2004 — Full-Time

News from Japan: our classmates there have been busy. Nori Kubo writes that with the addition of seven little ones over the past year, Japan's chapter of Kellogg Kids now numbers 15. One of the newcomers is Nori's own baby boy, Haru-nori (Haru means spring — he was born in March 30, 2006).

Juliana Sztrajtman and Cristina Yoshida are Brazilian bachelorettes no longer. Both married (but not each other) during the past year. Juliana works as a brand manager at Johnson & Johnson in São Paulo, Brazil.

Congrats to Jon Conta, who writes between diaper changes that he and wife Allison welcomed their daughter Madeline to the world on Aug. 7. The 8-pound, 3-ounce bundle of joy arrived right on schedule and mommy and daughter are doing very well. Daddy is already trying to figure out how he's going to pay for the wedding.

	Mary Anne McConnel '02 and Brian Ericson '04 share a wedding kiss.
	Visiting Matsumoto castle in Japan, from left: Toshi Fukumura '04, Ayumi Kubo (wife of Nori '04, who took the photo), Haru-nori Kubo, Keiko Fukumura (wife of Toshihiro '04), Kotaro Fukumura, Goichiro Arai (Keio University '03 exchange student to Kellogg), Yutaro Arai and Megumi Arai.
	Tim (left), Callie and Carin Watson '04
	Alison Curd '04 married Tyson Lowery on May 20 in her San Francisco Bay Area hometown. Kellogg friends turned out en masse to help celebrate.

Jennifer Chen has left the sophisticated — though sedate — hills of Gallo vineyards in Modesto, Calif., to take on Cuervo at Diageo in New York City. She was last seen hosting Cuervo extravaganzas with Maxim chicks.

Kara Palamountain has been spotted in the hallowed halls of Kellogg, modestly noting that she secured a grant to devise a means of distributing AIDS vaccines in Africa. Only KP would be back at the ol' stompin' ground changing the world while the rest of us were back recruiting unsuspecting first-years to build a career in marketing credit cards.

Martin Claure, co-founder of the ever-expanding Colfax Realty, writes: "Carmen and I just had twins (Diego and Matias), and we are moving to Panama, where the sun shines in the winter."

David Youn writes: "I have one bit of news and one embarrassing anecdote. News: Kent Nakagawa and his wife, Asaka, had a little boy late last year. His name is Mizuki." On to the anecdote: "Last year, we visited Tokyo and spent a week with Kent and Dai Tsuruki. As part of our greater Tokyo tour, they took me to a traditional hot spring where friends bathe — in the nude." David also sent a picture, which he says "was taken by a random Japanese guy who was also in the nude in the hot spring with us," and expressed doubt that it would get past the Kellogg World editorial team. [Ed. note: It didn't.] He says he is doing well at P&G in Cincinnati.

Dai reports that he left BCG in February to work for a Japanese private equity firm.

Passing through New York on a consulting gig, Andy Sofield writes that he's doing well and that "Drew and I are still living in LA-la-land."

Though a bit belated, congratulations to Brian Ericson. Brian and Mary Anne McConnel '02 married in Asheville, N.C. on April 23, 2006. They celebrated getting hitched with an Appalachian hoedown, complete with cowboy attire, roping lessons and genuine clog dancers (it's a North Carolina thing) at a working cattle ranch. Their ceremony took place on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate (one of the Vanderbilts' humble abodes). Dave Rostan, Stephanie Chan, Lane Armey, Theo Brito, Josh Hutto, Kamber '06 and Jon Briones, Matt Posner, Sarah Butterfass, Christian Weber, Brian Oxley, Linsey Simpson '02, Eric Autio '02 and Ashley Stubbins '02 all joined in the festivities. Brian and Mary Anne live in Atlanta, where Brian works at GMAC as the director of the GM Motor Club.

Charmaine Hussain writes: "Our son Sameer (5) started kindergarten and made lots of new friends." Husband Sudhir decided to take the plunge and start his own company in April. And Charmaine is still at Clorox, but has moved from the Armor All to Hidden Valley and Kingsford brands.

Melissa (Linken) Merchant writes: "Yes, Greg's and my wedding went off without a hitch and was a lot of fun. It was in Charlottesville, Va., on Sept. 9! Let's just say Kellogg represented on the dance floor (there were trust falls). We had a great group of Kellogg people in attendence: Emily Sitrin, Kim Folk, Marcy Shugert, Sarah Butterfass, Kara Palamountain, Caroline Chulick, Rob Mason, Brady Busch, Chris and McCall Butler, Matt and Kelly Posner, Kim Milstein and Mark Buckley, Mac McClelland, Eric Mason, Sapna Chadha and Chris Winnen."

Tim and Carin Watson have left New York City to head back West. Carin writes: "We're living in San Jose and loving being close to family again (especially the free childcare!). I'm working at Visa doing B2B marketing and Tim just started a finance gig at Google (oh yes, he's enjoying the country's best place to work, especially the free food!). Callie is 8 months old and amazing us daily with her cuteness, curiosity, mobility (scary) and laid-back disposition (you know she doesn't get that from her mom!). We're head-over-heels in love."

Fergie ain't the only one gettin' down in London. Rebecca (Wildman) Lucia writes that she and husband Ned have moved to London and are both job hunting there: "We have some great leads, so hopefully we'll have something lined up fairly soon. We are loving London. It is a fun city. I am on the Kellogg London alumni club committee and am meeting lots of great people through that, and we are also spending a fair amount of time with Anna (Octaviano) Chua and her husband, which is nice."

Kellogg turns out to celebrate the wedding of Juan Pablo Rossi and Maren Lau (both '04). Front, from left: Juan Fagalde, Gloria Rossi '05, Sheldon Ng '04, David Grant '03; middle, from left: Sapna Chadha '04, Maren Lau '04, Juan Pablo Rossi '04, Ginger Agregado '04, Costanza Gallo '04, Aparna Saha '04, Karen Fang Grant '04, Jon Briones '04, Kamber Briones '06, Tapiwa Mashingaidze '04, George Fondren '04, Lacey Fondren; back, from left: Jennifer Chen'04, Bianka Ramirez '04, Matt Murray '04, Federico D'Alessandro (Juampi's cousin)

Oli Bauer (left), Ivan Bravo, Marcelo Xavier (all '04) and Ivan's unnamed friend gathered in Brazil for the World Cup in summer 2006.

Kellogg friends celebrate the wedding of Melissa (Linken) and Greg Merchant (both '04): Emily Sitrin, Kim Folk, Marcy Shugert, Sarah Butterfass, Kara Palamountain, Caroline Chulick, Rob Mason, Brady Busch, Kim Milstein and Mark Buckley, Chris and McCall Butler, Matt and Kelly Posner, Chris Winnen, Mac McClelland, Eric Mason, and Sapna Chadha (all '04).

Fashionable Anna has moved from consulting at BCG to an industry that husband Paul notes (tongue-in-cheek?) that she's "very interested" in — luxury fashion. Anna's doing marketing work for LVMH's Zenith watches in the United Kingdom.

Tapiwa Mashingaidze married the lovely Makeda Gerressu. Their multiple marriage ceremonies took place in Ethiopia last fall.

After each of them served a rotation as both Kellogg JV and Kellogg student, Kamber '06 and Jon Briones moved back to San Francisco last summer. Jon started a job with Barclays Global Investors as part of the corporate strategy team and will eventually take on an investing, sales or operational role. Kamber is in marketing at Clorox.

Juan Pablo Rossi and Maren Lau married on Nov. 17 in Maui, Maren's island home. The outdoor ceremony had spectacular weather, and — no surprise — the Kellogg crew was the life of the party. Stay tuned for wedding ceremony #2, when the couple goes from island casual to urban chic in Buenos Aires.

Kyle and Megan Elfers had their first boy, Remy.

Suzanne and Dave O'Neill welcomed their second child, Molly.

Josh and Isabelle Bibbler welcomed their first baby girl last summer in San Francisco.

Tori and Andy Grimes have welcomed daughter Tilly down under in Sydney, Australia.

Mara and Mike Sheehan welcomed daughter Karoline on Aug. 23.

Heath and Peggy Mathias celebrated the birth of son Garrett on May 30.

Rumor has it that Vineet Agrawal recently rode to his traditional Hindu wedding on a white horse. Vineet and Raka were married in Monterey, Calif., on Nov. 25. Several Kellogg alums from around the country attended the wedding. Vineet finally moved from Indianapolis, and the couple now lives in San Jose, Calif. We're waiting for photographic evidence of the white horse, Vineet!

Katja Lindo was recently promoted to vice president of IEG Advisory Services.

From the Kellogg World Cup to the real deal: Marcelo Xavier writes that he, Oliver Bauer and Ivan Bravo met each other in Munich for the World Cup in June. "This was a celebration of Brazilian victory against Australia. Although neither Brazil, Spain nor Germany conquered the world, it was very nice to drink with the old friends. Time passes, but we are all the same."

Alison Curd and Tyson Lowery married on May 20. The wedding was held in Alison's home town in the Bay Area, with an outdoor ceremony overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Kellogg graduates kept the dance floor going all night. Attendees included Jim Steckart, Carrie Meek, Mara (Holian) Lowry, Jason Jennings, Rob Mason, Emily Sitrin, Carole Bruner, Elizabeth Lang, Elizabeth Laughlin, Eric Laughlin, Ryan Melchior, Scott Rupp, Amanda Hoche, Geeta Arora, Karen White, Kristin Mitchell, Kirsten Horby, Melissa Calderwood, and Whit Lanier. Sue Kamil and Alex Livingston (both '05) also attended. The couple honeymooned in the Hawaiian islands for two weeks.