The two met online.

Their wedding was officiated by Rabbi Jonathan Blake of Westchester Reform Temple who flew to California to perform the ceremony. Many Scarsdale friends of both the bride and her parents attended a joyous weekend celebration in Bel Air, where the Baranicks recently purchased a home. The wedding party included her sister and maid of honor Amanda Baranick, bridesmaid Carolyn Fisher, who was a teammate of Alex's on the Scarsdale soccer team, and ring bearer Jon Kurzner a close friend from Scarsdale.