1993 — Full-Time

It was great to see so many of you at our 15th Reunion in May. Our class had a great turnout. Not everyone was able to make it, of course, but some had some great excuses.

While we were eating burgers at the Reunion picnic, Eric Dingman and Cesare Zetti met for dinner in London. "We both lamented missing the big Reunion."

Alistair Goodman and wife Rebecca weren't able to join us since their second baby, Henry, was born (in Berkeley) April 11. "We're over-tired and overwhelmed but happy, dealing with the woes of two kids under 2!"

LeAnn Yee, too, had a baby girl last July and felt it was just too much to travel with her from New York.

	Gloria Addonizio and Margy Stratton Norman, both ‘93
	Jonathan Bellman ‘93 with his daughter
	Buffie Eilert, Anne Loucks and Heather Gregg Earl, all ‘93
	Heather Forsythe, Hans Lidforss and Gloria Addonizio, all ‘93, close down the class picnic.
	Nancy Murphy and Ann Goettman, both ‘93
	Alistair Goodman ‘93 and son Henry, who was born in April
	Robert Harber and Karl Safft, both ‘93, enjoy some Giordano’s deep dish in Evanston.
	Sheila (Kennedy) Hickey ‘93 with her daughter
	Sarah Jaffe and Susie Campbell, both ‘93
	Sanjay Joshi and Michael Moorman, both ‘93
	John Kwant ‘93, Dave Hecht ‘93, and Carolyn Kwant at Reunion TG
	Dave Leach and Tony Pecora, both ‘93
	Peter Maddern and Jock Polsky, both ‘93
	Bill Morin ‘93 and Virginie Morin ‘94 with son Paul and daughters Julia and Anna
	KT and Jamie Overbey, both ‘93, with two of their three kids, Kate (6) and Scott (9)
	Neeta Rochlani ‘93 and husband Chris Angus
	Phil Ross and Linda Adeson, both ‘93
	Bill Morin and Jon Salveson (seated) with Mike Reiber and Chris Stent, all ‘93
	Adam Sciortino ‘93 and wife Katie
	Mark Waldron and Andy Whitman, both ‘93
	Ginny Thomas Wydler and Bill Morin, both ‘93
	Ginny Thomas Wydler, Julie Veale and Ellen Beren, all ‘93

Julie Sell missed the Reunion as she has been on the presidential campaign trail in recent months, covering the primaries for The Economist. Looking forward to Julie's assessment in November.

Thought unable to attend Reunion, Jen Gerber, husband Ron and their daughter Annabel (6) recently moved to San Francisco and look forward to reconnecting with classmates at Ken's Pinot Picnic in June.

Despite living in Chicago, Ken Yager wasn't able to make it to Reunion due to his company's annual retreat. Ken still works at Morris Anderson, conducting turnarounds and distressed company financial advisory work. "Things continue to heat up in our space, the middle market. I love the work despite the hours." Ken's youngest (11) has picked up lacrosse so Ken is learning a new sport. This past year the family went skiing in Utah and hit the beach last fall. "We have lots of family stuff going on, but it's a pretty happy and hectic life. Travel has me all over the U.S. for work. As I have gained more autonomy in my work schedule recently, I hope to be able to drop in on people in various cities."

Buffie Eilert Grewal did make it to Evanston in May and enjoyed seeing classmates and meeting with Dean Jain. Buffie lives with her son, Avery, in Menlo Park and plans to begin consulting this fall when her son starts first grade.

Buffie and Heather Gregg Earl relived old times at Reunion and believe they laid down the gauntlet Saturday night for the distinction of the latest bedtime. They nearly closed down Kingston Mines, dancing nonstop and dropping in bed at 4:05 a.m. Anyone beat them?

Bill Morin flew in from France for the festivities. In addition to reconnecting with classmates, he enjoyed meeting with the director and leaders of GIM and Kellogg Corps and other student groups to explore win-win humanitarian trips and development research possibilities.

Bill and his family live on the French side of the France-Switzerland border near Geneva. For the last two years, Bill has been working with the humanitarian organization, Global Hope Network (ghni.org). He is the global mobilization director and is seeking to organize students and professionals into Global Hope's long-term development projects. He has led teams to help handicapped orphans in Turkey, Iraqi refugees in Jordan and farmers in western China. Teams are preparing to travel to China in July, Kenya and Ethiopia in August, and India in October. If anyone is interested to join any of these or other short-term trips, go to the Global Hope Network Web site and look under "Get Involved" and click "Volunteer."

Bill's wife, Virginie Morin '94, was recently elected deputy mayor of their town, Thoiry, France, which has a population of 5,000 people from about 60 nations. "Our three kids, Paul (10), Julia (8) and Anna (4), are bilingual and love it here. If anyone is a skiing fan, let us know; we have a ski slope just 15 minutes from our home."

On Friday night of Reunion, I had dinner with Robert Harber and Karl Safft. Robert lives in Kentucky, where he runs the family business. On vacations, he enjoys skiing, a sport he first experienced on a trip with some classmates while at Kellogg. Karl was able to give Robert some suggestions for great skiing locales in Europe.

In 2004, Karl Safft and wife Vidula had a baby girl, Priyanka Karina, "who has filled our lives with great joy. We continue to enjoy the high quality of life and abundant natural beauty that Switzerland has to offer and which makes it a great place to live, especially for families."

Vidula is working again as medical editor and enjoys combining family and professional life. When she moved from Chicago to ZŸrich, it was initially difficult for her to find an appropriate position, since she did not yet speak much German.

Until April 2005, Karl worked in private wealth management with Morgan Stanley in London and ZŸrich. It was a great coincidence to find that Jon von Planta '92 was one of his colleagues. In May 2005, after eight years, he transferred to Credit Suisse, where he is responsible for the wealth management team for "ultra-high-net-worth individuals" in Central Europe.

Karl is active in the Swiss Kellogg alumni club. A highlight will certainly be the celebrations for the Kellogg Centennial, where ZŸrich will organize some events for the European alumni. And together with other former Fulbright Scholars, Karl founded the Swiss Fulbright Alumni Association. In this function, he works closely with the American Embassy in Bern and, thus, maintains his connection to the United States. Whenever you come to the area, make sure to contact Karl in advance at +41-76-330 4760 or karl.safft@credit-suisse.com.

Vickie (Chan) Lents is still in North Carolina, enjoying the South. After working for Sara Lee (Hanes & Champion apparel divisions) for 13 years, she now works for a privately held manufacturer and distributor of garage doors. "It's been quite an enjoyable change," writes Vickie. Life's good with husband Kurt and twin girls, Aimee and Samantha (5), "who keep us entertained and young." Vickie doesn't swim competitively anymore, but does play lots of tennis in her free time and her claim to fame is traveling to Puerto Rico to win USTA mixed doubles nationals.

Kevin Thompson and wife Monica spent the first three years after graduation in N.Y., where Kevin consulted with Booz Allen. They moved back to Chicago, where Kevin led strategy and product development for Ameritech New Media, a start-up cable TV business unit within Ameritech. After a few years there, he had an opportunity to join NTL and assist with the turnaround of a cable TV company in Switzerland. The family quickly relocated across the pond and it was an exciting time with the company while Kevin transitioned from marketing development to VP of corporate strategy and eventually CTO. After taking the company from public to private, the turnaround culminated in a sale to UPC Broadband, the European arm of Liberty Global. During the last year in Switzerland, Kevin joined UPC as SVP of the Pan European Technology Center to leverage integration opportunities. The Thompsons had a fantastic five years in Europe but decided in 2006 to relocate to Chicago, where for the last year and a half Kevin has been helping drive growth as COO at a facility management company called Genesis. "We grew 50 percent last year and are on track for similar growth this year, so it's been fun and rewarding work," he reports. With Genesis on its way, Kevin recently accepted an offer to join Deloitte Consulting's technology, media and telecommunications practice. After all these moves, Kevin and his family have come full circle and now live in Wilmette, near Kellogg. Kevin and Monica have three amazing boys and a beautiful little girl and "feel quite blessed."

Dominic Rispoli has been married to his wonderful wife, Lisa, for 13 years. Lisa is an ex-Young and Rubicam/Landor Associates advertising junkie who decided to stay home with their kids. They have a son (8) and daughter (5), and Golden Retriever (10). The family has moved six times in the past 15 years, including three locations in the Bay Area. "In fact, we have moved back and forth across the country so much that we have the dubious distinction of having 'bi-coastal disorder. ' We absolutely loved the Bay Area, but decided to settle in Connecticut, where we live in Ridgefield." The family spends time biking, hiking, laughing, travelling (lots) and chauffeuring the kids to parties, sports games, play dates, etc. At work, Dominic is still with Lehman Brothers after 15 years. He has done several different things over that time, ranging from starting a small investment banking coverage group on the West Coast to his current position as a managing director covering retailers.

Like Dominic, Michael Moorman has been with the same company since he left Kellogg. Michael is the global lead for ZS associates' b2b sales and marketing practice. ZS is a 1,000-person global consulting firm specializing in sales and marketing strategy and capabilities building. Michael has had the opportunity to work with more than 30 companies across 10 industries and four continents. When not working, Michael spends a lot of time with wife Gina, enjoying sailing, skiing, scuba diving and entertaining their dog, Patrick.

Tony Pecora and his wife, Carol, live in San Jose, Calif., with their three children, Camilla (16), Charlie (13) and Peter (11). After working five years at Compaq Computers, Tony has spent the past 10 years at various online companies, including Internet search company Alta Vista, eBay, Internet startup Become.com and Monster.com, where he is SVP of business development.

Gwen Foster went (back) to Prudential Capital Group after Kellogg. There she did financial restructuring of troubled U.S. and U.K. private investments for about eight years. "The economy was in such good condition in 2005 (ah, back then) that there was not enough 'trouble' in the portfolio," she reports, so she was redeployed to a role in which she made investments in the independent electric generation sector. "That position, unfortunately, involved way too much travel between N.Y. and Dallas, where my boss and team were located, and way too little in the way of collegial office atmosphere." So after a year of that, Gwen took time off to reevaluate where she wanted her career to head. "And," she writes, "one and a half years later, I'm still evaluating!"

In the meanwhile, Gwen has had the good fortune to be able to see more of the world, including a lot of friends from Kellogg days, without furtively checking Blackberry or voicemail, spend time with her parents and other family, play her clarinet — her amateur trio performed a full-length chamber music concert last fall — and volunteering. She is on the board of a nonprofit called High Five Tickets to the Arts, whose mission is to make the arts accessible to underprivileged teens who live in or are visiting N.Y. "Since my goal is not to become a professional loafer, in the relatively near term I hope to find a stimulating job at a solvent company with smart colleagues who are also team players, a decent work/life balance and a handsome pay package."

Life for the Overbey family continues at a fast, fun pace. For Jamie Overbey, the last year has been one of many challenges at his start-up firm, fulfilling times with the family and continued involvement with various volunteer activities. At JFP Group, Jamie has continued to gain deep experience in real estate development of condominiums and student apartments. Outside of work, Jamie became a swim official for the kids' swim leagues, and he has continued to enjoy being a board member for the Parents' Association for Gifted Education which runs the Super Saturday enrichment program in Cincinnati.

Last spring, K-T Overbey talked with P&G about slowing down, but they made her an offer she couldn't refuse. As a result, she moved to a newly created role as the global marketing leader for all of the company's pantiliners businesses, and the role was created with unbelievable flexibility. She is able to work only during school hours and also at home sometimes. This has taken K-T around the world to visit China, Hong Kong, South America and Europe. During her leave of absence last summer, K-T had time to focus on the family, her exercise regimen and some volunteering. She has stayed involved with the children's activities as a Girl Scout Leader (in her 6th year) and as a room parent for Kate's and Juliana's classes. Part of 2007 was consumed by her volunteer role running the Terrace Park swim team.

K-T and Jamie were fortunate to take some breaks as well. They recently returned from a relaxing break in Mexico. Last year, K-T and Jamie enjoyed an anniversary Caribbean cruise and travelling throughout Germany with their children Juliana (10), Scott (9) and Kate (6).

After living in several locations (Detroit, New Jersey, Ohio and Washington, D.C.) and working for several companies (Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover and washingtonpost.com), Margy Stratton ended up back in her hometown of Milwaukee with her husband Greg Norman '94. She spent eight years with Briggs & Stratton, and Greg was with a local real estate developer before they both decided to become entrepreneurs. Greg runs Butler-Chase Fine Home Builders and is a partner at WiRED Construction. Margy is in the process of launching a family-targeted reading radio/podcast show. She is also involved on the boards of some great organizations in the area, including the Wisconsin Humane Society, the United Way and the Columbia Health System. She is volunteering at the kids' school as well as doing fundraising for a couple of educational institutions. They have three young, wonderful and busy daughters, Ellie (7), Mimi (5) and Annie (1). The family is about to move from one old (1865) but renovated farmhouse to another (late 1800s) in the next couple months. "Life is crazy but sweet these days," they report.

"At a glance," writes Debbie Muller, "it looks like not much has changed since I left Kellogg." She still lives in Chicagoland, at a slightly different address, and works at BCG, with a slightly different title. The truth is, she took a circuitous route from then to now. In between, there have been two other addresses (in Ohio and North Carolina), two other careers (freelance strategy consultant and adjunct marketing professor) and two daughters, Sarah (12) and Amy (9). This is the first time Debbie hasn't been pregnant or moving (or both) during a Kellogg Reunion weekend! Debbie is happy to report that for all the multiple addresses, jobs, and kids, she stuck to the same husband (John) she brought to Kellogg.

Following graduation, Steve Blue had a brief stint in Chicago with Kraft Foods then moved to the Bay Area, where he spent seven years with a public real estate company (REIT) which was purchased in early 2001 (right before the market implosion). In mid-2001 he traveled through Southeast Asia, skiied and generally lived a life of leisure. In mid-2002, Steve joined Buchanan in S.F. and moved to Orange County with the firm in 2004. Last fall he married a fantastic woman, Lisa, with three wonderful kids, Deanna (11), Jake (8) and Nick (7) and he's "loving every minute of it!"

Richelle Burnett has led a very interesting life over the past 15 years. "I have spent most of my time figuring out what I don't want to do!" Richelle would have loved to continue working on the expedition ship in the Antarctic, Amazon and Arctic, but the real world called. She applied to and was accepted into a program called ACTiVATE, which accepts mid-career women with technical backgrounds. During a one-year program, it facilitates matching them with a technology transferring out of a Maryland university or federal lab that can be commercialized. Richelle is working on a technology spinning out of the Army/Aberdeen Proving Ground. "Stay tuned. I'm not quitting my day job until we know if this has legs!" Her personal life has been "fabulous!" She married a local tech entrepreneur, Loren, five years ago. After eloping in Costa Rica, they bought a house and now have three children under the age of 4.

Roman Pongracz and wife Katharina are happily living in his hometown of Vienna, Austria, with their five children, Stephanie (10), Franzi (8), Katharina (5), Ludwig (3) and Karl (1). After graduation, Roman spent seven years in consulting, five in the engineering industry, and is now at a small stock-listed company that is active in PE and consulting. Check out gci-management.com. For those of you who would like to visit Vienna, Roman says please come!

Last October Eric Kahn acquired his second dealership, Friendly Honda, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Eric left the corporate world in 2004. Since Kellogg, most of his experience was as an M&A executive performing dealership acquisitions for national dealership chains/consolidators. He formed an M&A consulting firm that focuses on the auto retail industry, E.S. Kahn & Associates, and then took the plunge himself with the acquisition of Capital Volvo of Albany in 2006. "I'm having fun being a Honda dealer," he writes. "The dealership truly lives up to its name and it's great to market such a popular product that is rated so highly."

 Eric's personal life is busy and fun too. He has been living in Armonk, N.Y. (Westchester County) for nearly seven years with his wife, Lauren, and their son (7) and daughter (4). Eric stays in contact with Kenny Nova and Peter Rogovin, as well as Debbie Winokur and Steve Hersch. "I see them all when Peter organizes Broom Ball," he says.

Michelle Pastrana is now living in Atlanta but still working as a group product director on the marketing innovation team at Johnson & Johnson. "They've been great about letting me work part-time and remotely and I just make monthly trips back to N.J." That means Michelle gets to spend more time with her three girls (9, 7 and 2). Her husband is vice president of marketing at a division of Novartis called Ciba-Vision, which is what brought the family to Atlanta. "The girls love it especially now that the swim and dive teams have gotten started," she says. Also, Angela Fullen (Mullen) and Rishal Stanciel (Dinkins) live in Atlanta. Angela has four kids and Rishal has three kids, so everybody is extremely busy but loving life.

In the last issue I covered the acquisition of Geoffrey Hyatt's company and hinted about more news to come. Well, Lincoln Hyatt was born on Feb. 13 and charms everyone with his smiles. Congratulations, Geoffrey! And ending on some very exciting news, Tina James shared that her husband, Dominic Grazioli, made the 2008 Summer Olympic team! He is one of two men representing the United States in International Trap (shooting) and Tina will be taking their two children, Dominic (10) and Lauren (7), to Beijing to cheer him on. Tina welcomes any Kellogg alums to join them if they're going to be in Beijing for the festivities!