Lucia Escobar sent a note regarding the reunion: "I wasn't able to make it to the reunion because of a trip to Costa Rica and El Salvador and a board meeting, but I heard it was really fun to see everyone again. On the Escobar front, our eldest son Daniel just had his 10th birthday, our first child with a full decade of life! Marcela is eight and Carina is four. We are really proud of them! Daniel and Marcela are both black belts in the 'Little Ninja' program, and Carina is a ballerina. Edwin is back in his construction business, after three years as dean of engineering in Universidad Rafael Landivar and participating in the building of TecLandivar, a new technological institute of the same university. He has recently been involved in 'GuateAmala,' a program designed to raise national pride and awareness of Guatemalan potential, through the innovation and leadership committees. Lucia is juggling motherhood and professional life, working semi-part time, mostly in family business, in the board of an in-store banking joint venture, and also as director of Banco Cuscatlan, a regional bank in Central America, participating in the boards of Guatemala, El Salvador and the regional board."

Lawrence Chan is catching up after a while. "I hadn't written before since not much significant had happened in my life until July 16, 2004, when I married Michaela Nestler, the woman I had been dating for four and a half years. We met at a street corner cafe in San Francisco. The wedding of 170 guests was held in Burlingame, Calif. It was a festive, yet personal, wedding with friends and family sharing many memories including a surprise video from Michaela's friends and family from Germany. We were honored to have several Kellogg friends make the occasion, including Kai-I Chung (groomsman), Lucien Tenn (bridesman), Frank Wetterkamp (vocalist), Jim Beckemeyer, Andrew Tong, Melissa Goldberg, Bob Matsuk '92, Kurt Scherer '94, and Bruno Larvol '94. Married life, albeit a bit late in my life, has exceeded our expectations (but I'm still glad I didn't get hitched sooner). We currently reside in San Francisco with Michaela quickly adjusting to life here. She plays tour guide with the friends who visit us (it's 'her city, now'). For fun, we do kickboxing and biking, throw dinner parties and play backgammon and (our most recent interest) poker with friends.

	Todd Reichmann '95 with son James Paton
	Nicole O'Rourke '95 with daughter Audrey
	Linda '95 and Mike Pirrotta '96 with their children, Christina, Nicholas and Annabella
	John and Tamara Weber (both '95) and their daughter Grace

"Work wise, I've stayed in the biotechnology industry (now approaching 14 years). I joined a Switzerland-based biotech company of about 1000 employees worldwide and am currently head of U.S. marketing with a 12-person team based in south San Francisco. I currently work in the pulmonary arterial hypertension market, where I see how our drug makes such a big difference in the lives of patients. Suffice it to say, it's been extraordinarily busy with extensive travel (Michaela has been supportive and has put extra pictures of me up around the home). I thoroughly enjoy my industry and job and can't think of anything else I'd rather do (at least for a living). There may even be opportunities to move to the European Union depending on the success of some late-stage clinical programs. So stay tuned, next time I may be writing in from Switzerland! I would enjoy hearing from others. Let us know if you're coming to town — we'd love to entertain you (this is one of Michaela's fortes)!"

We have an update from Todd Reichmann: "Hi all, Leanne and I would like to announce the birth of our son James Paton Reichmann on May 4 in Singapore. Sorry we couldn't attend the reunion but I'm sure you'll understand. Dad is very proud and looks forward to passing on 'Bad Attitude Corner' to the next generation. Ben Berg better get ready!"

Liz Crystal wanted to check in and give you her new information. She moved to New York City in early 2004 to join Revlon as senior vice president of customer marketing. She is living on the upper west side, near lots of Kelloggians — Carrie Leonard, Phil Yau, Liz Wald, Amy Lehr and more — and says it is great to be back in New York.

Suzy Taherian has moved to Houston! Chevron offered her a great opportunity she couldn't refuse. She says: "This all happened very fast. I think we had about four weeks to buy a house in Houston, rent out our house here and arrange for the move. We're excited about the move. We hope it will be a new adventure. Steve took some time to catch his breath and is finding out if he needs to take another bar exam. For those who are keeping track, this will be his fourth. Darya has already visited Houston and approved the Chuck E. Cheese and Damon is looking forward to climbing up and down the stairs in the new home. But we will all very much miss our family and friends, so please come visit8"

James Pitts and I see each other regularly in Atlanta and he has this news to share: "I took my family (AnneMarie, Jake & Erik) to Chicago for the 10-year reunion. So glad I went — it was great to see everyone again. I ended up grabbing dinner with Al Thompson and Emmit Horne and their families. Ten years and five kids later, life is fabulous. Al's daughter kept kissing Emmit's son — must be that Horne love magnetism — I wish I had a picture of Al's face. As you know, William Lampley '94 and I left Jones Lang LaSalle to start our own commercial real estate firm — Kellogg Partners. The company is coming along very well and we have attracted local and national clients in the six months we have been in business. While the thrill of entrepreneurship is intoxicating the wait for future cash flow is sobering. The coolest thing I did this year was to take my family to Disney World and watch a three-year-old and six-year-old have the time of their lives. Can't wait to go again next year. Turned 40 in June and Scott Gill came to my birthday bash. He's still as pretty as ever. Ashley, you saw something the rest of us didn't — you really snagged a winner. Take care everyone. Call me if you are in Atlanta."

As you can see from the nearby picture, Nicole O'Rourke is clearly enjoying motherhood. She says "Audrey is now just a year old and is a very busy little girl. She's dancing and climbing up on chairs, running, and determined to go down the slide at the park. Her favorite thing at the moment seems to be the school bus — 'bus, bus' is a frequent refrain."

Elaine and Will Wilhelm down under are probably still settling into their new house in Sydney, Australia with their kids. Will has been in a new role with a new company for just over a year now.

Linda Guy sent news last fall: "My big update is that I had a baby girl, Virginia Elizabeth Guy, ('Ginger') born on Mother's Day, May 8, in Boston. We, Tim and I, are having a blast with our new baby and Casey, our dog, is adjusting well. Linda (Plate) Guy and Tim Guy."

Jill Luciani sent the following from Boston: "I have some news: my husband Tom and I welcomed a baby girl, Alison Reese Bouchard, into this world on Aug. 8. She's a real cutie if I say so myself! Daddy flew in from Iraq, where he's been since April, to be here for the birth. He's due to return home for good in early 2006. She returned to work at Gillette in November, but now it is known as P and G! Thank God for family and friends who have helped out this first-time mom!"

Rebecca Rounsavill has started a new gig at Pfizer.

Nancy Shaw has a lot going on: "One of my most significant/highest ROI new products (son, Jacob) has been in the 'marketplace' seven years and is now penetrating an 'alternate distribution channel' (first grade). Consumer feedback (pillow-talk time) and quality reviews (teacher conferences) have been favorable, so we are enjoying a good launch year. My other new product (daughter, Yael), whose 'value' is difficult to mathematically assess because while she is currently n=3.5 years old she acts as if she were a teenager, is also pursuing a new outlet (Montessori pre-school) and thriving there, quickly attaining very high market share (playdates). But seriously, these little guys are so wonderful and Alan and I enjoy them immensely, when we have the energy to reflect! As more non-child-centered time is slowly becoming available in my life, I am gradually returning to the 'other' world and launching my own firm as an executive marketing coach. My objective is to coach small- to mid-sized companies build customer-centered, well integrated marketing strategies and programs. It's very exciting and feels great to passionately talk 'trade' again. Stay tuned for more information re: Marketing Identities Inc." (Note new e-mail address is nshaw@marketingidentities.com.)

Stella Lin probably hears way too many jokes, so I'll let her describe what she's working on in her own words: "As you may know, I'm in New York City at Pfizer on the Viagra global marketing team. We talk about erections and better sex all day. I have to remember that people outside of work don't always talk like this. I met a lot of interesting people through my job. Besides Viagra spokespersons NASCAR driver Mark Martin, MLB player Rafael Palmiero and soccer star Pele (Viagra spokesperson outside the United States, since soccer is big everywhere else), I had the honor of meeting former New York mayors Rudi Giuliani and Ed Koch, Super Bowl winner from the New York Giants Harry Carson, and former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine. It's amazing how cultural differences can affect sales of Viagra in different countries. We have the most fun with Viagra campaigns in the Nordic countries and Latin America, because their attitude about sex is so open, and they don't have the kind of restrictions that the FDA has in the United States."

Linda Lin Pirrotta and Mike Pirrotta '96 welcomed their third child, Nicholas Dominic, on Feb. 10. Big sisters Christina (5) and Annabella (3) enjoy their new brother. This summer, they moved a short distance from San Francisco to Alameda. After taking care of three kids, moving and getting situated in a new community, Linda is looking forward to returning to her consulting business this fall. Mike continues to work in sales at Manhattan Associates.

Brent Harrison has good news from last fall: "Brent Harrison married Jennifer Ayre Sept. 28 in Yosemite National Park. Brent's and Jenny's wedding party consisted of his daughter Hanna (8), the flower girl, and son Parker (7), the ring bearer. Kellogg classmates celebrating with Brent and Jennifer's friends and family included Eric Acher and wife Regina, who made the long trip from Brazil, and Kerry O'Rourke and George Bischof '94. Brent, Jennifer, Hanna and Parker live in Mountain View, Calif., where Brent continues to be very busy with his consulting firm, SmokeJumper Strategy, providing product and marketing services to software and Internet companies. Brent and Jennifer also launched an exciting new wine bar and retail wine shop, Savvy Cellar Wines, in December in Redwood City, Calif. All Kellogg alums are welcome to stop by and check out the place!"

Erica Kewsin has rejoined the diaper club: "Things are going well with us. I was so bummed to miss our 10-year reunion. My excuse was that I gave birth to Daniel Keswin that weekend. He joins his twin sisters Julia and Caroline, who just celebrated their third birthday. On the work front, I am consulting at the Stern School of Business at New York University. I am providing executive coaching and career counseling to the part-time and executive MBAs as well as the alumni. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our 20th reunion if not before."

Phil Yau sent a note from San Fran: "My wife Cyndi and I are returning to the Bay Area, where I'll be spearheading the private equity fundraising efforts on the west coast for UBS's Private Equity Funds Group."

Leslie Coote sends the following from overseas: "I'm writing from Melbourne, Australia, where we have been living since January 2004 (with my husband Gavin, my son Ben (4 and a half) and daughter Tess (8 months). I'm sorry to have missed the 10th reunion, but maybe I can be back for the 15th! I'm an at-home mom, and enjoying it for the most part. It is hard sometimes to "just" be at home with small children, once you have pursued post graduate education and have had a "real" career, but I'm trying to be the best mom I can be and not think (too often) that the grass is greener in the corporate world. We were thrilled to welcome our daughter Tessa Grace (born June 19), and Ben is already getting an Australian accent like his dad. Gavin works at a small private equity firm in Melbourne. I still keep in touch with Sharon Ward, Bam Wansbrough (now Bam Toth), and Mark Jamison, and I feel remiss that I am not in touch with more of our old classmates."

Richard Chino has a new business card. "Richard Chino has been named chief revenue officer of global operations for Smarter.com, a comparison shopping search engine. His responsibilities include overseeing all search-marketing initiatives. Chino was previously vice president of business planning and business operations at Yahoo! search marketing. He worked at Silicon Graphics and Gemini Management Consulting prior to that."

We got some bad news from a fellow Kellogg grad. Alvaro Belevan writes, "I'm a KSM '02 alum. I'm sad to inform you that Ed Colt of EMP-30, a former boss of mine, passed away of an aneurism at his home in Reno. He was married and had two children, an 8-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy."

Carissa Ganelli changed jobs at the end of last year. I received the following note on the last day of 2005. "As you may know, tomorrow is my last day as vice president and director of strategy at Modem Media. I'll be joining Webloyalty as the vice president of affinity services."

Mark Lamps sent a nice long note from China, where he is living with his family (wife Anne and three kids — Joseph, Maria and Christopher). Here is an excerpt from their Web site: "Mark's big new factory in Qingdao opened this fall. Now they can make more big metal boxes that enclose telecommunications and computer equipment. To mark the event, he gave a short speech in Chinese. If effort is 90 percent of success, he got at least an A-minus on his pronunciation! His workday here is a little shorter than was his custom in the United States. Even he can't bear to ask our driver to get out of bed to drive him to work before the sun is up! However, he makes up for it by being on conference calls with the United States and other far-flung locations many evenings during the week (to coincide with mornings in those far-flung places). He works hard and finds it all challenging. Just when he comes up with a growth forecast that he thinks is really bold and he's lost a few nights' sleep wondering how they'll ever meet it, his bosses in the United States say they want it to be double that!"

Simon Rankin is still in London. "My mandate at work has expanded again and I now cover investment- and non investment-grade debt products for western, eastern and emerging European markets. I am currently spending a lot of time in Germany, Russia and the Ukraine. Amazing changes going on in this world of ours. Olivia and Catherine are well."

A quick update from the Harris (formerly Julie Brej) household. "Twin boys Nate and Thad turned one year old at the beginning of 2006. Can't imagine my life without them at this point, but I continue to wonder why I waited until age 40 to have kids. I live my life with this odd vacillation between being tired from them and inspired by them. Fellow '95er Ed Brady and I are still at Diamond. I'm doing the consulting thing and Ed is our chief people officer, which means he gets to tell us all what (and more importantly, what not) to do. Travel has scaled back a bit, and I generally split my time between New York and Chicago, which is still home. Had a rousing good time in December at Kelley Rich's 40th birthday party. Classmate Jackie Tario Nickel flew in for the festivities too. I won't spill all the details, but the birthday girl was seen dancing on the bar and getting hit on by a gang of men dressed in Santa suits. Kelly called it a "Sex and the City" weekend, but it was really more like "Desperate Housewives." Of course, we all know how hot those desperate housewives are! You had to be there."

Kelley Rich says, "Not much to report from the Rich household. I'm still enjoying staying at home with the kids, and Kris is still at Motorola, although he has taken a new job as category director of all their Bluetooth wireless products (headsets etc.). He loves the new position! My best memory of the Kellogg reunion (besides seeing everyone!) was reminiscing about our trip to Russia. We did commemorative vodka shots in tribute!"

Jeff Hyman must have missed the snow. "It's great to be back in Chicago. Rachel and I miss Silicon Valley weather, but we never did find a good pizza in Palo Alto. I'm vice president of marketing at Dyson, where I lead marketing for the U.S. division. We make the best vacuum cleaner on the market, and recently passed Hoover to take the No. 1 share position. It's a great ride."

I saw Win Reis at the reunion and he shares the following: My career at HP has taken a turn for the positive as well. Six months ago I was asked to lead HP's blade PC business for North America after helping bring it to market in 2003. Since that time we've had a very successful launch and business is booming! All else is going well with the family. Tommy is in third grade and is nearly 5 feet tall. He enjoys basketball and soccer and is looking forward to playing Pop Warner football later this year. Gordon started kindergarten last fall and seems to finally be emerging from the terrible fours and fives (yes, there is more than the terrible twos and threes). His favorite sport seems to be annoying his brother and his parents. I was only able to attend Friday night events at the reunion — my brother's bachelor party was the same weekend. While only a brief few hours at the Keg and the Deuce, it was great to see so many classmates."

Tracy Heilman has been busy. "It's been a bit of a whirlwind year as we've settled into parenthood. Hard to believe Boden turns 1 next month — time has really flown! Subimo continues to keep me busy and we are getting great press in the market, especially as the market shifts toward a more consumer-oriented approach in healthcare. We had a bunch of Kellogg people and their kids over last night for Super Bowl – our annual 'Dinner Club' Super Bowl event. Unlike years past, our place was crawling with kids, which was a fun change. Regular dinner club members Per Torgersen and Ted Pfeiffer brought their girls Nina and Sydney, Beth Houle and David Pope brought their daughter Elise and Fran and Bob Langewisch brought their daughter Anna. Boden was in heaven as one of the only boys in the room! Cristina Alcocer also lent a hand in trying to keep track of the kids! Rebecca Breuer and Lynne Haywood TMP 1997 and their significant others (and two kids, in Lynne's case!) joined us as well. It was a fun night, but I have to admit that I don't think I managed to catch even one ad and definitely saw none of the game!"

John Jennings checks in as he is moving to a new position. "L'Andra Branan Jennings and I, with our two boys (ages 3 and 6), are moving to Greenville, S.C. Landra left Booz Allen in 2002 to work full time on raising our boys. I have been a securities and M&A attorney with Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago since finishing the JD/MBA program in 1997, and will join the firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Greenville. L'Andra is originally from Atlanta, I am originally from Greenville, our families are still in those areas, and we decided we wanted to be closer to home. Hope to reconnect with Kellogg people in Atlanta and Charlotte."

Liz Wald continues to work on creative pursuits: Her firm, Economic Development Imports (EDImports), recently completed its second year of business and I wanted to share a few highlights, as well as touch on some plans for the future. I am also pleased to announce that we re-launched our Web site at www.edimports.com. EDImports finished 2005 with strong fourth quarter sales and a positive outlook for 2006. We doubled revenue from year one and approached breakeven on net income. Our mission is to provide income generating opportunities to artisans (mainly women) and their families in developing countries. To this end, we now source about 10 product lines from artisans in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and newly added Ethiopia."

Dave Holecek has joined the four-kid club. "Life's been hectic, sleep sporadic! Joy TMP 1998 and I moved into our new house before the new years and had our fourth child, Thomas, several days later."

I was trying to recruit Mark Ball to join our firm, and he sent the following note to let us know of his new adventures. "Things are changing rapidly on this end. I'm leaving Fannie Mae to start a business that will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company, Emerging Sun, will provide business intelligence and advisory services for investors and corporations interested in opportunities in Africa. Patience is from Zimbabwe, so this also gives our kids an opportunity to be closer to their mom's side of the family. Patience will continue to work for the World Bank's International Finance Corporation while supporting this venture part time."

Peg Phelps has two boys like I do. "James is in third grade and Grant is in first grade. We walk to the neighborhood school two blocks away and are loving our community in Menlo Park. Otherwise no big news here — I continue to be home full-time and spend much of my spare time in volunteer-land. Bill continues on with Ketera Technologies as vice president of professional services."

Liam O'Neill and his wife Jennifer (Schiele) O'Neil TMP 2000 still live in New York City. Their son turned 2 in October. "Jennifer and I continue to work for Kraft Foods and Merrill Lynch, respectively."

Jules and Ruth Veloria (a class couple) are busy in the Southwest. "Ruth and I are doing fine here in Phoenix. Our eldest daughter Kaitlyn started kindergarten this past fall and our twins, Kieran and Julianne, are 17 months old. I'm still an owner and the vice president of sales and marketing at Foundations Financial, a private client advisory firm focused on building wealth through the acquisition of real estate and asset-backed investments and the development of estate and tax strategies and plans. The company has been growing rapidly with four offices nationwide and more offices scheduled to open this year. I'm also hosting my company's weekly radio show, "Higher Ground," on KFNN 1510 AM, Saturday at 11 am MT. Ruth and I had a great time at Reunion last year and it was so good to see everyone. It was great to experience the Keg and the Mark II again after all these years. One of the things I also remember at Reunion was the cold weather we experienced that weekend. I guess my blood has thinned somewhat while living in Phoenix."

And here is Ruth's version of events: "We are still in sunny Phoenix. Ruth left Schwab last month, but Jules's company, Foundations Financial seems to be doing well, so we will likely stay in Phoneix for a little while longer. We are expecting our fourth child in May and we will wait and see how long Ruth takes off before she returns back to work. When the time is right, companies willing to move us back to the Bay Area will likely be top of her list. We had a great time at Reunion — too many memories to list them all — but a few moments that stood out from my (female) point of view: sitting next to Gerardo's in the OLC Forum on Friday evening and it seeming like those 12 years since CIM Week were just a flash, hanging out in the Keg with Special K buddies, but this time discussing the challenges of child rearing with Jill Greer and the advantages of minivans with Beto! Plotting a section-61 ladies' (Jackie Tario, Erin O'Malia, Kelley Rich) reunion weekend at a spa in Phoenix, specifically delegating child care duties to the gents. Bonding with fellow twin parents Per Torgerson and Julie Harris over burgers and beer at the BBQ, and then driving to the airport in a hail storm in early May and being thankful we moved out west!"

Nicole Neuefeind is still doing photography overseas: "My latest professional news is that I have moved to a new photo studio outside of my apartment, am now working together with another photographer, and have launched a new and improved Web site. On the personal side, I recently went to southeast Asia for a month, which was a great backpacking experience — so different from our day-to-day lives."

Another class couple sends a note from Kansas City. "John and Tamara Weber are happy to announce that they had a beautiful baby girl, Grace Frances, on June 19. Tamara is still working at Hallmark in new business development and John is working as a consultant for Huron Consulting Group. We're still living in Kansas City and have plenty of room for visitors!"

John Martin, a man of few words: "For Kellogg World, memories of the reunion are too many to mention, but had an incredible time touching base with people I see once a week and people I haven't seen in 10 years. An incredible event!"

Todd Rooker writes: "I was recently promoted to president of SilverScript Insurance Company, a subsidiary of CaremarkRx Inc. SilverScript is one of 10 national CMS-approved providers of presciption drug insurance to Medicare's 43 million eligible beneficiaries. I had previously been director of marketing at Caremark where I had responsibility for marketing and strategic development for Caremark's Medicare and discount card programs. I still live in Scottsdale, Ariz., with my wife Gia and son Nicholas. I spend my leisure time with my family and restoring my 1961 Series II Land Rover, Bettie, to her original utilitarian glory."

Barry Ulrich has become a managing director of the Global Environment Fund, a private equity investment fund based in Washington, D.C., and he will be initially responsible for the investment program of the newly-established Global Emerging Markets Forestry Fund. For the past four years, Ulrich ran the startup of the first railroad equipment leasing business in Brazil, FerroLease Limitada, where he will continue to be a director.

James Gardner went before the Food and Drug Administration in November to present a case for direct-to-consumer marketing of FDA-regulated substances. He is currently the group director of the life sciences division of One to One Interactive, a Boston-based Internet marketing firm.

And finally, I, Rick Berg have news to share. My wife Ann and I have divorced. I'm still living in Decatur, Ga., and I'm pretty active with my boys, Ben (12) and Sam (8). I started a new position with The North Highland Company — I was a consultant for the past 10 years, but now I'm the director of operations for the firm and I'll be doing some occasional travel to many of the cities where classmates live (and hopefully sharing a cold one or two with them). It's a lot of changes and I'm approaching it as My Second Life. I was deeply inspired by classmates at our reunion. I found that people weren't describing what they do, but who they are. This led to some intense discussions with Eddie Escobar, Erin O'Malia Gehan, John Weber, Per Torgersen, Jane Bieneman and many others. It was a great weekend in Evanston in May last year. The next week I left for Italy for six weeks as I completed a global exchange program that was sponsored by Rotary International. There weren't any work requirements — I just went over to learn about another country and they paid for it all. At the end of four weeks, my family came over and we got to travel to Rome, Venice, Florence and back to Naples, where we had lived for more than three years when we first got married. It was "un viaggion della vita" — a voyage of a lifetime.