It is with great joy that Peter Pendergrass and Darnell Grisby of Oakland, CA announce their engagement. Pendergrass, son of Gregory and Elizabeth Pendergrass of Greensboro, North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is an Associate Strategist with San Francisco-based, global architecture firm Gensler. Grisby, son of Willetta McGhee of Riverside, CA, attended the University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is a Senior Vice President with Beneficial State Foundation and serves as a gubernatorial appointee to and Chair of the California Transportation Commission. A wedding is planned for Summer 2026.