From left, Denise (Luft) Glassman, Lori (Siegel) Miller, Donna (Jensen) Madier, Kate (Brew) Colin, Yolanda (Macias) Watson and Leslie (Gordon) Flatt (all '92) enjoy a girls' weekend at Bandelier National Park, an Ancestral Pueblo village.

1992

Hey — news from yous guys is gettin' sparse; it's time ta pay some respect wid' a buncha news from yous. It just takes a few minutes to e-mail me. Dat way, you can avoid what happened to Jeannine Everett, who hadda endure gettin' leaned on from da wiseguys to finally pay up. She told us that, after 11 years, she left her position as director of marketing research at Boston Consulting Group: "I'm taking a break from work for a while so I can concentrate on being a mom until I figure out what comes next. In the meantime, I'm not in any hurry to change things soon, as I'm enjoying a stress- and deadline-free existence."

Andy "Pass the darn Puck" Hilliard writes, "My company, IsThmus Costa Rica — an IT-services outsourcing firm — has taken off as of late. We will be moving to new, swanky San Jose, Costa Rica, digs and tripling our workforce to 150 by this summer. We have had great success in partnering with the firms of several Kellogg alumni and we'd love to continue the streak."

For the past year, Brad Hafer has been "running Corporate Development at PLM software vendor MatrixOne (after it acquired Synchronicity, the last startup where I worked). Rather than buying companies, however, we were selling, and concluded a merger with Dassault Systems of Paris in May. It was a good transaction for all constituents. For me it means I'll be enjoying the summer off and looking for the next opportunity. In addition to golfing, traveling, going to Red Sox games, getting back into shape and spending lots of time with my family, I'll likely be seeing lots of our Boston-area KSM classmates."

Sharon Flanagan is still a partner at McKinsey, still married to Ross, still mother of two little girls and still living in their Evanston craftsman home. Sometimes consistency is a good thing.

	Gary Ger '92 with Madelyn (Sleeping Beauty) and Natalie (Tinkerbell) Schur, daughters of Scott Schur '92
	Scott Schur and Pat Davidson (both '92) enjoyed game six of the Lakers/Suns series at Scott's home in Portland, Ore.

Our class Biotech-drug marketing guru, Jennifer Haldeman, tells me that she is on to new adventures since helping her company, InterMune, to divest its Hepatitis-C drug, Infergen, to Valeant for $135 million late last year. She writes: "My former boss and I left InterMune to start a new venture, Zogenix Inc., that will focus on pharma products in the neurology space. I will be heading up commercial operations. Luckily for both of us, he chose to base Zogenix in sunny San Diego, so I'm back to full-time living in the land of sun, sand and surf. It should be a great summer! With seed funding in the bank, wish us luck on our A-round with VCs, due to wrap up in June."

After operating several private equity-backed companies, Big Al Weggeman co-founded an operational turnaround practice called Leveraged Restructuring Group (LRG). "Our approach is unique in that we focus on creating long-term value through operational improvement versus just financial re-engineering of the capital structure. Additionally, we use below-market rates and link our long-term payout to the success of the sponsor. In addition to operational turnaround services, we provide operating due diligence, operational-improvement assessments and action plans, and interim management." Wouldn't you just love to see Big Al have at the likes of GM, Ford, Unisys and Delphi? Scott 'Moose' Schur told me that Pat Davidson recently came to Portland, Ore., to visit a few Harley dealerships: "He and I got together for dinner and some local micro brews. After a few libations, we went back to my house to watch game six of the Lakers/Suns series." Moose included a photo of Gary Where's my Meat? Ger with Scott's daughters Sleeping Beauty (Madelyn) and Tinkerbell (Natalie). Moose said something about Gary giving up the vegan lifestyle and becoming an alligator trainer. Maybe he should lay off the microbrews and get me a second source; this isn't Fox News, you know.

Tom Weiser writes: "For 10 years, I've been traveling for work more than 50 percent of the time, primarily as a project manager and consultant selling and installing software applications. Currently, I'm working at a consulting firm implementing an executive dashboard at a big NYC publishing company. I still (technically) live in Evanston and have been active in the alumni organization. At last fall's KSM leadership conference, I ran into speakers Paul "Flip" Huffard and Bill Gorge. Paul said that he really enjoys doing these events; it's his chance for him to give back to Kellogg and stay connected to the community. Bill and I talked about his leadership experience running Guidant's Southeast Asia and Australia offices, which he enjoyed greatly. I also had coffee with Poonam Aurora. She is doing well and progressing on her doctorate at Columbia University where she researches decision-making processes." Add Poonam to the list of '92 classmates who have gone into business academia, including: Gerard "the Bean" Beenen, Nick Lurie, Mark Kennedy, James Conley, Maddy Janssens and Anthony Paoni.

After 12 years at Johnson & Johnson, and the last seven years as chief medical officer of J&J's Ethicon Endo-Surgery in Cincinnati, Dr. Bob Honigberg joined GE Healthcare in April as its general manager of medical affairs and clinical strategy at GE's Global technology and medical office in Waukesha, Wis.: "Yes, I brought the family up north to the frigid lakes of Wisconsin where we bought a home in Mequon on Milwaukee's North Shore. Overall, we are very happy. Our two boys, Brad (11) and Jesse (8) will be closer to their grandparents in Chicago. It was great being on the Board of Ethicon Endo-Surgery as it grew from $1 billion to $3 billion during my tenure. I'm now psyched to get my arms around GE Healthcare's enormous $17 billion portfolio, which consists of imaging equipment, biopharmaceuticals, IT, lean/performance consulting, medical devices and monitoring equipment and molecular diagnostics. It's very cool to see the engineer/physicist/software techno geeks collaborate with scientist/lab rat/biologist types. GE is well-positioned to radically change the healthcare paradigm by focusing on early health rather than late-stage disease treatment which isn't economically sustainable given the struggling healthcare systems worldwide." Sounds like Bob drank all the Kool-Aid.

Hong Kong-based Matt Ginsburg wanted to mention that he and Joanna had their third daughter, Isabella Wai Han, in 2005. Older sisters Sophia and Anna are having a blast with her. Parents forgot what it was like to have a newborn/toddler around but have finally adjusted." Matt was recently named Asia-Pacific head of investment banking for Morgan Stanley.

Bruce Busmire was named vice president and chief accounting officer of Houston-based oil and gas explorer Anadarko Petroleum.

Hudson LaForce III was recently profiled as a former Dell executive and current senior counselor to the U.S. education secretary.

Ellen Grove Purdy recently changed jobs; she is now the vice president of finance for Surveillance Data Inc. SDI provides healthcare data and market research to pharmaceutical, consumer products, and healthcare-related companies by doing customized statistical analysis of electronic patient data. She writes: "I think my job change was prompted by the crisis of turning 40. Instead of ditching my husband for a younger stud and buying a flashy sports car, I got a new job and a puppy (a "puggle" that has only two speeds — asleep and nuts). I still have only a five-minute commute, which makes for great quality of life. My son turns 10 this week and is very active in baseball, football, basketball and lacrosse. If anyone is visiting Philly, contact me at egpurdy@comcast.net."

Denise Lufft Glassman recently enjoyed a Kellogg girls' weekend: "We have been going on our outings together since graduation. We've missed a couple of years due to childbirth and all but have enjoyed many terrific weekends together. Our travels have taken us to New York, Arizona, Toronto, Chicago, Charleston, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and now to Santa Fe."

Seattle-based business teacher, speed-skating and Special Olympics coach Bruce Guthrie recently announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate on the Libertarian ticket. When asked about his campaign message, Guthrie replied without hesitation, "I want to promote peace, justice and equal rights for all people." His top campaign issues include ending the Iraq war, repealing the unconstitutional parts of the USA PATRIOT Act, defending same-sex marriage rights and ending government subsidies to big business. Sounds good to me. Michael Schrock, president and COO of Pentair's filtration and technical products division, has been appointed to the board of directors of Plexus Corp.

As for yours truly, our business is evolving rapidly as the energy-efficiency business, GreenSpark Energy Solutions, is really taking off. GreenSpark is a sales/marketing/distribution channel partner for a handful of companies with cutting-edge, energy-control and efficiency solutions for buildings. We've found that offering customers ROIs ranging from 20 percent to more than 200 percent is a lot easier than selling consulting services. Success stories already include projects with schools, retailers, supermarkets, fast-food stores, factories, offices and universities. Our main challenge will soon be staffing.