Hi classmates. Our class needs a new rep, as my five-year "reign" is coming to a voluntary close with the next Kellogg World. Please contact kworld@kellogg.northwestern.edu if you would like more information about the rep duties. It's a wonderful opportunity to keep in touch with our class, and requires only about 10 hours a year.

Rhonda Belson Salins writes: "I have joined a team at Smith Barney called the 111 Group, which provides comprehensive wealth management services for individuals and small businesses. We have combined experience of 160 years and manage approximately $1 billion in assets. Our offices are located in Deerfield, Ill."

Susanne Blood Nowicki writes: "The Class of 1978 is as wild as ever, as evidenced by our 30th Reunion weekend. On Friday night, we had fun catching up with more than 40 classmates, spouses and friends at our home (shouting distance from Ryan Field). Our class party at Va Pensiero on Saturday was highlighted by a stirring speech by Kellogg Dean Dipak Jain, inspiring all to survive their personal tsunamis. Musical entertainment included Jim Coonan crooning 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling' with several classmates pitching in, and Chris Gillock wailing on blues harmonica. Following dinner, we retreated to Bill's Blues Club for more festivities. Our 35th Reunion promises to be even better, so save the 2013 date!"

Jane Fercho Ludlow ‘78 and Associate Dean Ed Wilson ‘84 at the Kellogg Reunion this spring

Mark Goldston had this to report: "I live in Beverly Hills with Nancy Jane, my wife of 25 years. Our 21-year-old twin sons, Adam and Ryan, are juniors at USC where they play basketball and football. I have been the chairman, president and CEO of United Online (untd.com) for nine years, having been the original chairman and CEO of NetZero, the predecessor to United Online. We took NetZero public in September 1999 and then changed its name to United Online in September 2001 when we purchased our rival Juno Online. Our headquarters is in the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills. We are one of the world's largest and most profitable Internet companies, with household brand names such as NetZero, Juno, Classmates Online and My Points.com. You may have seen me in our television commercials for NetZero. We have more than 55 million registered members across our various brands, which means we have about 40 percent of the U.S. Internet population over the age of 25 in our franchise. We recently announced the purchase of Chicago-based FTD Group for $800 million. I still love sports and working out, collect exotic cars and watches, and love the weather here in Southern California. I have been on the Dean's Advisory Board at Kellogg for 21 years, as Dean Emeritus Donald Jacobs appointed me to the board when I was named president of Faberge Inc. back in 1987. I love working closely with Dean Dipak Jain."

Carol Spomer writes: "I have caught the Habitat for Humanity Global Village fever. Last November, we made a good dent constructing two houses in a tsunami-afflicted town on Phuket, Thailand. This spring, we completed a duplex in Csurgo, Hungary. I highly recommend the experience."

Justin Zubrod filed this report. "I returned to Booz Hamilton in McLean, Va., as partner in charge of commercial transportation. Additionally, I am the chairman of the business advisory council at Northwestern's Transportation Center and a board member of BusBank, Kenan Advantage Group and the World Economic Forum. My wife and I are approaching our 34th year of marriage and have two boys, one a freshman at Miami University and the other a sophomore at Georgetown Prep."

Don Oppenheimer writes: "After 30 years in the private sector, primarily as a management consultant, I decided it was finally time to fully take advantage of my public management concentration at Kellogg. I recently accepted a position at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government as an associate dean and chief information officer."

Peggy Cleary caught us up on what's going on in her life: "I'm still living in the center of San Francisco, one of the few places where real estate demand remains high. My elder daughter, Alison, started her PhD program in biological oceanography at the Graduate School of Oceanography of the University of Rhode Island last fall. My other daughter, Megan, is still a premed biology major at University of California, Davis. My husband, Peter, is SOX manager at Juniper Networks in Silicon Valley. I'm still with the school district but am looking for a bigger challenge in the nonprofit sector where I can have a wider impact. I'd love to hear from anyone who has ideas or contacts to help me in my search. Maybe I will get an inspiration while on vacation this summer in Ecuador. Join LinkedIn, where Kellogg has set up an alumni group!"