2004 — Full-Time

From Heather Ptacek and Sarah Butterfass:

Cheers to the Class of 2004! Our fearless leader Maren Lau has skipped town with new hubby Juampi Rossi (they're moving to Argentina!) so we thought we'd lend a hand in getting all of your exciting news spread around Kellogg World. It's been quite a year for our class: new homes, promotions, classmates marrying each other (and we thought the dating scene was nonexistent), and let's just call it the next Kellogg baby boom! For those of you who opted out of sending news, not to worry, we raided our photo albums. Lucky for you, no pics at the Keg resurfaced. Hope you enjoy and keep the news coming.

Rebecca Hopkins and Derek Apanovich '04 were married in May.
Olfert DeWit, Karel Schaepman (both '04), Otto Asselbergs and Stephanie Roth gather for the wedding of Olfert and Otto.
Jonathan Friedman '04 and his wife moved from New York City to San Francisco in 2005. They added Chase Whitney Friedman to the family on Feb. 9.
Paul Gregory '04 with his daughters Marina and Annetta
Franklin "Mac" McClelland '04 and Eliza
Hana Nagai, Tak Nagai '04, Riki Nagai, Yuki Nagai, Koji Miura with his baby Keito Miura
Joaquin, Lucas and Marcos and Carmen and Juan Ordonez '04
Scott Shrum '04 and new baby Diana Singh Shrum
James Wiggins '04, right with kids Jack and Sophie
Dana '04 and Declan Jared Zuber

Carrie Cimmet sends her hello from Washington, D.C. She's working at AOL as a program director and enjoying life with husband Scott Mitchell. They married in October 2005, with friends Peggy Mathias, Megan Elfers, Kim Milstein, and Kim Folk in attendance.

Derek Apanovitch married Rebecca Hopkins in May 2006 in Key West, Fla. Kellogg alumni in attendance wereKannan Arumugam Kartik Natarajan, Chris Rzymski and Aaron Kloch '05. A great time was had by all in Key West! Derek recently left Kaplan to take a position as vice president of marketing for Health Benefits Direct Corporation, a direct marketer and distributor of health and life insurance products to individuals, families and groups.

It's official! Lilly (Liu) and Eric Minkove are living happily ever after. They celebrated their wedding in August 2006 in Baltimore, Md., with a huge Kellogg representation at the wedding. Sanem Erucar, Dave Van Steenkiste, Will Nolen, Garret Ulosevich, Tom Macejko, Brian Colton, Katja (Roever) Lindo, Dean Lindo '03, Analia and Pablo Simone and Maya Lyttleton. Lilly and Eric spent their honeymoon in the Greek Isles of Santorini and Mykonos, and in Istanbul, Turkey. They're living in New York. Eric works at Portfolio Logic and Lilly left McKinsey to join Coach's strategy group last September.

Tanner and Edwin Van Dusen were married last Aug. 12. Several Kellogg folks witnessed the event. The weather was perfect, the ceremony went off without a hitch and the event ended with a certain former Kellogg social chair being cut off ... from the mini cheeseburgers.

Next up on the Kellogg wedding circuit were Rachel Levin and Bill Fiely. Yes, the wedding we've all been waiting for since 2002 finally happened! The two hosted a beautiful black-tie affair in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 26. Kellogg showed up in force to celebrate with Rachel and Bill (Bajan-style, that is!).

On Sept. 2 Doug Roth, Joost Van Rens, Reinhold Baudisch and their spouses traveled to Amsterdam to celebrate the wedding of Olfert De Wit and his longtime partner, Otto Asselbergs. Olfert writes that this is "Probably the first official gay wedding for the class of '04," though he may have to duke that one out with Andy Sofield (see below). Karel Schaepman was part of the ceremonies as Otto's best man. The celebrations included a boat tour across the famous Amsterdam canals, the official ceremonies in a centuries-old former church and a swinging white party (kicked of by a drag queen).

If you missed the announcement on Page 6, Andy Sofield married Drew Meade at the party heard 'round New York. In September, the Andrews hosted a four-day wedding marathon at the Adirondack League Club in upstate New York. There to partake in the revelries were Danielle Bozarth '03, Melissa Calderwood, Jamee Field, E.G. Fishburne '03, Brigid Ganley, Michael Haberkorn and Kirstin Hornby, Alison (Curd) Lowery, Amanda (Hoche) Klemm, Andrew Knuckle, Mara (Holian) Lowry, Carrie Meek, Kristen Mitchell, Heather Ptacek, Anne Smart, Jim Steckart, Jay Victor and Mareike Willimsky '03.

Roman Uribe's wedding was well attended by Kellogg alumni! The September festivities were held in Mexico City.

Willie Harbert and Laureen Tews were married on April 28 in Cleveland, Ohio. They enjoyed a wonderful honeymoon in Mexico. Kellogg classmates in attendance were Tolga Latif, Farrokh Batliwala, Sri Kaza, Jason Williams, Amanda Greenwald, Mike Moran, Jason Greenwald, Jason Roberts and Fang Chang '05.

Bianka Ramirez and Amit Ahuja were married May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) in Long Island, N.Y., with a very Latin and Indian inspired celebration. Kellogg was well represented; there to celebrate were Stephanie Davis, Guhan Selvaretnam, Stacy McAuliffe, Marene Jennings, Maren Lau, Sapna Chadha, Dan Beck, Ginger Agregado, Jennifer Chen, Juampi Rossi, Jessica Watson, Michelle Carmichael, John Carr '03 and Suresh Khanna '03.

Brian Zeiger wrote us from his honeymoon in Greece. He married Pam Smith in Cape Cod on May 12. In March 2006, Brian joined Fremont Realty Capital, a real estate private equity firm in San Francisco.

Lisa Watkins and her husband, Jake, have expanded their family. They now live in Rowayton, Conn., and have welcomed their second baby, Katharine Bella. Katharine was born in November and joins big brother Jack (2). Lisa left Unilever about a year ago to be with her children and has been loving it. She's off on her next adventure, though. She and Jake are starting a small real estate investment and development company focusing on residential projects in both Connecticut and Florida. Good luck!

Susanna Ver Eecke and her husband welcomed Charles Hammond Ver Eecke, born last Aug. 19.

Oct. 9 marked a transformation in the Franklin McClelland household with the arrival of Elizabeth Harper McClelland. Susan and Mac are thrilled, though we think part of the thrill for Mac is in having found someone who will happily let him pontificate without cutting him off. Just wait till Eliza grows up!

Rob and Dana Zuber welcomed their son, Declan Jared Zuber, as the first-born American in the family on Nov. 27. In other news, Dana switched companies and is now happily enjoying being a working mom and strategy consultant at Wells Fargo Wealth Management Group.

In January,Scott Shrum and his wife, Anita, welcomed Diana Singh Shrum to the world. Little Diana is constantly amazing her parents with all of the things she's learning, like grasping her toys and rolling over. Enjoy it, Scott — before long, she'll be taking her GMATs. Scott was recently promoted to brand manager on the Scrubbing Bubbles brand at S.C. Johnson. Congrats!

Juan Ordonez reports that "In 2005, I married a beautiful woman, Carmen, and now we have quite a big family: her two kids from her previous marriage and my son, Joaquin. We live in Buenos Aires and are very happy!"

Juan started his own company two years ago and reports that things are going well. He also mentioned that he, Mario Dominguez and Hernan Grimoldi lead the Kellogg Alumni Club of Argentina (and have a lot of fun in the meantime).

James Wiggins reports that he is alive and well and that he, Laura, Jack and Sophie are living in Brazil. James still denies those rumors he's a secret agent, but we're having a hard time buying it. He says he will be moving shortly to Iraq, and following that the family will be moving to Ethopia.

For those of you in Manhattan, look out for Richard Sanders. He, wife Lara and new baby Josh (born July 2006) moved to New York in March, when Richard joined Clovis Capital.

While Tak Nagai has decided to publish a wholesome picture of himself and Koji Miura with their adorable children, those of us who knew him as the Moose Ninja know better!

Akeshia Craven, Brian Baral, Scott Cohen, Heather Ptacek, Kim Folk, Lisa Mullaney and Jamee Field escaped the Chicago winter in Chelsea, S.C., in March. Good times were had by all, with plenty of time for horseback riding, hunting and relaxing. Interested in more details? We feel this says it all: Scott Cohen, a gun and a horse...

Shortly after the trip to Chelsea, Jamee Field departed Chicago (temporarily) for Tanzania, where she is working for the WWF (World Wildlife Fund, not the wrestling federation with the same initials). We are all eagerly awaiting her return to the States in July.

Paul Gregory changed jobs in August 2006, moving from one large Ukrainian metals company to an even larger one. He now is the head of mergers and acquisitions for Metinvest Holding. In his free time, he can be found doting over his two beautiful daughters, Annetta and Marina.

Since we are both in Chicago, we have tons of news about the goings on here. Rather than deluging you all with tons of pictures, we decided to pick some highlights.

We've all developed a fondness for games of our youth — everything from kickball and dodgeball to flip cup. In September, a team of Kellogg ladies trounced the gentlemen in a flip cup tournament to be remembered for years. We are also in the midst of our third kickball season. Team Skort-tacular is undefeated as of the printing of Kellogg World.

The most exciting news, however, are the new additions to Chicago! Apparently Chicago is the new place to be (although Brendan Sheehan apparently didn't see it that way, as he left for Washington, D.C., last fall). In recent months we've had Kim Folk, Kara Palamountain, Kim (Milstein) Buckley, Mark Buckley, Jen (Posner) Napier '03, Dave Napier, Dave Adams and Brad Reisinger move back to town. We are now accepting applications for summer 2007 Chicago transplants.

That's all we have for now. Looking forward to hearing more from all of you!

Kellogg came out to celebrate Latin style at Bianka Ramirez' '04 wedding. Attending were Stephanie Davis, Guhan Selvaretnam, Stacy McAuliffe, Marene Jennings, Maren Lau, Sapna Chadha, Bianka Ramirez, Amit Ahuja, Dan Beck, Ginger Agregado, Jennifer Chen, Juampi Rossi, Jessica Watson, and Michelle Carmichael (all '04).

Antonio Ortega's wedding in Spain included '04 alums Ignacio Alvarez, Roman Uribe and Ivan Bravo. Antonio is pictured second from left.

Jamee Field '04 at a school in Tanzania

Kellogg comes out to celebrate Rachel Levin and Bill Fiely's wedding in August 2006: (Front row) James Rowe, Kevin Gamble, Jay Victor, Brigid Ganley, Mara (Holian) Lowry; (second row) Brian Oxley, Brady Busch, Caroline Chulick, Julie Saliba '02, Jared Drinkwater, Rachel Levin, Anne Smart, Heather Ptacek, Jami Totten '05, Ryan O'Toole '03, Ellen Fiely; (back row) Greg Lyons '99, Bill Fiely Sr. '72, Bill Fiely, Jesse Sandstad; (not pictured) Mark Buckley, Kim (Milstein) Buckley, Joe Silverman '07