1985

	Jayant Kanitkar ’85
	Rich Damisch ’85 with Ben Hollis (former host of WTTW's Wild Chicago) celebrating International Creativity & Innovation Week
	Mayor Nancy Rotering ’85

Congratulations to Nancy Rotering on being elected the first woman mayor of Highland Park, Ill. Previously, she was an attorney with McDermott, Will & Emery. Her husband, Rob Rotering, is managing director at Northlight Financial, a private investment fund. They have four boys – Charlie, Jack, Andy and Peter.

Dennis Canfield, a financial adviser, celebrated his 20th year with Northwestern Mutual Life. He, his wife Anne and their two daughters live in Western Springs, Ill. Their older daughter loves to sing, and she qualified for the Illinois Music Educators Association High School All-State Choir. Their younger daughter loves theater and played an “Oompa-Looma” in 11 sold-out shows in the Western Springs Community Theater production of “Willy Wonka.”

Having retired from Bank of America (San Francisco) in 2006 as a senior vice president, Jayant Kanitkar has balanced lots of free time with a bit of “work” here and there. During the tax season, he helps 300 or so of his clients — individuals, sole proprietors, partnerships and corporations, not to mention estates and trusts — with their income tax returns. He is a master tax adviser with H&R Block Premium. The rest of the time, Jayant has been going to India to teach various subjects at various universities and schools. Later this year, he plans to trek to the Mount Everest base camp in Tibet, as well as Mount Kailash, one of the holiest mountains for the Hindus, and to Lake Mansarovar, the highest lake on earth. After the trek, he will teach a project-management course in LanZhou, China. You can follow Jayant’s travels through his blog at kanitkar.blogspot.com. Speaking of blogs, you can follow Andy Birol at profitablegrowth.com.

For the past seven years, Al Dillione has been working at the N.J. Department of Banking & Insurance as the chief business analyst for the Office of Consumer Finance. He is responsible for developing all the performance metrics and assessments for 3,000 companies in 10 businesses, including mortgage lenders, money transmitters and check cashers. In his free time, Al umpires high school baseball and works in area soup kitchens. For the past four years, Al has enjoyed watching his son, AJ, play high school football as a first team all-state center. After receiving 16 Division 1 offers, AJ has will play at Dartmouth next year.

On April 29, as a part of Kellogg’s Alumni Weekend activities, Greg Rose hosted an event at his home with the Kellogg Gay & Lesbian Management Association (GLMA). More than 45 alums and current students attended. Founded in 1992, the GLMA supports and enhances the academic, social and pre-professional experience of LGBT students at Kellogg. The school has become known nationally as one of the top business schools for LGBT students.

The Class of 1986 at their 25-year Kellogg Reunion