The GIM Vietnam "Coffee Crew" (Mark Treiber, Rob Cross, Jon Ingram, Chris Winnen, Mike Haberkorn and Kai Sakstrup — all '04) held their second annual reunion. Rather than crashing on Habby's couches in New York City again, they headed to Park City, Utah, and spent far too much time waxing poetically about the leadership in crisis skills they picked up from JoMo. On a positive note, there was far less fanfare the morning after the Pajammy Jam this year.

2004

Ahoy, mates! This season, we finally have more classmates willing to talk about themselves! Now that the weather's warm again, we expect a lot of excitement and adventure over the summer (as in lots of interesting insights for the fall edition) but in the meantime, here goes our latest wrap-up of our insider edition.

Michael Aingorn, Vladimir "Dado" Bosonac, Patrick De Baecque, and Ricardo Soto are co-captains for the newly formed Kellogg Alumni Sailing Club. Events feature recreational and competitive sailing events around the world, including frequent sailing events in their respective cities of New York, San Francisco, Paris and Barcelona. The crew notes: "Joining the team is easy, just visit: kelloggalumni.northwestern.edu/Affinity/sailing. Don't get left behind on the dock." And Ricardo adds that they are currently organizing a team to compete in the SDA Bocconi Sailing Club MBA Regatta in Portofino, Italy, Sept. 21 through 24. Please e-mail for him for details.

Stephanie Feldman married Elias Gutt in Boca Raton, Fla. The outdoor ceremony was followed by a reception complete with — what else, it's Florida — a 20-piece live Latin band. Kellogg classmates in attendance included Juliana Sztrajtman, Ana Aguilar, Ginger Agregado, Costanza Gallo, Jim McIntyre '03, Sandrine Murcia, Aparna Saha, Maren Lau, Alfredo Botty and Niv Carmi.

On the international front, Paul Gregory writes: "I recently got together with several Kellogg alumni for dinner in Kyiv, Ukraine. Oksana Strashna '96 and I played host to Alina Arsenieva and her husband, Vadim; Elena Kharlamova '05; and Igor Vynarchuk '05 and his wife Yana. Alina and Elena flew in from Moscow for the weekend, while Igor and Yana were back in town visiting family and friends for the holidays. It was Elena's first trip to Kyiv, and she was very impressed with the Ukrainian capital. Alina is in Moscow with GE, still working on integrating GE's recent acquisition of Delta Bank, a large Russian bank. Elena is enjoying her job at Morgan Hunt, an executive recruiting company, and is excited about the prospects of getting into executive coaching and development. Igor is consulting in Cleveland for McKenzie. Oksana continues to work for Western NIS, a leading private equity group in Ukraine, and was recently promoted to vice president. I am still in the M&A department at Interpipe, a leading Ukrainian conglomerate."

Muchas gracias to Peggy Mathias for rallying her troops for the following insider news. In addition, she writes: "I am living in downtown Philadelphia, enjoying brand management and working on Splenda. Anyone who passes through should definitely give me a call!"

Brian Kopp has recently added to his brood and welcomed twins Kevin James and Bridget Lois on March 29. Big brother Patrick (who was a guest star at some marketing team meetings) is loving his new role as big brother.

Kate Farrell Stanford writes: "So after two years as the classifieds strategic planning manager at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, I'm moving on. I joined Google in May to head up marketing strategy for its classifieds vertical. It seems like a natural evolution after my experience in newspaper classifieds, as classified advertising is increasingly moving online. It's also a good time to move, as I've just completed the major marketing and operational hurdle of launching The Inquirer's first standalone classified section in years. If anyone's passing through Philly and picks up The Inquirer, let me know what you think of our new "Marketplace" section! I'm excited to be joining Google and the chance to work with other Kellogg '04 folks like Lisa Duncan and Sandrine Murcia. I'll be working out of the New York City office (which means more opportunities to get together with the Kellogg crew in NYC), but will continue to live in Philadelphia, since my husband James will be starting at Wharton in the fall.

Carrie Cimmet and Scott Mitchell were married Oct. 23 in Washington, D.C. Kellogg classmates Mark Buckley, Megan Elfers, Kim Folk, Peggy Mathias and Kim Milstein attended the wedding and helped celebrate Kellogg-style. Carrie works at AOL as a program director in the digital services organization.

Jon Conta writes: "A recent promotion has brought us from The Land of Big Hair to The South, and Allison and I are now making our home in the Dunwoody area of Atlanta. We'd love to hear from you, so come on down and visit us."

Jamee Field notes that she has been traveling the world and enjoying her "retirement" and shares the news that:

Mara Holian married Adam Lowry in August and they live in San Francisco. She also took a new job at Dreyers that she likes a lot.

Andy Sofield is in Mumbai for work and looking for friends to visit him over there.

Heather Ptacek took a new job at Quaker Oats and loves it.

Kristen Mitchell is now working for Avon and living with Anne Smart and Brigid Ganley in New York City.

Jim Steckart writes: "On May 12-15, a bunch of guys from my first KOA had a mini-KOA reunion and spent couple days hiking in Zion National Park. Attendees included Christy and Matt Murray, Bobby Sheikh and Maryam Ahmad, Kamber '06 and Jon Briones, Brendan Sheehan (and girlfriend Christine), Sam Heyworth, Jim Steckart and John Hermanek.

Krzysztof Rzymski's family welcomed Sofia Maria Rzymski on Feb. 17, on which day she weighed 6 lbs., 10 oz. Mother and daughter are doing great in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Kristin Stanton has a "really bizarre" story to share: "I entered a Bubblicious LeBron James Shot Challenge raffle at a street festival in Chicago, and I won an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to shoot some hoops with LeBron. The event was held at Basketball City, and I had to compete against 20 other contestants. Christian Walters '05 went with me and helped me practice. I really hadn't touched a basketball since high school, and I was kind of embarrassed to even be in this event. After a foul shot, a right corner shot, a left corner shot and a jump shot, I actually won the whole thing and walked away with $1,000 and an autographed basketball. LeBron was a really friendly celebrity, but I'm still waiting to see how I can be Bubblicious' new spokesperson!"