Jennifer Crozer Acker and Ethan Douglas Ayer met at a Christmas party at the Neue Gallery in New York. When Ethan proposed to Jennifer several years later, he chose the anniversary of that meeting and popped the question on a favorite rock outcropping in Central Park, where he had buried a big bouquet of roses under a pile of leaves earlier in the day. The Reverend Robert Cupp officiated at the ceremony at the Round Hill Community Church, and a reception followed at the Belle Haven Club. The couple left the reception by boat, with all of their guests waving glow lights from the balcony.

The bride, daughter of Jill and Samuel Acker of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, graduated from the Shipley School and Connecticut College. She is marketing director at Samson Capital Advisors in New York.

The groom, son of Lynnie and Douglas Ayer of Greenwich, graduated from Greenwich Country Day School, Phillips Academy Andover, Harvard College and Cambridge University, St. Edmund’s College. He was a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team and competed in the World Championships in 1998 and 1999. He is a partner with Milestone Venture Partners in New York.

Following a honeymoon in Mexico, the couple resides in New York.