Long Island Engagement Announcements

Hon. and Mrs. Richard M. Brooks of the Tanglewood community are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Mary-Katherine, to Lt. Alexander Carlson Fleming, son of James and Claudia Fleming of Phoenix, Arizona and Telluride, Colorado. Mary-Katherine holds a BS from Georgetown University with dual majors in Finance and Slavic Languages, an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business, and an MA in International Studies from the Joseph Lauder Institute of International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently works for Swiss Re, assisting Public Sector entities, NGOs, and Development Institutions in creating and structuring ex-ante disaster risk financing tools. Ms. Brooks devotes the bulk of her spare time to non-profit management and advisory, currently working with Global Girl Media, the Jacaranda Foundation and Fashion 4 Freedom. An avid runner and music lover, Ms. Brooks is a member of the Young Associates of the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall Notables, and the Young New Yorkers of the Philharmonic. She has completed 7 marathons, including the recent 2010 New York City Marathon sponsored by ING. In between, she practices Ashtanga Yoga and tries to talk Alex into running a marathon. Alexander Carlson Fleming holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, and an MA in Strategic Studies and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies as well as undergraduate degrees in Russian and Physics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the Navy Nuclear Power Training Program and a Department of Energy qualified Nuclear Engineer. Currently, Alex is employed as a consultant for Accenture Management Consulting, specializing in supply chain management and energy. Prior to joining Accenture, he served as a line officer on the nuclear fast-attack submarine, the USS San Francisco (SSN-711). He completed his service in 2006 as a Lieutenant in the US Navy. Alex spends his weekends refereeing rugby for the Rugby Referees Society of New York, where he was recently promoted to L3. In between, he practices Vinyasa and Bikram yoga and tries to talk MK out of running another marathon. The couple currently reside in New York City and plan to honeymoon in the Maldives and Tahiti en route to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in September 2011.