Columbia J. Warren is a frequent traveler to Lithuania and lives in Ithaca, NY with his wife and daughter. The couple met at the University of Virginia while attending graduate school and were married in the summer of 2011 in Jurate's hometown of Druskininkai. After working as a corporate attorney in Boston, Columbia is now a research administrator at Cornell University, where his wife is an Economics Professor. Columbia is an avid runner, having run thirteen marathons, including the International Friendship Marathon from Druskininkai to Grodno, Belarus. He also enjoys skiing, traveling, reading, and playing with his cat, Tobis.