Cleveland

The Cleveland alumni hosted a pre-holiday celebration and speaker event on Dec. 14, sponsored by Deloitte Consulting. Professor Mitch Petersen of the Finance department led an audience of Kellogg and NU alums, plus members of local firms Eaton, Deloitte and Booz€Allen in an energetic discussion titled "New Economy, Old Finance," on valuation of e-Businesses. Non-Kellogg alums in the audience were most impressed with Professor Petersen's lucid explanations of the interplay between stock performance expectations, interest rates, business strategy, and plain old common sense. Overheard was much talk about bringing him back to address forums in this sunny, winter wonderland of ours (more power to the great Kellogg Finance Department!). Later, over dinner, Professor Petersen talked to group members about current developments at Kellogg, the dean search, and strengthening alumni activities.

During November, the Cleveland alumni club worked out a transition from past president Andy Birol '85 to a committee of interim co-chairs consisting of Rajesh Radhakrishnan '99, Suresh Krishna '99, Maria Welborne '99, John Ford '00, and Sudhanshu Chhabra '00. The interim group is currently organizing a more permanent structure for the club and developing a schedule of mixers and speaker-events over breakfast and in the evening. We are exploring new avenues of collaboration with the NU Club of Cleveland; including a seat on their board. Suggestions and involvement is invited from current alums in the Cleveland/N.E. Ohio area. Contact: interim co-chairs Rajesh Radhakrishnan 216.830.6667 or via e-mail at rajeshr@dc.com. Suresh Krishna may be reached at 216.696.1698 or by e-mail at krishna_suresh@bah.com. John Ford's e-mail address is johneford@eaton.com.