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Class of 1997 attendees at the wedding of Scott Davis '97and CC Dennis (from left) were: Christy (Hartung) Moorhead, Karl Kleiderer, Scott Morrow, Scott Davis, CC Dennis, Steve Marshall, Chris Avery, Alex Moorhead, Matt Daniel and Ashley (O'Neill) Kleiderer.
 
1997 — Full-Time

CC Dennis and Scott Davis were married on July 14 in Charleston, S.C. Kellogg was well represented at the wedding with Ashley (O'Neill) and Karl Kleiderer, Christy (Hartung) and Alex Moorhead, Matt Daniel, Chris Avery, Scott Morrow, Steve Marshall, and Leigh (Lanier) Hrazdira '95 in attendance. CC and Scott report that they enjoyed a relaxing honeymoon in Anguilla.

Susan (Greenspan) Cohen recently moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., with her husband, Neil, and their three children. They are enjoying the warm weather and friendly southern lifestyle. Of course, they would love to see Kellogg alums so if anyone is in the area please look them up.

Michael Granoff is an investor in and team member of Project Better Place which seeks to enable an electric vehicle revolution by building electric recharge grids across countries. On Jan. 21, the government of Israel announced that it would be the first to participate in the Better Place plan, and auto maker Renualt-Nissan announced its intention to manufacture cars for the program in the Israeli market. More details available at projectbetterplace.com. Michael lives in Tenafly, N.J., with his wife and four young children.

 
Stan Baginskis '97 with children, Sophia (3) and Carter (2)  
   
 
Scott Davis '97 and wife, CC, snorkeling on their honeymoon  
   
 
John O'Loughin, Roz Roseboro, Tina Hanzlik, all '97, and Frank Hanzlik '96 in Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island  
   
 
Jerry Joliet '97 celebrated his 40th birthday in Park City ,Utah, with Steve Trowern '97, Sadhana (Dixit) Joliet '97 and Laura Hollister'00.  
   
 
Stacey Klemp '97 and family  
   
 
John Strelecky '97  
   

Stan Baginskis recently joined Cisco Systems and is identifying and incubating $1 billion business units for the company. In the past few months he has reconnected with Kellogg classmates from '96, '97 and '98. Outside of work, he and his wife, Debbie, are continually entertained by their children, Sophia (3) and Carter (2).

Warren Bright traveled with Gillian and their two girls, Perri and Jenna, from their base in London to spend the New Year with Emmanuel Mercier, his wife, Muriel, and their daughter, Marine, at their home in Divonne Les Bains, a beautiful town just across the French border from Geneva, Switzerland. The week was spent enjoying great French wine and food along with some outstanding skiing in the mountain fields 20 minutes from "Chateau Mercier." Warren and Gillian head back to Australia in April following two great years in London where Warren was the CEO of an internet business majority owned by News Corp.

Sharon (Foote) Heckel has been promoted to partner with IBM Global Business Services. Sharon works in the area of strategy and change consulting. Sharon, her husband Bjoern, and PJ Platt recently attended the wedding of Monica Gessner in Sydney, Australia. Everyone met up with Russell Hoore, who was an exchange student with Kellogg in the fall of 1995. Sharon and Bjoern also traveled to New Zealand as part of that trip. Earlier in 2007, the couple traveled to Dubai and Tanzania. Sharon and Bjoern continue to live in the Bay Area, have season tickets for the Golden State Warriors basketball team, and are cheering them on to another playoff contention in 2008. All visitors are welcome to stay with the Heckels when traveling to the Bay Area.

Alexander Ooms is a partner at a boutique investment bank in Denver that specializes in helping high-growth companies raise capital. He and wife Heather Lamm '98 have two sons, Jasper and Tobias, both of whom have more energy than their dad. Alex does not have a blog, a Facebook profile or any Hannah Montana tickets. Yet.

Kheri Holland Tillman is vice president for the Amstel Light and Dos Equis brands. In this role in the company's marketing department, she will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of innovative and consumer insight-driven strategies and programming to continue to drive growth for Amstel Light and Dos Equis.

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