Some love stories hinge on impeccable timing—and for Kerri Stowell and Mark Moberly, being in the right place at the right moment has been a recurring theme.
Their first serendipitous meeting came in 2018 at a charity event benefiting FOX4’s Band of Angels. Kerri, a broadcast journalist, attended on behalf of the station; Mark, a real estate developer, was there as a Band of Angels board member. During cleanup, Kerri playfully called out Mark and his friends for not pitching in. Later, at the after-party, Mark seized his moment—asking for her number under the pretense that he might need “an extra girl” for his sand volleyball team.
A few months later, for their first date, the pair made a last-minute decision to try their luck scalping tickets to see Maroon 5 at the former Sprint Center. “We landed great seats and had a blast,” Mark recalls. “She did sub for volleyball—but not until after the first date. So the number trick worked.”…