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  Mike Bileca EMP-54 with son Nathan in January
   
 
  Jeanine Niyonzima EMP-54 and Raffi Aroian on their wedding day
   
 
  Arun Subramony EMP-54 and the NU Wildcat
   
EMP-54

Mike Bileca and his wife have been quite busy since we graduated. They have three boys, Gabriel (3), Benjamin (2) and Nathan, born January of this year. Mike is still with the same dental practice management company, Towncare Dental, which has more than doubled since our time at Kellogg. Mike also founded a consulting company, Practice Synergistics, that consults with various large dental groups around the country, which keeps him on the road a lot. His doors are always open for whoever is passing through Miami.

Patrick Davenport is working as senior vice president for corporate and business development for a new software company, Twinstrata. It's a startup company in the Boston area, developing innovative storage software products tailored for emerging customer ecosystems. Patrick is also on the business school faculty at Boston College, teaching classes in entrepreneurship (of course)!

Bill Featherstone is working as vice president of sales, North America for an Australian consumer packaging firm called Amcor. They are the third largest packaging firm in the world, and do a variety of things from films, to fiberboard, to bottles. Terri and the boys (Danny and Austin) are doing great. The big event for the Featherstones is that Danny graduates from high school this year and will be attending Central Michigan University in the fall. Austin is still crazy about hockey and has been skating with the local travel team the last three years. Their summer plans are to make the annual trek down to the North Carolina coast in July.

Jeanine Niyonzima married Raffi Aroian on Jan. 27. Jeanine has been living in San Diego since 2004. In 2006, she left Emerson Electric to start her own consulting business in wireless telecom, and it's still going strong. Last year, at a women's retreat, she shared her dream to help her native country, Burundi, fight poverty through education and healthcare. Inspired to put her dream to work, a group of caring women signed up to help start Burundi Friends International (BFI). The group has been meeting monthly, developing plans of action. Their first fund-raising event is at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament this June. Anyone wishing to get involved can go to their Web site at bufri.org. All are invited to reconnect with Jeanine in San Diego anytime!

Jason Oakley was recently appointed CEO of North American Video, a worldwide leader in the implementation of integrated video surveillance and security systems. Congratulations!

Arun Subramony is now working for UST-Global as a general manager. His office is in Aliso Viejo, Calif., but he still travels a lot, has a home in New Jersey and is often back in India. Arun continues to make friends with everyone, including fuzzy purple ones! Other teammates who are doing well, send their greetings, and hope to stay in touch include Charlie Kinas, Ray Quatrochi, Ron Reynolds, Rebecca Liebert, Steve Conley, Steve Adams, Ernita Johnson, Kevin Burke and Dan Nelson.

EMP-54 teammates had a great time at our five-year Reunion. The "I Team" won the best team attendance award — Greg Wells, Mike Bileca, Tim Schmidt and Kevin Harris. Also in attendance: Joe Dalum, Lora Rosenbaum, Arun Subramony, Scott Egner, Maureen Bryan, Rana Altenburg, George Baus and Patrick Davenport. We're planning an EMP-54 reunion in Wisconsin next summer (August 2009) so watch for e-mails about it.

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