Class of 2001 alums gather to celebrate the marriage of Eva Saks '01 and Ken Press.

2001

Can anyone believe it's been a whole year since graduation? It seems like just yesterday we were sitting in that very hot auditorium listening to Oprah share her thoughts on ways to lead a successful life. Well, in the past year, many of us have demonstrated the many ways in which Kellogg grads continue to succeed in all facets of life. We've experienced weddings, new babies, new jobs and travels around the world. Once again, I'm happy to share news of your Kellogg classmates. Enjoy your summer and keep in touch!

	William Chang and his wife with their daughter, Nicolle Marie
	Miguel Devoto and his wife, Ana
	Clay McDaniel and Mandy Levenberg, on a kayak outing
	Margie Chiang '01, Craig Vercruysse TMP-00 and Rose Flynn '92 in Marin County, Calif.

Ilyse Greenberg and her husband had a baby boy, Alfie Rudnick, on Nov. 14. He is now six months old and doing great. They are living in Boston, and Ilyse is back to work at the Gillette Company in the product marketing group for Duracell batteries.

Michele Marx gave birth to a daughter, Kelsey Elise Marx, on Feb. 1. She was on her lunch break from her job as a senior financial analyst at the Quaker Oats company when her doctor told her that she would have to have the baby that day! So, she went straight to the hospital with her computer on and all her files out!

Ari Zur and his wife, Niki, left Chicago in April to move to Florida. Ari left his job at Cambridge Capital Partners to join Brockway Moran & Partners, a private equity shop located in Boca Raton. (I'm sure the great weather is a nice bonus, too!)

Weddings
Eva Saks married Ken Press on May 12, in Nashville, Tenn. Several class of 2001 alums were in attendance and we all had a great time learning country line-dances!

Richard Vazquez married his girlfriend (of nearly 10 years!), Nieves, on April 6, in San Diego.

Clay McDaniel and Mandy Levenberg write, "We're continuing to enjoy living in Seattle, where our jobs in the tech biz are challenging but also afford us enough time to enjoy the combo-pack of elevation and agua available here. The Kellogg community here is small (but more intimate as a consequence), and we see a good number of folks from classes of 2000 and 2001 around town. Jack Bernstein and I climb every week at a wall where we often run into Janice Dearlove and Edgar Ejercito, and Lynn Miller '00 shares a building with Mandy at Amazon. Other than that, we're delighted that mother nature is starting to release her grip on the PacNW to let a little sunlight start shining on our shoulders and we're looking forward to a few weekends in the Cascades this summer and running the Hood-to-Coast race in August with a team of Seattle amigos. Regards to all!"

Paul Rutten married Brigit Schotman on June 1 in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Miguel Sotomayor married his longtime girlfriend, Rocio, on June 8.

General News
Michael Campagna is working in Washington, D.C., for a new specialty finance company called CapitalSource as an investment associate. JP Lachance also works there, but in the San Francisco office in the same position.

Dana Hagendorf started a job in November at BMW of Manhattan as the
director of marketing and communications. She also recently celebrated her 30th birthday, and several Kellogg School alums, including Paul Celi, Jen Hsu, Courtney Hendin, Shari Friedman, Kim Adams and Tyler Vaughey, were there to share in the festivities.

Brian Poger is living in San Francisco but is spending many weekdays in Seattle. He and Amy will be traveling this summer in Southwest Asia. He writes, "For those third-years, or smitten alumni who are also going to be there, we would love to meet up."

Congratulations to Mike Skurka, who completed the Galena Triathlon on
May 18. As he writes, "Whoo hoo!"

Miguel Devoto and his wife, Ana, are living in Toronto where Miguel works for Johnson & Johnson.