From left: Myles Presler JD/MBA '03, Leti Pearman '03, Mandy Taft '03, Steve Pockross '02, Sam Levine '02, Neil Segall, Ben Mahnke '03, Megan Lewis '02 at Sam and Neil's wedding in Denver

2002

Hello, class of 2002! Thank you all for sending such great news. We are glad to hear everyone is doing well. Some of you have told us that you aren't getting our e-mail asking for news. If you are one of these people, go to the Kellogg Web site and update your info. This is the best way to stay in touch and share your exciting news with your interested classmates. So with that, we'll get onto the news with weddings first. Congratulations to all of the couples!

Mitch Tobias married Kim Petrilli on Aug. 6 in Arlington Heights, Ill. Helping them celebrate their new beginning were Emi and Mike Dowhan; Sarah and Eric Smyth; Jennifer and Chip Sterrett; Doug and Eileen Hart; and Lisa and Steve Seaney '01. In preparation for married life, the couple ran their first half-marathon before the wedding. However, after celebrating their honeymoon in Rivera Maya, Mexico, and few months of settling in, a 5-mile run seems scary. Mitch is adjusting well from the single life to a full house with soon-to-be-adopted 2-year-old Andrew and a 4-year-old chocolate lab (Daisy). They live in Oswego, Ill., just west of Naperville, and would love visitors.

	Mike Castellarin '02, wife Merianne and son Connor
	Mike Dowhan '02, wife Emi, daughter Sadie and son Collin (3), the night the University of Texas won the National Championship
	Jill and Jay Koval '02 with their twin girls, Rylie and Delaney
	The happy Naka family: Hitomi holding Emily and Shinya '02 holding big sister Karen
	Carolina Nardy '02, Ricardo Dalmas '02 and baby Ian
	Mitch Tobias '02 and Kim Petrilli take in some sun on the way to their wedding reception.

Samantha Levine and Neil Segall were married April 9 in Denver. Their ceremony and reception were held at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Many Kellogg friends where there to help them celebrate, including: Myles Presler '03, Steve Pockross, Leti Pearman '03, Ben Mahnke '03, Mandy Taft '03 and Megan Lewis.

Priya Rajagopalan married Harish Devarajan in a traditional South Indian wedding. Other festivities included mehendi (henna), a sangeet program (dance/music) and a beach party! All Kellogg guests had a blast experiencing South Indian traditions.

Babies! Babies! Babies! We have quite a few little Kellogg kids joining our family:

Mike Dowhan and his wife Emi welcomed new daughter Sadie Rose Dowhan to the world on Aug. 15.

Sean Wischmeier writes: "We recently had our third child. Our daughter Sydnee (4) and son Tristan (3) now have a new baby sister, Whitley Wischmeier, born in December. I am happy to entertain/accommodate anyone coming into town for Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400 or U.S. Grand Prix." Sometimes it seems like it was only yesterday that we were all in study rooms (or not in study rooms) at Kellogg, and then classmates with three kids remind us of how long it has really been since our last year at Kellogg. Wow! Congrats, Sean!

Hitomi and Shinya Naka welcomed Emily into the world Jan. 5. They celebrated the birth of their second daughter with sister Karen at the Shrine in Tokyo.

Loyd Henderson and his wife Kelly welcomed son Drew Beck on Feb. 10. He joins his 2-year-old sisters, Tai and Sydney. The Henderson family lives in the New York City area and Loyd is working with the mezzanine debt fund of Oaktree Capital Management.

Dan Gingiss and wife Jodi '03 are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Mark Tanner Gingiss, on Feb. 13. Mark is already working on his Kellogg application for the Class of 2035, where he hopes to meet his future wife (Class of '36?)! Ah, like father, like son. They're sure to save a spot for him in Special K, too.

Carolina Nardy and Ricardo Dalmas have just been visited by the stork! Ian Dalmas was born on March 23, weighing 8 lbs., 13 oz. The cute baby has already taught his parents that there is a job that offers less sleep than consulting, but they are loving it nonetheless.

Mike Castellarin and wife Merianne are excited to announce that their son Connor Mitchell Castellarin was born March 27 at 8 lbs., 9 oz., and was welcomed into the world by his big sister Rachel (who wanted to know why Connor could not hold or play with any of her toys). The Castellarins are well (not resting though) in Toronto and would love to hear from Kellogg friends. We want to thank Mike for converting Connor's weight into pounds and ounces for us south-of-the-border classmates. Those Canadians are always so thoughtful.

Don Pillsbury and his wife Skye are the new proud parents of a baby boy. Clark Pillsbury was born on May 11, weighing in at 7 lbs, 7 oz. Mom, Dad and Clark are happy and doing well in San Francisco.

Here are some more great updates:

J.T. Fitzgerald and Dan Campbell have been quite busy with their private equity search fund that they founded upon graduation from Kellogg, Argo Management Partners. The recently acquired Hunter Manufacturing Group Inc. ("Hunter") from its founder. Hunter is a leading manufacturer of high-quality licensed sports collectibles. While the existing management team will continue to operate Hunter, Dan will serve as chief executive officer and J.T. as chief development officer. We're sure they would appreciate as many calls as possible that go something like this: "Hey, man. I think I might have had stats class with you. Can you get me a [insert extremely valuable sports collectible here]?"

Eric Smyth, Mike Dowhan, Chip Sterrett and Eileen Hart (all '02) along with their spouses help celebrate Kim's and Mitch Tobias's '02 wedding along with some Duke friends.

We were really hoping to keep a continuous streak going of classmates who have enjoyed trips organized by Jim Lutz's company, but to no avail. We were doing well for a while and think we should make it a goal to make this the last issue where we have no such adventures to announce. These trips are great for Kellogg World articles because they show the supportive Kellogg spirit that we all love and exotic travel tales always make for fun news. So, everyone do your part in helping us reach our goal and check out vayaadventures.com.

Luckily, Aaron Levine has shared an exciting international travel story to make us envious in the meantime. He writes: "In October, my wife Annie and I traveled for two weeks through Vietnam, backpacking in northwestern Vietnam near China, sleeping on wooden junk boats in Haalong Bay, and spending time in the very cool cities of Hoi An and Hanoi.

From left: Matt Courson '02, Sweta Shah '02, Priya Rajagopalan '02 and Harish Devarajan at the nuptials of Priya and Harish.

"We spent the winter in San Diego, suffering through the chilly 65-degree winter months, and are looking forward to our next trip — to Argentina — in August."

Aaron also shares: "Since joining SkinMedica, a start-up pharmaceutical company in San Diego, I've been managing some interesting prescription products. One was Vaniqa for the treatment of unwanted facial hair in women, and I launched a new drug, NeoBenz Micro, for the treatment of acne. Pretty sexy products, I know."

Ed and Ashley Stubbins (both '02) have moved to the O.C. Ed has taken a job as a vice president in institutional marketing with PIMCO in Newport Beach, Calif., and Ashley has transferred with Coca-Cola to their Irvine, Calif., office to do marketing with a division that focuses on independent restaurants. The couple now has an ocean view at their new place in Corona Del Mar. Ed also recently received his CFA designation. Luckily, Ashley is way too smart and sane to become a "Real Desperate Housewife of the O.C." (For those of you who do not get this reference, good for you. For those who do, it is Julie, not Natalie, who has this completely addicting and absurd Bravo show ranked first on her DVR record list. Anyone else going through withdrawal since the finale is welcome to contact her.)

Neal Freeland writes: "Still at Microsoft and enjoying it. Working on new Windows Live brand. Lots of stuff coming out this summer and fall. Family now includes Amelia, our 9-month-old daughter. She was born with a few heart defects but after surgery last fall is doing great. If interested, see the details on my blog at spaces.msn.com/members/nealfreeland. Look for the links under "Amelia's story."

We look forward to any and all news anytime, but thought we would try something different this time and ask for some specific additional news items:

Have you been with the same employer since Kellogg? Tell us about it. People only seem to write us about major transitions, so it would be great to diversify.

Have you had an eerie life-imitates-case-study experience? You know what we are talking about. You are having a normal day and all of a sudden something happens that is straight out of a case study from Kellogg and you have a major flashback. That is the kind of thing we'd love to hear.

What is the most interesting/unexpected place you've run into a Kellogg classmate? Great Wall of China? The men's room at The Staples Center? Match.com?

We always have to end on a ridiculous personal anecdote. Julie was recently on a conference call representing Cheetos' Chester Cheetah, who just received the dubious honor of being a nominee for the Advertising Icon Walk of Fame. During the "icon roll call," none other than Rob Persaud was on the line representing The Quaker Man. Well, the competition was already fierce with months of campaigning about to begin. But now there is a second title at stake: "Top Advertising Icon of Kellogg Class of 2002." Rob, The Quaker Man is going down! Ah, the life of brand management. You finance folks must be jealous. Natalie sure is.

Have a great summer everyone! Looking forward to hearing from you.