Emma has had the distinct pleasure of being Katie's roommate for 3 years both in and out of
college. Her likes include cooking/baking and going to the movies alone. She dislikes when you load the dish washer the wrong way. Please ask her about her newly adopted greyhound and 2022 Wedding in Ireland!

Owen and Chris met at an “Entrepreneurship Trek” in San Francisco prior to starting at Tuck, and they’ve been plotting new business ideas ever since. When they aren’t planning for their lucrative futures, Owen and Chris can be found losing to Trey at every sport imaginable, including one tennis game where Trey traded his racquet for a hardback book and still managed to defeat these two wannabe athletes. All 3 of them ended up in the pool fully clothed at Owen’s wedding, so please holler if you see them headed down towards the Carey’s pond after the ceremony.

Cara met Katie the first fall of Tuck. Cara instantly loved her bright energy and friendly and fun personality and they shared a fondness of Ariana Grande. She couldn’t wait for Katie to move to the Upper Valley full time! While they both used to travel every week for work, Cara couldn’t be happier that 2020 kept them off the road and in their quarantine squad filling their days with movie marathons, Bachelor watching, themed dinner party shenanigans, and trying to check all the items of their Tuck It list. She is SO ecstatic to be part of their big day and loves this couple more than Katie loves Rumpleminze!

Trey and Chris have forged the typical adult friendship — they enjoy watching football, cooking steaks and hunting for hermit crabs. Despite meeting later in life, the two have more than made up for lost time and cultivated a strong friendship that centers on a mutual interest in competitive activities and deep frying anything in Owen’s fridge. Trey wishes Chris all the best in his marriage and hopes the group honeymoon idea gets the green light from Katie.

Jill and Katie met in Hanover as TPs where their husbands (!!!) were classmates at Tuck. Even though Trey and Chris promised that Jill and Katie would get along swimmingly, they probably didn’t anticipate living out of each other’s houses and spending all of COVID as one large family unit (Thanks to Owen and Cara for always hosting, by the way). Jill and Katie happily spent the year playing tripod hockey together, driving to Dunkin Donuts for hash browns, and even managed to get Katie up a mountain! Ask her for the story sometime..

Katie and Ali first clashed on the Marquette Greek Week soccer field - both were fierce competitors and it’s surprising that they were able to set aside their differences and become friends! ;) If it weren’t for their mutual friendship with Sydney Wilcox, who loves to make friends out of her friends, they might’ve missed out on a beautiful relationship. Katie and Ali shared some fun experiences together in college, but their friendship really blossomed as roommates post-grad and as young professionals living in Chicago. Ali was crushed to lose Katie to the East Coast, but the pain was eased knowing that her friend was taking important steps forward in her relationship with Chris. It’s an honor to stand up and witness the joining of two wonderful people and Ali couldn’t be happier for the couple to be.

Like Quinn, Chris and Rob's friendship started at the acclaimed Hubbard Woods Elementary School where they managed performance improvement projects on cafeteria assembly line processes and strategy projects regarding the recess-to-class ratio. With that said, Chris must have liked Quinn a little more than Rob (who wouldn't?) - once high school hit they largely drifted apart.

Plot twist! On a fateful night in November 2014, Bain sell weekend of all weekends, Rob was sitting with fellow groomsmen Samuel G Dickstein when whose name does he hear but Christopher Carey. Waiting for him after unloading the bus was a much more fit version of a long-time childhood friend. And with close to 10 years in between their last interactions, Chris and Rob started where they left off as they embarked on a new journey of performance improvement and strategy projects, at both Bain and in life. It's been equally amazing getting back in touch with Katie after all those years, and Rob could not be more excited to stand next to Chris as they open the next chapter of life together!

Syd and Katie met freshman year Marquette University when they joined the same sorority. The summer before Junior year, the two moved into their sorority house, and quickly became inseparable. Sydney's wedding party claim to fame is that she's been telling Gallo she'd marry Chris since that summer. In adulthood the two have remained best friends due to Sydney's insistent phone calls, and Gallo's valiant efforts to make a pit stop in her least favorite city, NYC, every chance she gets.

Chris and Sam's journey began in 2015 at Bain in Chicago. They quickly bonded after realizing hours after meeting that the frequency at which Rob (another Groomsman) was laughing at often poor jokes from fellow classmates was a bit overzealous, but that Rob seemed like a good enough guy and was too worth befriending. In the ensuing years, Chris and Sam have spent most of their joint time concocting overly complicated sports bets and fantasy league rules. Sam is excited to serve as an official Groomsman for Chris and unofficial Maid of Honor for Katie this summer!

For the lucky few that haven't heard him talk about it, Chris really likes to fly fish. Some would call it a passion others would call it an addiction. Katie probably calls it the single biggest threat to their relationship. The role I play in this is the enabler. After meeting Chris early in college, we bonded over shared interests that included beer, fantasy football, and macroeconomics. Three years and a hungover Sunday on the couch later, we made the decision to learn to fly fish by spending our post-graduation summer living in a Honda Odyssey and traveling across the West going from river to river. By some miracle, we survived the journey and the end of it we parted ways in Alaska with a handshake and an agreement to prioritize fly fishing above all else for the rest of our lives.

Well within three weeks of that agreement, Chris was suddenly well on his way to marrying Katie and I realized that I was going to have to come to terms with the fact I may have been the only one to take our oath seriously. I've come to terms with it though. I moved to Montana where I've found great joy in sending Chris weekly videos of me throwing rocks into his favorite fishing holes. He rarely responds to them, but I guess he appreciates it enough to have me in the wedding. During the wedding, you'll likely be able to find Chris and I ignoring everyone and talking about fishing or me at the bar drowning my sorrows over the fact that the twilight of my 20s has put me in a situation where wedding season has taken precedence over dry-fly season.

CHECK OUT OUR VIDEO FROM THAT SUMMER: https://vimeo.com/142451106

Reg (second from right) and Chris's friendship began at a Bain training falling asleep to episodes of The Office. Their friendship thrived on football Sundays, Catan nights with the boys, shredding on the ski slopes, and building excel models while cashing in drink tickets on Southwest flights to Sacramento. Proud to call Chris by brother and excited to see him do something other than fish.

Ashleigh and Katie met in 7th grade when Ashleigh was the new kid at school after having just moved to the Chicago area. Those who know Katie will not be surprised to hear that her bubbly, outgoing personality made Ashleigh - the shy new girl - want to be her friend instantly. After an invitation to sit at her lunch table, they quickly bonded over a mutual love for Liz Phair, baby corn and duck sounds. During these formative years, she, Katie and Chris had the same teachers, so she grew to know both of them well. Fun fact: Ashleigh and Katie were in a play in middle school where Katie played the “emo kid” and Ashleigh played the “mean girl” (complete with a 2-polo popped collar). As they’ve become “adults,” Katie and Ashleigh have remained close. Katie stood alongside Ashleigh at her wedding in 2017, and Ashleigh is over the moon to be able to do the same.

Chris and Quinn’s long and storied history began back in 1998, when the two were junior kindergarten classmates at Hubbard Woods elementary school. Their friendship blossomed and evolved over the years, from Pokémon cards to summer camps to building DIY cannons in Gibs workshop to a stint working a cattle ranch in Texas - it’s safe to say they’ve been through the proverbial gamut. While Chris’s roommate in Chicago, Quinn was afforded the opportunity to see just how strong Chris and Katie’s bond had grown; long distance be damned. It’s safe to say this has been destined from the start, and Quinn couldn’t be happier to stand by Chris’ side as he marries his (junior) high school sweetheart!

Morgan and Katie met when they were 6 years old. To say it was best friends at first sight would be a lie. Morgan locked Katie in a closet for about an hour the first time their parents set up a play-date. Not to worry, they quickly became life-long soul mates. Morgan got to witness this amazing couple fall in love in highschool and grow into the amazing couple you see today. This dynamic duo has gone from next door neighbors to long distance best friends without ever skipping a beat. Morgan is humbled, honored, and ecstatic to be standing by Katie's side.

As Katie’s baby brother, Matt is often on the receiving end of Katie’s (very) loud and (very) spirited love for those around her. He can confirm that if there is anybody who can compliment and also manage Katie’s unrelenting enthusiasm at the same time, it is Chris. Matt is so excited to welcome Chris to the family and very honored to be one of his Groomsmen!

Many similarities can be found between Michael's relationship with the Bride and his relationship with the Groom. To his sister Katie, he is both her middle brother and her favorite brother. (this post has not completed an official fact check). To his soon-to-be brother Chris, he is his soon-to-be middle brother and favorite brother. What a coincidence!

Michael has always looked up to his sister. He chose the same number as hers in soccer and even followed her footsteps by attending Marquette University and letting the Gallo legacy live on for a little while longer in Milwaukee.

When Katie called Michael to tell him that Chris proposed, he did not say "congrats", he simply responded with the one thing no one else was willing to say... "FINALLY!"

Michael truly is excited to FINALLY have the older brother he was always looking for. He also believes firmly that any man who can live with, raise a dog with, and decide to spend the rest of his life with his sister Katie must be a pretty great guy.

Eliza may be Chris's sister by blood, but she and Katie knew they were destined to be sisters too ever since Chris moved away for boarding school and they still hung out all the time!