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Jeff Bennett '00 and new wife Kristie, with a full Kellogg crew present to celebrate: Bob Dold and Danielle Dold, Katie Dold White '01, Josh and Beth Gellert, Ted Kasten, Ros Van Tuyl, Jeff Studenka, Freeman Hall and Phil Furse, all '00 unless noted
 

2000 — Full-Time

Baby, baby!

Tanya (Smith) Evans, husband Johnny and big brother Jonathan Thor welcomed new twin girls Tatiana Inger and Josephine Lise on Sept. 27, 2008. The family was especially excited that Johnny was able to make it back from his second tour in Iraq in time for the birth.

 
  John and Emily (Gellady) Rakowski, both '00, with new baby Micah Dylan and sons Eli (4) and Sammy (2)
   
 
  Mark Bivens and Tak Imada, both '00, at the SUMO Auditorium in Japan in September, where Tak went to the SUMO Auditorium for the first time in his life
   
 
  Andres Franco and wife Carolina Castillo, both '00, with baby Alejandro Franco Castillo
   
 
  Christina (Cooper) Hazday '00 and husband Sal with their children Cooper and Graham
   
 
  Bob King '00, wife Anna and son Sam welcomed Gracie in August
   
 
  George Rossolatos '00 and wife Zoe with son Nicholas
   
 
  Larry Rubin '00 and Jessica Sectzer were married on June 1.
   
 
  Tanya (Smith) Evans '00, son Jonathan Thor and twin girls Tatiana Inger and Josephine Lise
   
 
  Marcie Vu '00 and new husband Mike Thiel
   

Jill Ramsey and hubby Dean Rader welcomed Gavin Dean Rader to the world on Nov. 11, 2008.

Camie (Costa) Donohue and husband Brian welcomed Elizabeth Cecile (Libby) Donohue on Sept. 3, 2008. She joins big brother, John Graham (Jack) Donohue (2.5). The family resides in Minnetonka, Minn., where Camie works at General Mills as marketing director.

John and Emily (Gellady) Rakowski welcomed their third son this Halloween, Micah Dylan. The little guy will be in good company with big brothers Eli (4) and Sammy (2).

Bob King had a big summer. After he left Boulder, Colo., to take a vice president of marketing role in Minneapolis at Rasmussen College, his wife Anna gave birth to their second child, Grace Pauline in August.

Just married…

Marcie Vu married Mike Thiel on July 26 at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.

Magali Grand married Xavier Demierre on June 28 in the south of France. Magali and Xavier live in London, where Xavier has been living for the past eight years.

Jeff Bennett and Kristie Dold were married on Aug. 23.

Adam Koontz married Clara Kobayashi in Salvador, Brazil on Jan. 3. The wedding was held in an old Catholic church in the historic area of Pelourinho, Brazil. The bride and groom were joined by Kellogg classmates from Brazil, the U.S. and Australia. Adam has moved from Denmark to Brazil and the couple is living in Porto Seguro, a coastal city in the state of Bahia.

New adventures…

Nicol Davis celebrated her fourth year in business in March with her event planning firm, Signature Events. The wedding planning division, Little Blue Box Weddings, will be featured in the summer Northern California edition of The Knot magazine.

Chris Colwell headed to sunny Detroit as the head of his firm's gaming operations practice. Chris will be leading the charge to bring a casino out of bankruptcy in Detroit.

David Geyer relocated back to his home state of New Jersey to join LG Electronics as a senior manager of marketing communications, responsible for public relations and consumer activation programs.

Ivan Espinosa had a busy year, moving the family to a wonderful old house that they renovated entirely. They also inaugurated a small office building, turning a former factory into a number of double-story lofts, into which they moved the family's studio/offices. The family is enjoying their new situation, especially now that they get to walk to work.

Marc Oppenheimer moved back to Las Vegas. After resigning from Harrah's, he joined Station Casinos as the new corporate vice president of relationship marketing in December.

Melissa Rosenthal left the corporate world earlier this year to start her own executive coaching company, Southview.

In attendance at the marriage of Jose Luis Villanueva '00 and Karina Morales: From left, top row: Jonathan Muhtar, Jose Luis Villanueva, Xavier Valencia, Adam Koontz, Ariel Reyes and Eric Goldberg, all '00. From left, bottom row: Pedro Gonzalez, Javier Carballo and Homero Gonzalez, all '00
 
Adam Koontz '00 and new wife Clara Kobayashi, joined by Mal Hebblewhite, Eduardo Pieta, Burton Roberts, Dale Buxton, Freeman Hall, Jose Luis Villanueva, Steve Lacoff, Javi Carballo, all '00 except Clara
 
Larry Freeman Hall '00 and his new bride Suzann Arnold, pictured with Donna Furse, Steve Lacoff '00, Amanda Lacoff, Adam Koontz '00, Clara Kobayashi, Suzann Arnold, Freeman Hall '00 and Phil Furse '00
 
A Kellogg party at Catherine Cox's wedding in August 2007. From left: Liz Kaiser, Beth Conner, Meredith Lincoln, Cristina Cooper, Laurie Ianuzzi, Brad and Catherine Cox, Elizabeth Lang '04, Stacy (Arend) and Todd Solow '03, Amol Dixit '02, Katrina (Emmerson) and Jeremy Kugel, all '00 unless noted
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