Alex Brock, Jen Pelino, Mary Olson and Stefanie Cavallo (all EMP-52) at Stefanie's bachelorette party

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	Lance Chambers, Gary Kobus and Imad Aboukheir (all EMP-52) at the Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago
	After the main EMP-52 event at the Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago, the festivities continued with Matt Kinnich, Alberto Slikta, Fred Rose, Jennifer Pelino and Mary Olson (all EMP-52).
	Fred Rose EMP-52 considers opening his own cheese tuile store!
	Rebecca Kuchar EMP-52 prepares the gourmet salads!
	Alberto Slikta EMP-52 (center) stirring up a good time at the Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago

EMP-52 goes international! Since graduation in December 2002, several classmates have taken their Kellogg experience and steered their careers toAsia, Europe and beyond. For those of us who spend most of our time in the United States, the team-building spirit we acquired at Kellogg remains strong (and sort of global) with occasional happy hours (including one at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago), monthly team dinners and our annual event at The Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago, which has Paris connections. That's global, right?

In February, a group of EMP-52 classmates enjoyed an instructive and fun culinary experience at the Cooking & Hospitality Institute. This was our second annual event. CHIC, which is one of the 87 global campuses of Career Education Corp., is affiliated with Le Cordon Bleu of Paris, the world's most famous culinary education program. Matt Kinnich, vice president of strategic planning and development at Career Ed, coordinated the event.

Shyam Kambeyanda is still located in Shanghai and is now responsible for Eaton Automotive for the entire region. "I must say we like it a lot out here," Shyam reports.

Richard Yang has accepted a position in Hong Kong with Experian, a global information solutions company. Experian helps organizations use information to reach new customers and to build, nurture and maximize lasting customer relationships. It is also the world's largest provider of consumer and commercial information. As vice president of product management and key initiatives, Richard will be responsible for product and corporate strategy, M&A activity, planning and corporate development. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Richard oversees the Asia-Pacific region with offices in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.

John Jimenez, chief financial officer for AirBP, was recently promoted to corporate controller. John and his family relocated to BP's global headquarters in London last winter as part of a three-year assignment.

Mary Olson has been appointed to the newly created position of managing director of executive search and strategy at Tribune Co. In her new role, Mary will be responsible for working with executive management across the company on recruitment of top executives, with a special focus on publishing and interactive sales talent and initiatives. Since 2003, Mary has been in advertising and sales for WGN-TV. Prior to working at WGN, she spent four years with Tribune corporate as director of the national recruitment group; she was also involved in the merger with Tribune and the Times Mirror organization. Before joining Tribune, Mary worked as a national recruiting manager in the high-tech industry. Mary's years of experience in both recruitment and sales will be a great asset in supporting Tribune's executive recruitment and sales growth strategies.

Stefanie Cavallo is starting a new position as vice president of industry development at AMR Research in Boston.

Congratulations to everyone on your new endeavors and adventures!

Members of EMP-52 pose with the chefs at the Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago.