2000 — Full-Time

Hello Class of 2000.

Davide Pacchini writes, "My wife, Laura, and I are delighted to announce the arrival of our son, Alessandro Carlo, born July 24."

Mary Collins '00 and husband Rob, with Gus, Emma and newest addition, Marjorie
Ravin Gandhi '00 and Sonal at their wedding reception
Jamie Treens '00 with his wife and new daughter

Gary Osifchin recently went from household cleaners to BritWatch when he left SCJ to go to People magazine at Time Inc. where he is now vice president of retail marketing. He lives in New York City, with his partner, Wes. Gary also continues to work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in the workplace, co-chairing OUT@TIME and sitting on the boarding of Out & Equal Metro NY.

Much to our chagrin, we have not been able to convince Tak Imada to move from Japan, but he's still there thriving as the head of business planning and analysis for Citibank. He also recently had his second daughter, whom he must have left at home while he was in Las Vegas with Roger Bartos and Jeff Patton.

After eight years in Hispanic marketing, Martin Rubensteinhas started Xpand Marketing, a marketing and advertising agency based out of Houston.

Christina Oh recently left her position at Booz Allen & Hamilton to start her own handbag line, Blvd, and has been steadily gaining distribution.

Lauren Goldstein left her job in corporate real estate to break into the movie industry — movie theaters, that is. She moved to Bloomfield Hills, Mich., with her husband and two kids to join the family business last April.

Dear Judy Lin, our woman of mystery whom you hear stories of sailing around the world, has set port in San Francisco now working for Beaucoup, an online wedding and special occasion gifts company.

What's an update without a mention or sighting of Ky Vu? After working in San Francisco's charter school program, Ky moved up to Seattle in January with his wife, Rhonda, to manage education grants for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Ravin Gandhi married Sonal Adhikari in Chicago on Nov. 17. Kellogg friends in attendance were Jason Junge, Richard Edge, Jose Luis Martinez, Mark Dolfato, Tracey (Bowen) Weinberg, Ben Kutrieb '01 and Erika (Dillon) Kutrieb.

Lynn Miller Carr welcomed her second son, Maddox Carr, on Sept. 18.

Emily and Scott Mencken had twin boys in September, who joined their sister Katie (2).

Mary Collins and husband Rob had Marjorie Karen Collins on Oct. 18, the third addition to their family.

Simon Feiglin and wife Amy welcomed their fourth child in December, after giving birth to a startup earlier that year, specializing in high-end strollers and other baby products.

Jamie Treens had his second baby girl on Jan. 8. If that wasn't enough change, he also recently left consumer packaged goods for consumer electronics, joining Panasonic early this year.

Veena Rau and husband Bill Nowakoski welcomed their baby girl, Ahalya Lakshmi, into the world on Jan. 22.

And yes, I and my husband, Eric Ranta '99, welcomed our little guy, Donovan, to the world last April. What a cool dude, indeed.