1991

Scott Winslow writes with good news. Winslow Technology Group, which Scott founded in November 2003, recently completed a profitable first year with $1.6 million in sales. The company offers storage solutions for general business applications. Clients include large organizations such as Biogen Idec, MRO Software and Beverly Hospital. Congratulations, Scott.

Phil McKenzie is a media star, having appeared in an ad that ran in several publications including the Dec. 4 edition of Harvard Business Review, The New Yorker, The American Spectator, the Boston Globe and Cardiology Review. The subject of the ad: peak performance. Phil climbed Mt. McKinley with his high blood pressure controlled by a Novartis product.

Geraldine Rosa Henderson writes: "After continuing on for my Ph.D in marketing from Kellogg and being on the faculty at Fuqua, Howard and Darden, I am now a tenured associate professor of advertising at the University of Texas at Austin. My research and teaching focuses on marketplace diversity. I am working on a book about consumer racial profiling and other forms of marketplace discrimination. For fun I am currently consumed with the restoration of a 100-year-old American bungalow, Craftsman-style house in East Austin."

Josh Chernoff writes: "Still holding down the fort in Evanston — now living on Burnham Place, (part of Sheridan Road) south of campus about a mile. Julie is on the Evanston school board and working hard to improve the school system; Adam is having his bar mitzvah next weekend — think mini-wedding and you get the picture; and Leah is dancing up a storm at Dance Center Evanston. All is well. I am leading the consumer and retail practice for AT Kearney in North America and keeping my priorities straight."

Dennis Roche writes: "I'm still president of Zoom Media, a billboard ('out of home' in media lingo) company that has locations in movie theaters, bars and restaurants, health clubs and family entertainment centers nationwide. The business has grown a lot in the more than two years since I joined it as a startup. We've added new venues as we take advantage of the trends in media for more targeted forms of advertising. 'President' of a media company like this means 'head of sales,' so I am on the road a lot, calling on marketing directors and brand managers, as well as lots of agencies, for consumer packaged goods and entertainment companies. My wife and I have four boys, ages 7 to 18 months. I have a great time coaching the kids in their various activities. Lots of loud crashes in the house. Would love to hear from anyone in the media space or involved in start-ups. I always like to meet fellow Kellogg folks to share experiences with. Droche@zoommedia.com is the address."

Sam Zales writes: "Weekend in Vermont reunion with Ed Keller and Kevin White. Great family skiing activities, including run-ins with Geoff deLesseps and family and a separate chance meeting with Dave Hall and son Parker (pronounced Pahkah in New England). Everyone is doing great and living life to the fullest, it seems. My weekend highlight was winning the 41-year-old 2 a.m. sledding downhill championship on Densmore Hill in Woodstock, Vt. Armed with a newly gifted torpedo sled provided by my Kellogg roommate, and despite a blatant false start by Whitey, little Mr. Z captured the gold by an aerodynamic use of the nose and mouth to scrape the ice/snow during the race for faster speed and kinetic energy. My opponents were covered in burrs, having tried unsuccessfully to take a sharper angle to the finish by sledding through poisonous bushes on the mountain. Great family fun in the KSM Northeast."

Karen Garbe Matjucha writes: "OK, you've guilted me into [writing something for Kellogg World]. I now have three children, ages 6 1/2, 3 1/2 and 16 months. Things are a bit nuts in our house in Sudbury, Mass. I am still with Deloitte Consulting and have been a partner for four years. I have had responsibility as the national practice leader for provider supply chain consulting for the last four years, and four months ago became the managing partner for Deloitte Consulting's Boston office. There never seems to be enough time in the day. I keep in close touch with Anne-Marie Maman, who is now the CEO of a medical device startup in Philadelphia. She has relocated to Princeton, N.J. Jackie George is in charge of new product development at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and has been on the national speaking circuit due to her expertise in consumer-driven health plans. She bought a house on Cape Cod two years ago and is doing great."

John Funk continues to pursue his decade-long entrepreneurial path and recently launched his fourth company, Evergreen Innovation Partners, with two partners (including Dave Bayless '85). John created EIP as a value-added intermediary between small inventors and consumer product manufacturers. Somewhat like a venture capital firm, EIP will screen inventions, invest resources in upgrading the marketing concept, product design and intellectual property as necessary, and then license or sell the invention to the appropriate Big Co. So all you senior marketing execs looking for new products should reach out to him at evergreenip.com. John still lives in Evergreen, Colo., with wife Sharlene; son Jack, 7; and daughter Amanda, 5; and is hard at work trying to stay ahead of his kids on the tennis court and ski slopes.

Lottie Chestnut was recently promoted to editorial director for innovations at Hallmark Cards. She and her husband Doug celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary with a two-week visit to China and Thailand, and were actually in Bangkok when the tsunami struck southern Thailand.

	Chris De Jonghe '91 is pursuing a new career in the aviation industry.

Chris DeJonghe writes: "After seven years at LexisNexis in Dayton, Ohio, I have joined Eclipse Aviation in Albuquerque as its director of marketing communications. Eclipse is a 5-year-old start-up company with about 400 employees. We're going to make the most advanced, safest, coolest six-passenger jet the world has ever seen — for less than half the cost of the next available alternative! I expect the company to revolutionize the aviation industry and I'm thrilled to be in on the ground floor — well, at least the mezzanine. Ross, my partner of five years, will stay behind for a while to sell our house and wrap up the loose ends in Ohio, but we've already started looking for a house out west with great views of the Sandia mountains. I'd love to hear from some classmates with whom I've lost touch; please email me at cdejonghe@hotmail.com."

Joel Duben writes: "I'm a senior consultant in information security at the Chicago e-commerce office of HSBC Bank. I work at a high level with senior managers for implementing corporate policies to protect the company's Web sites from hackers. HSBC is a British bank headquartered in the U.K., so I've been making regular trips to London these days."

Randy Hancock writes: "Late last year I left IBM Business Consulting Services, where I was the vice president and global leader of the Institute for Business Value, to become the EVP and general manager of global research for Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). ISS is the world's leading provider of corporate governance solutions, including proxy research and voting services, to institutional investors worldwide. Since the company is based in Rockville, Md., I commute from Boston, living a bachelor's life in my company apartment during the week and returning as a family man each weekend. Speaking of family, I've lived in the Boston area since 1993 with my wife Stephanie. Recently we moved from Cambridge to Belmont in order to have some outdoor space for our 6- and 2- year-old daughters, Tess and Chloe. When we're not in Boston, we're usually skiing at Sunday River, Maine, where we have a second home. I'd be delighted to meet up with Class of '91 alums in Boston, Washington or elsewhere."

Jean Peterson Wanlass writes: "Professionally, I have been working in product management since graduation and I've spent the last seven plus years at Ceridian, much of it in new product development for our financial and payroll products. Personally, my husband Gordon and I live in Newport Beach, Calif., and now have two little wonders, Jean Marie who is 2 and Kent who is 4 months old. Raising the kidlets is currently our main hobby, but we hope to get back outdoors hiking and sailing soon. With all the rain we've had in Orange County this winter, we haven't missed too much by staying home and changing countless diapers. We did get out recently to attend Suzanne Spencer Cameron's 40th birthday bash; we saw Alison Ginsburg and her family over the Christmakkuh holiday and we're hoping to see Marcia Warman Shackelford and her husband John soon."

Andy Wolf writes: "The company I founded, iNest, was recently acquired by LendingTree, which is a subsidiary of Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp. I founded iNest, which was venture capital-backed, in 1997. Post-Kellogg I worked at Quaker Oats and then as COO of Morningstar prior to founding iNest, which is based in Chicago's western suburbs. I am continuing on as CEO at iNest. My wife Linda and I have three daughters, Kristen, 12; Karie, 10; and Allie, 4. We live in the western suburbs of Chicago. 'Hi' to all the '91 four-quarters out there!"

	In memory of Claus Bendixen '91

Sadly, we have some unhappy news to share regarding one of our classmates. After a two-year battle against non-small cell lung cancer, Claus Bendixen passed away on Feb. 8. Claus, who worked for Gerber/Novartis, was an avid athlete and nonsmoker. Claus is survived by his wife and three children, who remain in Ramsey, N.J. Donations to fund lung cancer research in Claus's name can be made to Joan's Legacy, a NYC-based foundation (see joanslegacy.org for more information).