2001
— Full-Time As
we pass the seven-year mark since graduation, it's great to
see that everyone is enjoying their families and finding new
professional challenges. Keep the news coming!
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Anne and Mike Biddlecom, both ‘01, with daughters Riley and Lucy |
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Victoria and Keith Bough ‘01 announce the birth of their daughter, Lauren Elisabeth, who arrived on Nov. 8. |
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Kristin and Chris Graham ‘01 welcomed Cecilia into the world on Nov. 20. |
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Rahul Kapoor ‘01 and his wife attended the Indian festival of colors this March in the San Jose area. |
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Cynthia Reid and Robert McClung ‘01, both of Chicago, married May 31. |
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Ken Thompson ‘01 with his wife Melissa and their little bundle of joy, Caroline |
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Todd Wincup ‘01 with children Grant (4), Reid Elizabeth (2) and Avery Margaret, born Dec. 29 |
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Cynthia
Reid (NU '99) and Robert McClung, both of Chicago,
married May 31. Cyndy works as director of marketing for the
executive search firm Spencer Stuart. Rob is a vice president
for NAVTEQ, a producer of digital map data.
Ann
(Rollert) and Mike Biddlecom welcomed a second daughter named Riley to the world
on Jan. 8. That makes three Capricorn women in the house.
Big sister Lucy's and mom's birthdays are all within a week
of each other!
Victoria
and Keith Bough announce the birth of their daughter,
Lauren Elisabeth, on Nov. 8 in San Francisco. "She is
a happy baby with an easygoing personality," Keith reports.
The family resides in San Francisco, where Keith runs a venture-backed
media startup, and Victoria manages the marketing and strategy
consulting practice for Forrester Research.
Kristin
and Chris Graham are happy to announce the birth of their
daughter Cecilia on Nov. 20. Chris is working at Irevna, a
research services firm. He's been there five years and is
now director of global business development based in New York.
He writes, "I'm traveling a lot as we have recently opened
offices in Hong Kong and Argentina, but hoping to see Kelloggians
at N.Y. events too!"Gretchen Hall and Peter Solomon
'00 are still happily living in Wellesley, Mass. They welcomed
a second daughter, Eliza Beatrix Solomon on Oct. 18. Gretchen
is working from home for Booz Allen.
Ken
Thompson and wife Melissa are excited about their new
little bundle of joy, Caroline, who joined them Sept. 19.
They are living in Houston, and Ken is now working for an
energy company, which takes some of the bite out of high gasoline
prices.
Todd
Wincup and wife Tammy Mank Wincup welcomed baby No. 3,
Avery Margaret Wincup, on Dec. 29. They join big brother Grant
(4) and Reid Elizabeth (2). The Wincups reside in Washington,
D.C., where Todd is a senior adviser at Patton Boggs LLP.
Bibi
Choa writes: "All is well with me and Nayat. We are
in Tokyo, where I started in mid-November handling Levi's
for Japan."
Recently
there has been a lot of buzz around green initiatives in the
U.S. and elsewhere. In keeping with the spirit, Tushar
Dhayagude founded mSilica in 2006 in Silicon Valley. mSilica
has semiconductor IC products that enable adoption of energy-efficient
and ecologically benign panels in notebook computers and LCD
TVs. Tushar also co-founded a solar power venture in 2007,
Efficient Solar, for which he is a board director.
Jeffere
Ferris transferred to IBM Australia to launch the media
and entertainment consulting practice. Jeffere, his wife,
Sara, and son (1), Winston, are living in North Bondi, Sydney.
They are glad to spend many Aussie summer evenings with Sally
Burns and her husband, Smitty, and their daughter, Harper.
Dana
Hagendorf recently started a new job as vice president
of marketing for Audemars Piguet, the world's oldest luxury
watch manufacturer still in the hands of its founding families.
In this role, she manages the marketing, advertising, and
public relations efforts for the United States and Canada
and reports directly to the company's CEO. She is based in
the New York City headquarters.
Alyssa
Kennedy has moved from Chicago to Los Angeles to take
a new job. She left management consulting at Accenture to
do equity research for a small company called Aletheia Research
and Management. She writes, "I'm looking to connect with
alumni in the area, particularly ones with backgrounds in
finance, given my career switch."
Tyler
Vaughey recently relocated back to New York City to assume
a new sales leadership role with American Express. On his
first day in the N.Y. office, he ran into Debbie
Curtis who had recently joined American Express as vice
president of advertising after nearly six years in marketing
with L'Oreal USA. Since joining the company, she has launched
new advertising campaigns featuring fashion icon Diane von
Furstenburg and entertainer Ellen DeGeneres.
Christopher
Mulshine writes: "I joined Credit-Suisse in New York,
where I am a managing director and head of hedge fund manager
coverage for capital services in the Americas. Living with
wife Michelle and three children in Riverside, Conn."
Brian
Poger and Silvia Cheskes married on Feb. 17 in Ixtapa,
Mexico. Following a weekend of wedding celebrations, the couple
celebrated their birthdays on the 18th and 19th in a trifecta
of big events. The wedding date was chosen to help Brian from
forgeting their anniversary anytime soon. The newlyweds were
joined by many Kellog gians for the festivities.
Mark
Verschuur and wife Dusanka had a third child, Alexandra,
on June 28, 2007. The growing family lives in Chicago where
Mark is a vice president with Merrill Lynch Global Wealth
Management. |