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What can I say? Reunion was a blast. I hope that everyone who attended shares the same feeling. It was just terrific to mix and mingle just as if we were back at TGIF. (The TGIF lounge, I am sad to say, is now the career development office! Oh well, things do change!) But what didn't change was our camaraderie for each other. We picked up just where we had left off, even better, I think. Many thanks to all of those who helped to make this such a warm and relaxing weekend, but special kudos to Pat McGarvey, Greg Perlman, Salman Amin and Ivan Menezes. Job well done, gentlemen. Check out photos on the Reunion Web site alumni.kellogg.northwestern.edu/reunion/2005/photos/index.htm. Most pictures of our class are on the last few pages.

At Reunion, old bonds were strengthened and new ones made. I enjoyed exchanging stories of personal and professional experiences with classmates I really never had the chance to get to know during our Kellogg experience. Through our conversations, I was amazed that some of us who obtained the exact job that we wanted upon graduating from Kellogg are still either with the same company or in the same field. On the other hand, many of us who may not have exactly fulfilled our aspirations as we left Leverone Hall for the last time are comfortable knowing that we have succeeded in other ways, perhaps either in a personal pursuit or a business endeavor slightly outside our original scope. Some of us are still seeking the experience that we hope will define who we are or that will truly fulfill us as persons, not only as professionals. Regardless, it seemed that despite our professional situation, we were all reasonably comfortable in our own skins.

While details are a little blurred in my head (could it have been from that purple concoction Saturday night or from the great Merlot all weekend?), I can report on some general information from some of the classmates who were at Reunion. The list is quite long and my memory is bleak. If I missed someone, please forgive me and send me an email. I'll put you on the list next go-around. In no particular order:

Ford Amos: realtor in Florida and loving life in the sunny south. Kathy Reilly: realtor in Chicago with Habitat Co. Pat McGarvey: President of Arca Asset Management after many years with Goldman Sachs. Ivan Menezes: Supplier of much of the beverages for the weekend (thanks very much), president and CEO of Diageo North America. Nancy Oetinger: Chief compliance and privacy officer with Mercy Health System. Tom Kamp: SVP of Alliance Capital in Minneapolis.

Kathy Schaefer Cleland: Marketing and business consultant with her own firm, Cleland Marketing Consulting. Pete Office, EVP, account services for Momentum World Wide. Greg Perlman: Still with Citigroup (after all these years!). Mary O'Brien Perlman: adjunct professor at Kellogg teaching advertising. Doug Moffitt, COO for Aplos Advisors, a broker/dealer firm in Minnesota and Connecticut. Salman Amin: Senior VP and chief marketing officer, Pepsico International. (Thanks to Salman for all the Pepsi product donations!) Bruce Boissonault: President and CEO, Niagara Health Quality Coalition. Sanjay Shroff (who also won the "greatest distance traveled award," coming all the way from India), managing director, Bangalore Paints Ltd. Ken Weiner: Realizing a dream to own his own business and is now president and CEO of Creative Candles in Kansas City. Adnan Rukieh: VP, The O'Connell Group. Julie Updegraft Mikols: Financial planning and analysis for one of the largest post-secondary private for-profit education providers. Jim Kroner: CFO for Endurance, an insurance company, and spends a lot of time in Bermuda. Gary Bergel: Management consulting in Maryland. Rich Damisch: Director, finance and administration for Novarra Inc. and self-appointed class archivist. Rich has the biggest collection of Kellogg School memorabilia! Amazing. Eric Robbins: AVCOR Consulting, dedicated to helping higher-education institutions. Lynn Refer: CEO of Looking Glass Networks, building metro-optical networks. Dena Rodis Prose: Providing strategic solutions for Kraft. Tom Parkinson: Venture capitalist with Hopewell Ventures in Chicago. Jan Peter Onstwedder: Head of risk management for British Petroleum in London. Rob Levin: Republic Partners Inc.

Tom Kranz: Managing director for GMAC. Emily Gale Borovsky: Loving having done business, really loves being a mom now. Greg French: French Commercial Realty. Steve Knoop: Managing director, First Chicago Advisors (M&A). David Kahn: Publisher for Meredith Corp. Karen Lurie Isaacson: Still with Kraft after all these years! Bruce Allenbaugh: Enjoying life on Mercer Island, Wash. Teri Gidwitz: Director of e-business marketing for HSBC Card Services. Keith Lord: Lord Companies, commercial real estate. Jim Harris: CEO of Thoughtstep Inc., marketing consulting. Gerry Komlofski: president and CEO of iplQ Corp. — consulting. Pat Corrigan: Corrigan Property Co. Louise Troudeau: Consulting in San Francisco.

John Talbot: Living in sunny California Š always the beach boy! Scott Daugherty: SVP, Cornish & Carey Commercial Real Estate. Jim Chadderdon: Brand Manager for JELD-WEN Inc. Doors and Windows. Chris Day: Partner, Onyx Capital Ventures. Ray Felson: President, TPG Reality. Ray also extends wishes from Francisco, who was on his honeymoon! Judy Cornfeld Whisler: Strategic planning for Kraft. Dave Studemann: I know you were there, but I just can't remember what you are doing now Š (sorry).

One last bit of news: As the result of such a positive response to our reunion, we are going to make more of an effort to keep in touch with all of you beyond the quarterly scope of Kellogg World. I want to begin to communicate with you all electronically via a Kellogg listserv for our class. This communication will come from me to exchange information and update you on class news, similar to what is currently being done in Kellogg World, but hopefully more frequently than every three or four months. It will not be used for "spam" or commercial purposes, your email address will remain hidden from all readers, and only authorized users may send messages via the listserv. While we have many current email addresses, we realize that the school does not have current contact information for many of you. To that end, please update your personal information through the Kellogg Alumni Network at kelloggalumni.northwestern.edu. Did you know that you can read Kellogg World online? Not only that, you can submit news to me by either emailing me directly (poat@comcast.net) or through the "submit news" feature: kellogg.northwestern.edu/kwo/submitnews.htm. Now there are no excuses — it's easy to contact me! This reunion has shown us that each other's news, no matter how small, is interesting. Please don't feel as though you need a life-changing milestone event in order to share what you're doing with the rest of the class.

Hope to hear from you soon. Watch for an email from me shortly.