Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Tanner Jr. of Hilton Head Island announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Bethea Tanner of New York, to Gareth Thurso Barendse of New York, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Barendse of Newport Coast, Calif.

The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Hilton Head High School and a 2008 graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. She is a Business Manager of Strategy and Analysis at Capital One Bank.

The groom-elect graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2006, and graduated with a MBA from New York University in 2012. He is an associate at Booz & Company.

The wedding is planned April 27, 2013.