| 2002
Hello,
Class of 2002,
Here's
some exciting news for Chicago dwellers and visitors alike:
Sarah Lok and her
husband opened up a coffeehouse in the Hyde Park neighborhood
of Chicago last November. It's called Third World Café and
is located at 1301 E. 53rd St., Chicago, IL 60615 (773.288.3882).
It is an independent coffeehouse that sells coffees and teas
(mostly organic and all fair trade), homemade baked goods
and desserts and light vegetarian fare. So far business is
great, but all Kellogg faces are welcome. Stop by when you
are in town!
The
Kellogg wedding extravaganza continued through the end of
2004 without skipping a beat. We even have a wedding close
to home to report:
Amy
Sabo was married June 5 to Mark Cress TMP '01 in Martha's
Vineyard. They met in the 2001 Australia GIM class at Kellogg.
Because of their love for travel, they put their careers on
hold and went on an extended six-month honeymoon, visiting
14 countries before returning to Chicago in December. As Amy
put it: "We can thank Kellogg for a great education and
an adventurous romance!"
Joe
Dziedzic married Jenn Carr on July 3 in Minneapolis. Kelloggians
in attendance included matron of honor Jodi (Matthes) Gingiss
'03 and groomsman Dan Gingiss, Becky (Evans) Grimm
and Brian Grimm, and Stephanie (Blackburn) Freeth and Tim Freeth '01. The newlyweds honeymooned in Paris and Nice and are
now settling into married life. Joe is a financial manager
with General Mills and Jenn is a doctor of veterinary medicine.
Susan
(Deutsch) Budd married Bob Budd on April 5, 2003, in Washington,
D.C. Rachael Manansala and Glenn Coleman '03 attended.
Since Kellogg Susan has been working at AlixPartners as an
associate in the financial advisory services group. She started
out in Alix's Detroit office while her husband was earning
his MBA at Michigan. The couple moved back to Chicago in June
and bought a condo in Lincoln Park.
Melissa
Gellert married Matt Cooper in New York on Oct. 2. It
was a gorgeous weekend in the Big Apple and the wedding was
beautiful. Melissa and Matt capped off the night with a carriage
ride through the streets of New York. Kelloggians in attendance
to celebrate with them included Natalie (Guenther) Schaefer,
Beata (Drizin) Kirr, Erich Kirr '01, Ronnie
Frankowski, Kate (Solomon) Slivjanovski, Dan
Slivjanovski, Yonca Ulusoy, Sagar Patel, Lisa Jackson, Jeff
Kelly, Dan Grace, Don Pillsbury, Cameron
Janes and Michele Fischbach '03.
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| Brian Peller '02 weds Julie Sneider '03 with a crowd of Kellogg School friends on hand. Front to back, from left, Andy Wong '02, Rachel Manansala '02, Brian Peller '02, Kate Pellettiere (Jim's wife), Julie Sneider Peller '03, Ben Kahn '02, Jeff Rabel '02 and Jim Pellettiere '02 |
Another
romantic KOA story to report: Brian Peller and Julie
Sneider-Peller '03 met on the 2002 KOA to Lyon, France, and
on Oct. 9, they were married. In addition to '03 attendees
(see the '03 notes), the Class of 2002 was represented by
Andy Wong, Rachel Manansala,
Ben Kahn, Jeff Rabel and Jim Pellettiere.
The happy Kellogg couple enjoyed their honeymoon in French
Polynesia.
Brooke
Brandes married Phil Warren on Oct. 29 in Houston. Brooke writes:
"Irene Tarkov was such a beautiful bridesmaid. We are so grateful
to everyone from Kellogg who was able to join us for a very
special weekend. The following day we introduced the real
Texas to all our guests — a barbecue with a live Texas
band. I think most people finally understood why I liked Carol's
so much! Phil is wonderful and we are having a great time
just being married." Additional Kellogg attendees were:
Andrew Garner, Ian Milward, Adriana McGrath, Mike Andrews,
Marjan Oman, Michael Kenny, Tom Stokes,
Angela Teng and Jenny
Liang '03. As if that isn't enough great news, Brooke in January
was promoted to vice president at JPMorgan Chase. She continues
to work in finance for the investment bank's credit risk management
function.
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| Natalie Guenther and Matt Schaefer, both '02, celebrate their wedding day on Nov. 6 with many fellow Kelloggians. |
Matt
Schaefer and Natalie Guenther were married in the
Windy City on Nov. 6. They were surrounded by many of their
Kellogg friends, who helped them celebrate and party the night
away! Those there to celebrate with the happy couple were
Beata (Drizin) Kirr, Erich Kirr '01, Kate (Solomon) Slivjanovski,
Dan Slivjanovski, Melissa (Gellert) Cooper, Yonca Ulusoy,
Sagar Patel, Lisa Jackson, Don Pillsbury, Cameron Janes, Michele
Fischbach '03, Kevin Stineman, Margie (Block) Stineman '03,
Jared Simon, Dan Bird, Dave Shearer,
Andy McDill, Jen Pack '01, Derek
Mansfield, Vito Iaia, Cassidy Shield, Albie
Fratini, Flip Block, Michelle Beels, Julie
Saliba, Adriana McGrath, Debbie Koyama, Claire
Lundin, Mandy McMillan, Devin Gallagher
and John Hartke.
On
Nov. 13 Jim Butler married Sharon Gobble in West Palm Beach, Fla. In
attendance from the Kellogg School Class of 2002 were Mike
Schulte, Eric Swanson, Sara (Thomas) Monopoli, Cameron Van Orman
and his wife. After their
relaxing honeymoon, the couple returned home to Dallas. With
Jim working at an airline (he runs AA.com) and Sharon at a
hotel, they spend most of their free time enjoying their travel
benefits.
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| From left, Darika Soponawat '02, Warit Jintanawan '03, Nat Kulnides (groom), Pip (Wattanasiritham) Kulnides '02, Don Angspatt '02, Araya Sawadpanich and Ponthep Tuntavadcharom '03 celebrate Nat and Pip's marriage. |
Thanks
to the following parents who, in sleep-deprivation mode, sent
these exciting updates so soon after the births of their children.
Allison
Small writes: "My husband Scott and I have been living
in Scottsdale, Ariz., since August 2003. We've been busy with
our jobs, our house and our family. December was an extra
busy month for us. Our son Will turned 2 and we had a baby
girl, Holly Brooke Small, on Dec. 3."
John
Farquhar and his wife Dayna are happy to announce the birth
of daughter Alexandra Katherine Fiona Farquhar on Jan. 14.
Both mom and baby are healthy and doing fine.
There
have been quite a few moves — residential, career or
both!
After
months of blood, sweat and tears competing in the San Francisco
Bay Area real estate market, Mayura and Jay Ladwa
finally became homeowners. They welcome visits from fellow
Kellogg alums to their home in Menlo Park, Calif.
Staying
in San Francisco, Lisa Jackson has taken a position with Hewlett-Packard working
on emerging consumer products. Both Julie and Natalie have
graciously offered to "sample" any of HP's cool
new products.
Carter
Balkcom reports that
he served as marketing launch manager for Ford's new 205-mile-per-hour
"super car," the Ford GT. National media covered
the car's first delivery, as well as the delivery of a car
to television personality Jay Leno.
In
late 2004 three Kellogg alums participated in a sprint triathlon
near Boston to help raise money for children to attend summer
camp at the Hale Reservation in Massachusetts. Tony Coia, Mandy Taft '03, and Leti Pearman '03 ran in the Kidz 2 Camp Triathlon,
with Leti and Mandy winning medals in their age group! Mandy,
Tony and Leti had a great time and look forward to continuing
to brighten the summers of more children, as well as fight
off the New England winter pounds.
Wayne
Yao has joined the Chicago-based
firm of Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP as an associate
with the firm's corporate, securities and tax, venture capital/SBIC
and real estate practices.
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Andy Whitaker '02 celebrates the holidays with wife Sherri and newborn son Jonathan Andrew. |
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Brooke Brandes '02 walks down the aisle with her father. |
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Carter Balkcom '02 shows off Ford's new "super car." |
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Saying
goodbye to New Orleans, James Sowerby will be moving
to Houston in June following an internal move at Entergy and
Katarina's graduation from her MBA program at Loyola. James
is looking forward to joining the "K Posse" in Houston.
Other news: James passed the CFA Level 1 exam last June and
now has the dubious joy of studying for Level 2 this June.
(Any other sufferers out there!?) Katarina and James are both
getting into running; she is doing her first half-marathon
at the Mardi Gras marathon in New Orleans. They are training
for the Lake Tahoe marathon in the fall and James is looking
forward to playing for the Kellogg alums' soccer team at the
Austin MBA soccer tournament (if not the week of aches and
pains thereafter). James says it's always great to keep in
touch with other Kelloggians, either in person (Astrid
Marechal is the couple's best visitor!) or by email.
Andrew
Quarles moved to Calgary, Canada, with wife Stacey and is exploration
manager with Pioneer Canada. They are hoping for many visits
from Kellogg friends.
After
two years with McKinsey in Belgium, Morocco and Australia,
Steve Vernelen is
moving on to new challenges. Steve, his wife Véronique and
their children Matthew, 1, and Lauren, 3, are moving to Berlin
in March, where Steve will join eBay's European headquarters.
He will be responsible for eBay's Belgian and Dutch customer
support divisions.
A
couple of classmates have entered academia: Sarah Zehr
is the new associate
director of admissions for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MBS program and Alyson Gampel
is the new manager of organizational learning at the Schulich
Executive Education Centre of York University in Toronto,
Canada. Alyson is staying close to Kellogg ties, as Schulich's
EMBA is a joint venture with Kellogg.
A
message from the Commander. Tiffany Shaad writes: "I
am still in the Navy and was recently selected for promotion
to commander. I will officially be promoted on April 1 ...
no foolin'! I also changed jobs, moving from San Diego to
Philadelphia this past August. While I miss the beach, I do
enjoy my new work. I am working as a department director of
aviation contracts at the Naval Inventory Control Point. Just
before Christmas I volunteered for a six-month deployment
in support of current combat operations. I am currently working
at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Fla., until the end of July. There
is the chance that I will be deployed forward at some point,
but until that happens I am enjoying working on the same base
as my sister, who is a major in the Marine Corps. I will be
in Tampa until the end of July and then will return to Philly
for the remaining two years of my tour."
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Mandy Taft '03, Tony Coia '02 and Leti Pearman '03 after their charity race in New England |
OK,
so this isn't a move, but he sure was movin' ... Anyone who
knows Albert Hwang knows
that he has so much going on it is tough to keep up. His latest
endeavors include running his first marathon in Phoenix, the
Rock and Roll Marathon, finishing in just under 3:30. He "ran"
into JJ Orellana '01, who was also completing the marathon.
Albert reflected, "my legs were sore, but it was definitely
worth it."
And,
finally, we had to save the job change-birth-move combo for
last because you are sure to get exhausted just reading it!
Starting
his next rotation with Home Depot as a store manager in Myrtle
Beach, S.C., on Sept. 27, Andy Whitaker and wife Sherri moved into their new home on Oct. 15 and
welcomed Jonathan Andrew in November. Sherri loves being a
new mom and Andy is enjoying managing the store. Andy writes:
"The golf courses in Myrtle Beach are great, so they
say. Spare time is consumed by Jonathan, but mommy and daddy
are very happy and proud parents."
Manuel
O. Mendez has two tidbits
for Class of 2002 readers. In December 2003 he was promoted
to the position of president for Abbott Korea Limited. In
his new role, Manuel will manage all functional business areas,
including a small operations facility. Manuel writes, "I'm
very excited with the opportunity as Korea represents a great
opportunity, to learn a new culture and test new business
concepts in a challenging environment." Manuel's second
piece of good news is the arrival of second daughter Cecilia
Beatriz.
Congratulations
to all! We get a lot of messages that say, "It is so
great to hear what everyone is up to." Keep the updates
coming! Natalie and Julie |
