1997 — Full-Time

On June 15, Barbee (Bartolome) Chuidian and her husband, Tim, welcomed the arrival of their third child. Finally, they got their baby girl! She was a wonderful addition to their two boys, Enrique (6) and Jaime (5). Barbee and her family continue to live in Hong Kong and welcome visitors anytime!

Susan Greenspan Cohen and her family are about to relocate to Raleigh, N.C. She would love to hear from any Kellogg alums in the area! Susan and her husband have three kids: Zachary (6), Ali (4) and Sophie (1). Her husband, Neil, will be joining MeadeWestvaco's intellectual property group, and she will be looking for a new job once the family is situated.

Annette Herz '97, husband Ian Wilcken and son Tobias celebrate in costume at Oktoberfest.
Stacey Watson Schiesl '97 married Andrew Schiesl EMP-57 on Labor Day Weekend.

On Feb. 28, 2006, Annette Herz and her husband, Ian Wilcken, welcomed their son Tobias to the world. During his brief 11 months, he has already transformed from a mellow little fellow to an energetic whirlwind. If any fellow Kelloggians are in the Boston area, please give the family a holler. Also, in August, Asha (Morgan) Moran, Marty Moran, Nancy Blair and Annette Herz got together in the hopping town of St. Cloud, Minn., home of Creative Memories. After much reminiscing, the group toasted the next generation of Kelloggians: Priya and Marty Moran and Tobias Wilcken. The location for the next mini-reunion is still to be determined.

Corrado Giaquinto was promoted to marketing director for Colgate-Palmolive Poland and he and his family will relocate in April after two wonderful years in Russia, most of them spent under a meter of snow. As payback for all the years Corrado spent in sunny Naples, the winter curse continues and threatens to be longer than the Bambino's. Corrado also resigned as president of the Kellogg Alumni Club of Russia, bringing the vodka industry to its knees.

John Ganz passed the Illinois bar exam and was sworn in in November. He's working as an associate at Latham & Watkins in Chicago, focusing on litigation. He recently caught up with classmate Dani (Cunningham) Cupps over lunch.

Michael Locke and his wife, Heather, upped the ante to four with the arrival of Graham Whittemore Locke in March 2006. He joined big brother Skip (6) and big sisters Cate (5) and Caroline (3) in Chicago, where Michael is the CEO of Rasmussen College Inc.

Stacey (Watson) Schiesl married Andrew Schiesl (EMP-57) on Sept. 2 on Martha's Vineyard during gale force winds left over from Hurricane Ernesto. Franco Cirelli joined them for the weekend. Stacey is coming up on 10 years with Harley-Davidson, where she is the director of the museum they are building in Milwaukee. The museum will open in 2008. Stacey and Andy have a fantastic English mastiff named Louise and they are looking forward to Reunion in May!

Andy Maner and his wife, Julie '96, are still living in Washington, D.C., with their three boys, Cole (7), Alex (4) and Charlie (2). Andy left the Bush administration in 2006 after five years as chief financial officer at the Department of Homeland Security and as chief of staff at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. After running the finances for immigration reform, six Category 4-5 hurricanes — including Hurricane Katrina — and the recapitalization of the entire U.S. Coast Guard's air and sea fleets, Andy decided to take a rest. He runs his own advisory company that helps companies, large and small, attempt to produce and market/sell products and services for the international homeland security and intelligence market. He is also advising select private equity firms on investments in these arenas and is also speaking on the trials and tribulations of government service. He believes that more MBAs need go into government service at some point, so look out. He is coming after some folks at our 10-year Reunion, especially fellow Section 61ers, since they were supposed to be the poets or misfits or something.

Michael Gooch-Breault '97 and son Griffin on Halloween
Alex Magin '97 with sons Phillip and Logan in January on the beach in Brazil
Jasjit Mangat '97, wife Preet and daughter Meher in Calcutta, India, in December.

Steve Olszewski and his wife, Lisa, have had quite a busy few months. In December, they moved from North Carolina to suburban Chicago, where Steve has taken a job with Discover Financial Services. They also welcomed their third child, Kaitlin Elizabeth, to the world on Jan. 26. Mom, dad and Kaitlin's older brothers, Justin and Tyler, are well.

Mike Gooch-Breault has been working for Verizon, developing its retail store channels. He and his wife, Katherine, live in New York and spend most of their time chasing son Griffin (2). Mike hopes to attend the New York pre-Reunion get-together.

Andy Scott, wife Stacey and kids Audrey (4) and Nathan (2) are happy to be back in their house after a long remodel. They still love living in San Francisco, although many of their friends have moved to the suburbs. Andy continues to keep busy and enjoys the intellectual property transaction advisory firm that he co-founded several years ago. They recently renamed the firm Pluritas.

While on business in Tokyo in December, John Laughbaum met up with Ichiro "Ike" Kawanabe, Osamu Karita, Yoshi Kaji and Jun Kawana for a night on the town. They had a great time catching up. John and his wife, Elaine, are still in Columbus, Ga., and have three daughters: Marty (7), Lucy (5) and Nancy (2). He is still with Aflac, where his current role is vice president for strategic services.

Alex Magin and her husband, Jon, are living in San Diego, Calif., with their sons, Phillip (8) and Logan (6). Alex works at Sony Electronics as director of product marketing for TVs and Jon is running his own business, Non Lethal Solutions. Please look them up if you are ever in town! They look forward to seeing everyone at the 10-year Reunion in May.

Marty Caverly and his family have moved from London to Los Angeles. They now reside in Pacific Palisades, Calif. They miss their friends in London (and cannot believe they spent seven years there), but not the weather. Marty now works for O'Connor Capital Partners, a private equity real estate firm covering the western United States. His family is well. Kids Bray (8), Gillian (6) and Grant (4) have adjusted well to the southern California lifestyle and quickly lost their British accents. Marty's wife, Courtney, enjoys playing tennis without wearing sweats and a wool hat and has found her tan. Anyone in the area should feel free to drop him a line.

Jasjit Mangat, wife Preet Dhillon and daughter Meher (1) moved back to the United States last summer after nearly three years in India. They moved to Boston, where Jasjit continues to work with OATSystems, an MIT-spinoff, and Preet continues her work in cancer epidemiology. Meher is a bundle of joy. Jasjit writes, "India is rocking, and we're still trying to figure out how we've ended up in the frigid Boston winter!"