Charlene Alison Schmitt and Federico Persico were married Oct. 18 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. A member of the New York City clerk’s office officiated.

On Nov. 9, the couple are to celebrate their marriage at Estancia Villa Maria in Buenos Aires. Lorenzo Gerardo Javier Di Fazio, the director of religious affairs for the Chamber of Deputies for the Argentine National Congress, is to lead the ceremony.

The bride, 35, is keeping her name professionally. She is an executive director of Luxury Brand Partners in New York, where she serves as the head of marketing for the hair-care brand R+Co. She graduated magna cum laude with honors from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

She is the daughter of Meeja Schmitt and John K. Schmitt of Williamsburg, Va. The bride’s father is a retired Army brigadier general and Boeing defense programs executive in Arlington, Va., where he managed defense programs for the military. He is now a part-time aerospace and defense consultant. Her mother retired was a dental and medical assistant volunteer before becoming a stay-at-home parent.