Peter H. Bell '92 is the new CEO and executive director of the Cure Autism Now Foundation.

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Peter H. Bell has become executive director and CEO of the Cure Autism Now Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and funding autism research and accelerating the pace of scientific progress toward effective treatments and a cure. The organization is one of the largest private funders of biological research in autism, providing more than $18 million for research grants, outreach and scientific resources since its inception in 1995.

Doug Hilmes and his wife Kelly announce the birth of their twins, Ashley Therese and Alexander Jerome, who came into the world on March 24.

Jenn Haldeman spent three months off between jobs: "I spent part of it at a French Cooking School in Provence---fabulously fattening! In June, I started a new position as VP, marketing of Intermune, a Bay Area pharma/biotech company. We focus on liver and lung diseases and have a very promising new drug for ovarian cancer."

From San Francisco, Carla and Bruce Spear proudly announce the birth of Carolina Spear, their first child. Way to go, Juice!

Chris Becker reports: "Jim Kinney, Henry Morton and I played some golf in Scottsdale last winter. We had a great time, though the planned late-night poker and billiards were replaced with passing out right after dinner. I guess raising three children will do that. Bart Cocke was going to join us, but he's training for a triathlon and golf just isn't real exercise to him. I passed that point long ago."

Scott Schur says that Erik "Mookie" Stetzler just got married, is still in San Francisco and just started at Intuit as a janitor.

Andy and Lana Etherington Slavitt visited Todd Morgan in London in March. Tood's family lives in a beautiful house in London, where they hosted the couple for a few nights. After selling a stake in his business to a consortium of investors, Todd is currently involved in a buyout, working with Clayton Dubilier & Rice in one of its portfolio companies, Brakes (a big European food service company). Todd and Tricia have three terrific boys: Jake, 9, and twins, Brett and Wesley, 5.

Nancy (Teichman) Alexandroff is a senior planning director at 141 Worldwide, a marketing services agency (part of the WPP Group). She writes: "I do a lot of new business pitches, so there isn't much I can share! I have two kids; Nicholas is 8 and Lily is 5. We're in Oak Park, Ill., and very happy here. The best way to reach me is via email, nalexandroff@141worldwide.com.

After 12 years, Rick Gallagher loses his K-World virginity, so I'll give him some ink. He writes: "I live with my wife Kim and three kids in Coto de Caza, Calif. (Orange County). I don't think there are many Kellogg grads in the area, but I haven't kept in touch either. I am president of Experian's fraud and payment solutions business. Experian is better-known as a provider of credit information, but fraud prevention business is booming! We offer financial institutions, online retailers, government, health care firms, insurance companies and others solutions to help prevent identity theft and identify suspicious application and payment patterns. I also lead the corporate development group at Experian, which is well-run by ex-investment banker and Kellogg alum Duncan Evans '97. Colie, Russ, Tom, Brad, Chip, Dan, Aaron, Jim, Jay, Ken .. and the rest of section 65, where have you been for the past 12 years?"

Sheryl (Etergino) Azzam writes: "Since 1992, I fell in love with my husband Georges while in Paris. We were married in beautiful Monaco in 1996 and had our son Dillon Christopher in '97. We had our second, Tyler Michael, in '99. The boys are two of the greatest joys of our life --- handsome, intelligent and very entertaining. I've taken leave of my career in management consulting (too much travel) to spend time volunteering and fund raising for nonprofits and to manage the boys' busy schedules. (If anyone can ever 'manage' a young family!) Even my 4-year-old is active in chess, soccer and French. We live in a Manhattan highrise and have a great city view."

Liz Davis has given the term "career rollercoaster" new meaning. A bubbly Liz writes (at last): "I just started as 'director of strategic insights' for Universal Studios' theme parks and resorts! I will officially be working for NBC Universal doing market research for all their theme parks and resorts around the world (Orlando, Hollywood, Spain, Japan, and coming soon, China!). I will be moving from Chicago (where I've been since graduation) to Orlando in mid-June." Does Liz realize the hoards of classmates now planning to drop by with their kids to visit? No word from her on complimentary passes yet ...

Dr. Lawrence Shaffer writes: "I just returned from a month-long cruise with my daughter. After 10 years as partner in a consulting company, I've returned to medical practice in emergency medicine here in South Carolina." That sounds like moving from recommendations to implementation.

Kent Lindstrom lives in San Francisco and is VP of finance for Friendster Inc., a venture backed by Kleiner Perkins and Benchmark.

Tim Giardina is the VP of sales and marketing at Tall·n, an IT consulting firm. He and his wife Julie have two children and live in the Chicago area.

April Wright is treasurer of the NUEA (Northwestern University Entertainment Alliance) in Los Angeles and co-chairs the NUEA Writers Group. She writes, "I've also been screening film submissions for the LA Film Festival and AFI Fest (American Film Institute) for the past two years."

Russ Kamis writes: "Just after I became CEO of Scott Aviation, a $100 million maker of oxygen systems for commercial and military aviation, the division was sold to Zodiac of France. Needless to say, I've been rather busy, but I need to stay in touch better. Kimberly and I finally got our son, Henry Aidan, who joins sisters Elena, 6, and Emilia, 4. We've been in Buffalo, N.Y., since 2001."

Diana Ferguson was appointed to the board of directors of Franklin Electric Co.

Robert Slezak rejoined Trading Technologies International Inc. as CTO.

Thomas Hogan was elected a director of Inforte Corp.

Rick Erwin is charting new territory after 12 years at RR Donnelly. The Erwin family lives in the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale. Clay Locke is AWOL but rumored to be in London. Hello, Clay, are you out there? Karl Urban is president of American Plating in Chicago, which plates musical instrument parts. Heather Page is still going strong at Medtronic.

Mariann Kurtz Weber is still at the IFC and leads the initiative to improve the strategic integration of all of IFC's technical assistance work. She writes: "I also am now part of our SME department management team, overseeing the identification and dissemination of 'best practices' in SME development worldwide. I'm also leading a 'linkage' project, in which the IFC provides technical assistance to its investment clients to broaden the development impact. To that end, we are implementing an entrepreneur training program in El Salvador and replicating the Small Business Institute model for U.S. business schools, in which students are trained to provide consulting to entrepreneurs. On the home front, I love being married and spending time with my husband in our new kayaks on a 700-acre lake that is only 100 meters from our house." In her spare time, Mariann somehow manages to sleep and eat. Reach her at mkurtzweber@ifc.org.

Vinod "Yo Vinnie" Desari writes from a hotter-than-blazes Pune, India: "Like Kal Denzel, I'm very active with the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). I was member in Cleveland and now continue in Mumbai. One of my passions is to help domy bit to improve Indo-Pakistani relations. Last fall, a group of 130 YPO Mumbai visited Pakistan to meet our counterparts for four days of history, culture, discussion, and above all, friendship. The highlight was our meeting with President Musharraf. We formed, and I joined, an Indo-Pak forum that will continue the dialogue. We asked Musharraf for direct flights, cricket matches, better trade, more communication, etc. I am sure a lot is coincidence, but all these things are happening. Since returning from Pakistan, I've made numerous presentations on the subject to diverse audiences to try to change the perceptions and reduce the hatred between the two peoples."

Kathy McDonald tells me that her eldest son (a kindergartener back in '92) just graduated high school and is off to USC. She writes: "My second eldest son just got his drivers' license and the third is starting high school. My youngest, who was born soon after Kellogg, is done with elementary school! Meanwhile, I've assumed greater responsibilities at Stanford. I'm now the executive director of the Center for Health Policy at Stanford's Institute for International Studies, in addition to my ongoing responsibilities for the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford's medical school and the Stanford-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center. It would be fun to connect with Kellogg alumni in the health care field."

James "Jamie" Crouthamel is CEO and founder of Performics, which is being purchased by DoubleClick Inc. for $58 million, plus an additional $7 million if 2004 sales goals are met. He will become senior VP and general manager of DoubleClick. Hey Jamie, will DoubleClick buy my former IT start-up, too?

Barry Fougere, CEO of Colubris Networks, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2004 Awards in New England. Raj Seth was interviewed as one of 51 U.S. equity analysts singled out for their stock picking in 2003 in Bloomberg News' second annual survey of firms that sell investment research.

Christophe and Joanne Sevrain '92 with Leslie and Bill LaFontaine '92

Christophe and Joanne (Cho) Sevrain had another child, Charlotte, last autumn, who joins brother Alexandre and sister Camille. Joanne writes: "Three kids (14 years, 2 years and 7 months) and active careers make for hectic schedules! Christophe heads Delphi's new medical systems sector. We went to the Indy 500, sponsored by Delphi Motorsports, where we ran into Leslie and Bill LaFontaine. Bill is Delphi's corporate marketing director and was able to be in the pits for Scott Sharp." Last year, Joanne transferred from A.T. Kearney's Chicago office to its Southfield, Mich., office to focus on the automotive industry.

Kellogg friends turned out for the spring wedding of Donna Case Kelleher '92.

Donna Case Kelleher was married this spring to her pal Teresa (Zepeda) Kelleher's brother-in-law, James, whom she met at Teresa's wedding. Attending the wedding were Jim Winett, Paul Mistor, Julia Cassidy Fitzgerald and Teresa.

	Mark Squires and Greg Gordon, both '92, found time for a ski trip to Courmayeur recently.

"Life moves on here in Northeast England," writes Mark Squires. "I'm still CEO of our family's rapidly growing motor (car) dealer group. Louise and I now have a little boy, William (18 months). We are currently renovating a Victorian farmhouse in Tynedale, which has proved a major project of more than two years. Fair to say life has been pretty hectic, but I did manage a quick trip to Courmayeur with Greg Gordon. He recently joined Goldman Sachs in London.

Local doings: I've seen a lot of classmates lately. In May I was in San Fran for a CleanTechnology VC conference and ran into Bernardo Llovera, who is a principal with Expansion Capital. While in town, I also went hiking with Mark Anderson, who's working on an environmental technology venture in SF. Mark and I then dropped in on Mark "The McKech" McKechnie to share some scotch and cigars while admiring his two new twins (even he can hardly tell them apart).

At a VC conference the next week, I ran into Elizabeth Grove Purdy, who is CFO of IPR International, a Philly IT services firm now raising another round of capital. IPR won "best in show" at the conference and she looked radiant accepting the prize. The following week, Kashif Chaudrhy and I had dinner and beers in West Chester, Pa., with Pat Burns and Eric Degenfelder (both at DuPont). Eric manages a $150 million pigments and coatings business, and Pat is manager of corporate strategy and planning. Pat now has five kids and is looking to adopt another. Yun Ho "Miles" Lee also lives nearby and recently started a successful telecom consulting firm. Miles' wife also works at DuPont. After 10 years of consulting to life science and chemical companies for CapGemini, Kashif resigned to pursue other more exciting ventures. He is also working with my firm, Chesapeake Strategic Partners, on some client projects.