Heidi and Bob Miller '99 are surrounded by Kellogg School friends at their October wedding in Arizona

1999

Hello Class of 1999! Thanks to everyone who dropped me a note recently with class news. There is so much to share — from weddings and kids to new jobs and new enterprises — so let's get started.

Gwen Gray and Bart Vanderburg (way to go, Section 68!) celebrated their wedding at a beautiful ceremony in Chicago in September. At the wedding were Sharon Boyle, Heidi and Bob Miller, Ronnie Raviv, Steve Kelemen, Lisa and Greg Soare, Jon Krahulik, James Bouck, Jill Levine, Charles Dodson, Jennifer and Greg Anderson, Jeff and Ellen (Cleaveland) Koebler, Helene Liss, Brandon Cox, Micky Mericle, Johnny Lin, Patti Doyle and her dad Tom Doyle EMP-6!

Heidi and Bob Miller celebrated their wedding in October in Arizona. In the wedding party were best man Brandon Cox, Jimmy Cannon and Greg Anderson. Also at the wedding were Jennifer Anderson, Gwen and Bart Vanderburg, Charles Dodson, Patti Doyle, James Bouck, Tom Spathis, Dave Nute, Theresa Reidman, Steve Kelemen and Ronnie Raviv.

Kevin Hadlock '99 and family

Rounding out the year was Rebecca and James Bouck's wedding in La Jolla, Calif., in December. Helping them celebrate were Gwen (Gray) and Bart Vanderburg, Heidi and Bob Miller, Brandon Cox and Patti Doyle.

For almost the past year Andy Marolda has been in the midst of an exciting (and all-consuming) career change, as he has joined with a close friend and colleague to found a new private equity investment firm. The new company is called The Beekman Group LLC, and they just completed an initial close on investor capital to commence official operations and pursue their first investments. You can find out more details at their Web site, thebeekmangroup.com.

Reginald Warlop and his wife Tiara are proud to announce the birth of their son Alexander on Oct. 4. The Warlops live in London, where Reginald works as a director at AOL Europe and continues to be active in the alumni organizing committee.

	Watt and Dee Binning Muir '99 at Thanksgiving
	Aya Usui's '99 family now includes son Ken-Ichiro
	Reginald Warlop '99 and Tiara welcomed son Alexander

Steve and Rachel Schnoll bought a brownstone in Brooklyn back in 2000. In 2001 they had daughter Sarah, welcomed Teddy in 2003 and will let us know when they have more additions to their family! Rachel has continued to work as a product manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management since graduation and says she "has found it quite gratifying to be a part of our huge growth in assets over that period of time."

Congratulations to Tom and Theresa (McGinness) Geraghty, who are the proud parents of Emily Clare, born Nov. 1.

Aya Usui (Saito) sent a photo of the "guy who prevented her from attending her fifth Kellogg School reunion." Ken-Ichiro Usui was born Nov. 12. Mom reports that he is healthy — sleeps a lot, drinks a lot and cries a lot. She plans to return to work sometime in 2005.

Jonathan Greenblatt and wife Marjan are proud to announce the birth of their second son Ariel on Feb 8 in Santa Monica, Calif. Ariel joins big brother Ilan, who is 16 months old. At his son's bris, Jonathan was joined by fellow Kellogg alums Mani Dhillon, Sarah Ouchi, Jeff Hughes and Peter Thum. On the business front, Jonathan and Peter co-founded Ethos Brands in August 2003, a for-profit company based on a social mission. Their first product is Ethos Water, a premium bottled water that helps children get clean water. The company achieves this goal by donating a minimum of 50 percent of its profits to bring clean water to communities in need around the world. Peter and Jonathan are having fun as their business is expanding rapidly through sales in Whole Foods Markets, Cost Plus World Market and other premium retail stores across the country. Ethos also is funding humanitarian water projects in six countries around the world. For more information visit ethoswater.com.

Chad and Dee Binning Muir welcomed a son on June 17. His name is Watt Binning Muir and he weighed in at a hefty 10 pounds. Dee says she is convinced that someone was just preparing him to hold his own with big sister Grace, 2 1/2, who is always on the go!

Gregg and Laura Bishop George welcomed Spencer Paul on June 25. He joins big brother Jackson, who is now 2 1/2 years old.

Professor Ramu Thiagarajan, who taught accounting at Kellogg for nine years and instructed many of us, left the school in 1999. He had been in touch with several former students, but recently changed jobs and has lost contact. He encourages former students to get in touch with him, and if they are in San Francisco, stop for a cup of coffee or lunch. He can be reached at ramu@pequotcap.com.

Aurelio Paulo "AP" Bartolome writes with exciting news: "In May 2004 I entered into uncharted territory. I was elected to the city council of the city of Taguig in metro Manila, Philippines, with almost 50,000 votes. For the next three years I will serve as city councilor, heading the trade and industry, education and tourism committees. Meanwhile, I continue my other job as president and CEO of Enterprise Capital Bank."

Gwen Gray '99 and Bart Vanderburg '99 at their September wedding

After five years with General Motors' treasurer's office in New York, Kevin Hadlock in October took a new position as director of investor relations for Constellation Energy in Baltimore. In his new role Kevin is responsible for managing Constellation's relationships with shareholders and analysts.

Finally, Jill Levine and Patti Doyle spent the first two weeks of February traveling in Asia — first in Hong Kong, where they stopped to visit Helene Liss, who is working at Moody's Investor Services. After that the three of them spent some time traveling around Thailand. During this part of the trip, Helene took a side trip to Cambodia, where she ran in to Kathryn Sugerman while taking in the sights at Ankor Wat. It really is a small (Kellogg) world! Keep sending in all the great news and all the best to our class!

Class of '99 classmates gather at the June wedding of Thaddeus Wilson to Megan Panje in Wilmette, Ill. Front, from left, Michael Jaffe '99, Thaddeus Wilson '99, Megan Panje-Wilson, Jon Harris '99 and Paul Earle '99. Back, from left, Kristen Jennings '99, Mike Lane '99, John Anton '99, Brent Powers '99, George Scott '99, Annika Lane '99, Bill Baumann '99 and Dan Hillenbrand '95