There's so much news to report on the Class of '99 front, so I'll just jump right in!

Kristi Leonard Brandt writes: "My husband, Scott, and I recently welcomed our third child, Stephen, to our growing family. Though Scott's trading firm still operates in Chicago, we now live on the beach in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. A far cry from downtown Chicago, we are enjoying the weather and beach immensly. Do wish there were some Kellogg alumns near by though!"

Wynne Kwee and husband Cheuk are living in San Francisco, enjoying the weather and a laid-back lifestyle. Wynee left her marketing job a couple years ago and went back to school for interior design. She works at a firm that specializes in hospitality design and is having a blast!

Anne Imrie Hoffman ‘99, Bo Koebler, Ellen Cleaveland Koebler ‘99 (holding Katie Koebler), Achim Hoffman ‘99 and Jeff Koebler at the Koebler’s house in Atlanta
Jon Harris ‘99 meets his match playing against his son Tucker.
Lara, Loreli and Roy Ibasco ‘99
Rob (Tyler) Marcolina ‘99, husband Kirk, and daughter Sophie at her second birthday
Sarah Ouchi Tsai, Jean Lee and Kathryn Sugerman, all ‘99, celebrated Jean’s birthday in Los Angeles.
Dave Parikh ‘99, wife Anuja Parikh, Ananya (3) and Ishann (1)
Jon Teppo ‘99 and wife Tami, with Ben (6), Kate (1) and Sam (3)
Hiro Watanabe ‘99 and his bride, Akiko Funayama, had a wedding ceremony at Mitsui Club in Tokyo on March 1. More than 100 friends and relatives gathered to celebrate the special day.
Hasan Yardimci ‘99, wife Esra and children Deniz and Derin enjoy a sunny winter afternoon in Chicago.

Last year was also a fruitful year for traveling. Wynee and Cheuk went to Hawaii, the Big Island, to check out the volcano and lava. They also flew to Hong Kong and India to visit friends and attend a wedding. And in December, Wynee traveled to South America to visit Easter Island and finally step foot on the Antarctica, her seventh continent!

Raghu Shankar has moved to Austin, Texas, after a four-year stint in Bangalore, India. His two sons (6 and 8) are adjusting well and enjoying the new school system.

Aaron Salamon started a job at Endo Pharmaceuticals in December. He is a segment market research manager there. He moved from Indiana to Pennsylvania and his wife and daughter were planning to arrive in June.

Vince and Sarah (Ouchi) Tsai have three boys, Ethan (6), Ryan (4), and Dylan (1). Between the karate lessons, art classes and golf, tennis and baseball practices, Sarah is still working with Stacy Sukov Blackman's company doing MBA admissions consulting. After more than four years at Yahoo!, Vince finally made the move to a smaller company. He joined Reach Local, where he is now vice president of marketplace operations, playing both a product development and business operations role. Despite the initial shock of being in a small company ("What? I have to figure out how to program my Blackberry by myself?"), he is loving it. Vince and Sarah helped Jean Lee celebrate her birthday with a cooking class/dinner in L.A.

Rob (Tyler) Marcolina has returned to L.A. after spending almost two years back home in Australia. He said it was a tough decision to move back to the U.S., after some wonderful times reconnecting with family and friends. He and husband Kirk are busy raising their daughter, Sophie, who continues to amaze them every day.

Gary Krieger and Tracie Ledsky Krieger '00 leveraged their competencies in family building and expanded their company 25 percent last year, from four Kriegers to five. The family lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Gary works in the private banking division of JP Morgan in Palm Beach while Tracie is CEO of the very busy house and runs a small business teaching Mommy-and-Me classes.

Hyokon Zhiang left Bain in 2004 and has been doing innovation consulting. This year, he shifted focus to innovation development (or internal incubation). He is working on a few Web 2.0 businesses, which you can find at innomovelab.com.

Chelsea Smith had her third child, Channing Jewel, on Nov. 21. She joins a sister, Kinsey Jade (2) and a brother, James Zachary (4). She is still trading equities for Allstate Investments and her husband, James Smith '98, works with Ariel Investments. The kids keep them busy but they are having a blast.

Rick and Diana Knapp have a new daughter, Allison, born Nov. 20.

Matthew Abbott and wife Sara welcomed their first child, Benjamin Allen Abbott, on March 28 in Washington, D.C. Matt is already training him to be a southpaw for the Boston Red Sox! Everyone is healthy and doing well.

Craig McGiffin and family have moved to Fort Collins, Colo. Charlotte Emily McGiffin was born on St. Patrick's Day 2007 during an ice storm in New York City.

Alyson Malone married Arthur Bagby on Sept. 30. She and her husband are living in Birmingham, Ala., where she is president of her family's foundation, The Malone Family Foundation.

Carlos Botelho left Marathon Asset Management, a large multistrategy hedge fund based in New York, to set up a global emerging markets alternative asset manager, Cartica Capital (carticacapital.com). His partners are a group of former colleagues from the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), where he spent more than six years after graduating from Kellogg. Carlos and wife Elena are splitting their time between D.C. and New York, and he's doing a lot of international travel.

Roy Ibasco announced the birth of his daughter, Lara Nina Ibasco. She was born in November 2007 in Hawaii. The family lives in the Bay Area and looks forward to keeping in touch.

Dave Parikh is doing well and recently moved back to India to help start Virgin Mobile in India. After a few very hectic months, they just launched in March. He is enjoying his gig as chief officer of handsets, value-added services and procurement. After several years in the U.S., India has been challenging, vibrant, different, yet fun.

After years of living in Wilmette and working for Wolters Kluwer, a multinational publishing and information company, Jon Teppo accepted a position in the company's office in the Netherlands as vice president of business analysis. This year has involved moving with wife Tami and three children Ben (6), Sam (3) and Kate (1) to the "old south" neighborhood of Amsterdam. They expect to be here for the next three years and are really enjoying the change of pace and adventure. They also hope to have many visitors.

Life is good in Bellevue, Wash., for Henry Albrecht. William (1) took his first steps, Josephine (4) started T-ball and Alexander (7) was in a spelling bee. Henry and wife Chris urge all of our Kellogg mates to holler when you pass through Seattle, and to check out Limeade Employee Vitality at limeade.com.

Tom and Carrie (Tower) Lott moved to Davidson, N.C. from N.Y. last summer. Davidson is a town outside Charlotte. Tom still works for the same fund, Gracie Capital, but mostly works at home and commutes occasionally to the city. They prefer small-town life, especially for their kids, Cassie (3) and Emma (5). Big change for them but they are pretty happy away from the rat race.

Anne Imrie Hoffman is now a partner with Graphite Capital LLP, a midmarket private equity firm in London and Achim Hoffman is the founder of a clean tech startup in London. Ellen (Cleaveland) Koebler is a managing director for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, a regional bank in Georgia and husband Jeff is the managing partner with Seek Capital Partners, a capital raising firm in Atlanta. Anne and Achim stopped in for a visit with the Koeblers en route to vacation in Barbados in May.

Erin Lydon, her husband, Randi, and daughters Fiona (4) and Buggy (1) have settled in windy South Dakota. Their plans are to relocate to Boulder, Colo., in 2009 and settle somewhere long-term to raise the kids among the "like-minded." For now, Erin serves on the board of the Boys & Girls Club and takes the girls running in the double stroller when weather permits. Contact her at ely376@hotmail.com.