Classmates from 1993 gathered recently for an old Kellogg favorite: broomball. Kellogg alums pictured include, second row from left, Deborah Winokur, Eric Kahn, Kenny Nova, and far right, Peter Rogovin. Steve Hersh is shown in the middle of the third row.

1993

After exploring all seven continents, Richelle Lyons Burnett is finally settling down! After marrying Loren Burnett in July 2003 (the couple eloped while vacationing in Costa Rica), becoming a stepmom to two teenagers and working at a "real" job again (as director of business development for KPMG in Washington, D.C.), she is thrilled to add "mommy" to her new list of grown-up responsibilities! Cielle Lyons Burnett was born on Oct. 18. The family reports that life is great and Richelle is managing to find some personal time, too. She co-chaired the 2004 Make A Wish triathlon and continued her love of off-the-beaten-path travel by exploring Machu Picchu and Lake Titikaka in 2005.

	Darlet, Samantha and Patrick Lin '93
	Ron Michalak '93 recently met Steve Forbes.
	The "AGAK" charter members recently descended on St. Louis and the NCAA Final Four Tournament for their 13th annual reunion. From left, Scott Berman, Kevin Rooney, Jon Diewald and Jim Morris, all '93. Not pictured: Jim Siegel

Roman Pongracz and wife Katharina welcomed Ludwig, their fourth child, on Feb. 15. Ludwig joins Stephanie (7), Franz (5) and Tati (2). The family currently lives in Vienna, but Roman is actively looking for a career change. His parent company (a European top-500 stock-listed engineering company) tried to sell Roman's company in a frenzy while several restructuring measures were still being implemented and further measures were overdue. After more than a year, the divestment process was cancelled and Roman was asked to implement a break-up plan. Once Roman executes his plan, he will begin looking for a new challenge. "In a way [the frenzy] reminds me of some of the recruiting activities we went through at Kellogg some 13 years ago," he says.

Roman and his family still managed to go skiing in Switzerland this winter (Stephanie is a great downhill racer) and plan to travel to Italy and do another Austrian lake tour this summer. Business has taken him on frequent trips to India (Chennai and vicinity most recently). "I enjoyed everything — the people, the atmosphere on the streets, the professionalism, the excellent food," he says.

Though Roman has not seen many of his friends from Kellogg recently, he still manages to keep in touch with quite a few. Leticia Ponce (Tati's godmother) and her husband Juan Diego visited for a weekend. And from time to time he also hears from Mark Jowell, Julie Sell and Joanna Baker. If you're going to be in Vienna, let Roman know: pongracz@fritztec.com.

Patrick Lin, who writes for the first time in 12 years (thanks, Patrick!), has been happily married since 1997 to Darlet Lin and is the proud father of 2-year-old Samantha. After six years at Robertson Stephens and after co-founding E*Offering in 2000, Patrick has spent the past four years managing an American and Chinese hedge fund (PrimariusCapital.com) with offices in San Francisco and Shanghai. Patrick and his family live in Orinda, Calif.

Tom Bartley and his family moved to downtown Naperville, Ill., two years ago. He finished his fourth year at Whirlpool in Michigan as CMO for global marketing and accepted a position as VP of marketing at ConAgra for Deli, a division just formed at the time he started. "It's pretty fun because my division is rather like a start-up enterprise, but with the backing of a Fortune 100 conglomerate," Tom says. Tom is responsible for marketing all the Healthy Choice, Butterball and Eckrich meat products sold at the deli counter. Tom says it's quite challenging, given the near commodity nature of the category and the non-marketing cultural orientation.

The Bartley family reports they just love Naperville, as they live downtown and are within walking distance of great dining and activities. They make an annual pilgrimage back to Evanston for a visit and a walk through the campus, which "brings back fond memories of good times and great friends."

Rob Engelman recently co-wrote and published That Was Zen, This is Wow, a witty and fun-to-read book packed with 232 ideas, thoughts and inspirations that some people have called "the iPod of the literary world." Writes Rob, "Our book will bring busy businesspeople closer to achieving their success, no matter how they define success. We attempted to present ideas that can quickly be implemented." That Was Zen, This Is Wow has been praised by Martin Rutte, author of Chicken Soup For The Soul At Work, who recommends: "Take one quote before bedtime. You'll wake up refreshed and revitalized." That Was Zen, This Is Wow is available on amazon.com for $12.95 or by contacting Rob directly at rob@engelmanmanagement.com. In addition to being a writer, Rob is a speaker and consultant on current marketing and business-related topics. Rob, who lives in Deerfield, Ill., also teaches at the University of Chicago-Graham School of General Studies.

Tom Bartley '93 and family

This summer, Julie Sell is moving to London to begin a new writing job with The Economist. She's looking forward to the change, although she will miss Chicago. Jill returned to her roots in journalism three years ago, after doing international consulting work since graduation. Since then, Jill has been a foreign correspondent covering middle America for The Economist. "Last year's campaign season, when I followed everyone from Bush and Kerry to Barack Obama and Tom Daschle, was particularly fun," Julie reports.

It was an eventful year for Peter Rogovin and his family. In May 2004 they completed a whole house gut renovation. Peter writes: "It was a bit of a surprise because that wasn't really the plan. But as soon as we moved in everything started breaking, so we figured we'd just start over. It was like my own never-ending episode of This Old House." A month later Peter left his consulting company in SoHo to start Next Level Strategic Marketing Group, a brand and marketing strategy consultancy based in his new hometown of Pleasantville, N.Y. He has a nice roster of clients who are developing brands and marketing programs in industries where marketing had previously been neglected. In October, Peter and his wife Sarah welcomed their first child, Annie Kelila. But all the excitement didn't get in the way of an annual tradition that started at Kellogg: broomball!

Colin Jackson has also been very busy this year. In November, he moved from Park City, Utah, to become CFO of Consolidated Investment Group in Greenwood Village. CIG is a private investment group that invests in real estate, private equity and hedge funds, as well as traditional debt and equity marketable securities. He got engaged the following month and was married in January. His wife, Shaun, is professor of information literacy and library science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. In April they bought a home in Larkspur, Colo. Congratulations, Colin and Shaun!

Ron Michalak is director of marketing programs for Internet Security Systems in Atlanta, Ga., responsible for demand generation for the company, as well as all executive and industry events. In November, Ron led a customer advisory council event in Washington, D.C., with 30 of the company's largest customers. Forbes is a strategic media partner for ISS. As such, Ron had the pleasure of hosting Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes Inc. and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, for the event.

On March 6, Tim Lewis and wife Alisyn Camerota became the parents of twin girls, Alessandra and Francesca. "We're having a blast with them," writes Tim.

Maya Babish recently started her own marketing and branding company called Propello, located in Seattle. "After working with some of the big guys like HP and Microsoft," writes Maya, "I determined that it's much more fun to have control of the ship, set your own culture and have the opportunity to help many companies of all shapes and sizes build a strong market presence and successful brands." If you need marketing or branding assistance, feel free to contact Maya at: Maya.propello@comcast.net. Also, Maya is trying to locate Bill McLennaan. If you know how to reach him, please put them in touch.

John Dohm has obtained financing to start a to-be-named business intelligence software company. The focus of the new firm is to improve the link between organizational activity and outcomes. If anyone is interested in getting more value for their time and improving their performance (individually or organizationally), let John know. He would welcome a few early adopters to validate the design and test the software. You can contact John at john_dohm@hotmail.com.

Scott Berman has kept up with a core group of section mates from the 68/69 turbos and MMMs over the years. They now have an annual get-together that all started eight or nine years ago when they stumbled across another Kellogg gathering that Scott recalls including Matt Lori, Steve Hirsch, Herve Chomel, Sara Jaffe, Kris Tassone, Riff Coven '92 and several others he hopes won't be offended if he has forgotten them. Inspired by the other, more spirited gathering, Scott and friends decided to make theirs a regular event and have since managed to get together annually in strategic places like Boston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Chicago and even Budapest. The most recent gathering took place in St. Louis in April for the NCAA Final Four.

Writes Scott, "I wish I could say the team spends time discussing the latest brand management theories or the most recent BP acquisition. But you probably won't be surprised to hear that it's typically more like hanging out at the Mark II or an extended TG! All in all, it's usually just about catching up and reliving the glory days of CIM Week and life as average guys at Kellogg. Is more than that really necessary? I don't think so."

The most regular attendees are Jim Morris, Jon Diewald, Jim Siegel, Kevin Rooney and Scott. Jim Morris recently took a SVP position with RSI Home Products, a leading cabinet maker in Newport Beach. Jon Diewald is still with GM, where he apparently determines the compensation of GM's more than100,000 employees — including fellow 68er Jay Pegram who is also still with GM and coming up on his 25th anniversary next year! Kevin Rooney is now a marketing executive with MedImmune, a Maryland-based biotech firm, and Jim Siegel is a group director at Siebel. More sporadically, Joe Turk (SVP at a Boston-area medical device company) and Special K alum Rich Colven (still with Computer Sciences Corp. in Virginia, the last Scott heard) also join the fun. "There are a few other occasional attendees, but I won't give them the satisfaction of a mention since they should continue to regret their decision not to come more often," jokes Scott.

Scott also talks regularly with Bill Emptage and Leslye Sims, who recently built a new house in Edina, Minn. Bill is with Piper Jaffrey's private client division, and Leslye is still with McKinsey. Scott sees Mark Teitell fairly often, as he lives nearby and their families are close. Apparently, Mark learned to make a mean rum drink when he was in the Caribbean several years back: "the drink for the man who wants to drink all the rum in the world."

And what exactly is Scott up to? He has a laser focus on building his daughters' loyalty to the Boston sports teams, while also running a 12-person marketing consulting boutique called HawkPartners that he started with a colleague a few years back. (There's an obscure Kellogg reference in the company name; $20 from Scott to anyone who figures it out!)

As for me, I continue to enjoy my marketing job at LeapFrog, though I travel a bit more than I would like. (I'm getting to know Florida and Texas — the locale of choice for seemingly all 2005 education trade shows — as well as I know California.) I feel obliged to let all you parents know about a matching grant we're offering to all accredited schools: When a school purchases $500 or more in LeapFrog SchoolHouse products by Dec. 31, LeapFrog will donate an additional $500 of product (of the school's choice) free. Details are available at LeapFrog.com/PASS.

Thanks to all of you who sent in updates — and keep them coming. Please try to put "Kellogg" or "KGSM" in the subject line so I don't accidentally overlook any of your emails. Enjoy the summer — and tell me what you did so I can include it in the next issue of Kellogg World.