Brian Steven and Natalia Kütt Neifert met in 2002 while serving with the Peace Corps in Tanzania



Brian is currently employed as a management consultant in Tanzania, Africa. Natalia graduated from T.A. Edison High School, in Alexandria, Virginia in 1997. She received her B.S. in Biochemistry in 2000 from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and a B.S. in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University in 2007. She is a currently a MSN/MPH candidate at Johns Hopkins University for December, 2009.

Brian Steven and Natalia Kütt Neifert met in 2002 while serving with the Peace Corps in Tanzania

Engagement / Neifert - LoBue

July 18, 2009


Robert and Dee LoBue of Exeter are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Brian Steven, to Natalia Kütt Neifert, daughter of Colonel (Ret) Marc and Tiina Neifert of Jackson, Michigan. Brian graduated from Exeter Union High School in 1997, Stanford University in 2001, and received an MBA from Yale University in 2008.

Brian is currently employed as a management consultant in Tanzania, Africa. Natalia graduated from T.A. Edison High School, in Alexandria, Virginia in 1997. She received her B.S. in Biochemistry in 2000 from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and a B.S. in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University in 2007. She is a currently a MSN/MPH candidate at Johns Hopkins University for December, 2009.

The couple met in 2002 while serving with the Peace Corps in Tanzania. They will be married August 22, 2009 in Jackson, Michigan with an encore ceremony in Exeter, California on August 29, 2009.

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