1993

	Rishal Dinkins-Stanciel ’93 and her family at Christmas
	Heather Forsythe ’93 enjoying the beauty of Yosemite National Park
	Albert Manzone ’93, his wife Nathalie and their son Philipp with Karl Safft ’93 his wife Vidula and their daughter Priyanka in Albert's garden in Kilchberg, Switzerland
	Dan Malven and John Sheputis, both ’93, with Dan’s five kids: Tal, Quinn, Fina, Bea and Ansel. John is the godfather of Beatrice (2).
	Emily (Malatesta) Kelton ’93 and her husband Steve with sons Andrew Michael and Benjamin Robert, born on March 5
	Roddy Urquhart ’93 and wife Ali (holding their daughter Isla) on their wedding day on May 14. Peter Harrison ’93 was best man.

 

After nine years of marriage and four beautiful, healthy children, Dan Malven and his wife Audi Melsbakas ’94 believed there was room for one more in their family, and that there was a little boy in Ethiopia who would complete their family. Ansel Mesafint Melsbakas Malven “blessed us with his arrival on Dec. 24,” with joy and tears all around.

Dan comments, “Having five kids between the ages of 1 and 8, while I’m running a startup and Audi is spending 20-plus hours per week as president of our preschool co-op school board, dances back and forth across the line separating brave from crazy.” He reports that last fall, Tal started third grade and Quinn started second grade, while juggling travel soccer, lacrosse, flag football and baseball leagues throughout the year. Fina “continued to rule the roost at her preschool (just like at home!)” and Bea “continued to take it all in, watching and learning all the good and bad habits of her siblings.”

John Sheputis is the godfather of Beatrice (2). John was in Chicago on business in May and came over to the Malven house for dinner. And Dan has stayed with John and Susie (Campbell) Sheputis and their two kids in the guest house of their Bay Area home on several occasions over the last year.

Emily (Malatesta) Kelton also had some new additions to her family. On March 5, Emily and her husband Steve welcomed Andrew Michael and Benjamin Robert Kelton to the world. Emily says, “The boys are doing their best to whip their new parents into shape!”

Terry Steele has learned to row and is now rowing on a competitive women’s rowing team. She comments: “It is a ton of fun and fantastic exercise. I love being part of a team again and really enjoy the sport! It’s tough getting to the 5:30 a.m. practices, but SO worth it.”

Neal Pearlman serves as director of business development at the Little Lady Foods Company, a leading manufacturer of custom-made pizza and sandwich products.

Roddy Urquhart felt an update was due since he got married in Edinburgh on May 14 to Ali, with his daughter Isla (1) also present. Peter Harrison was his best man and flew in from Lake Tahoe, Nev., where he is based. Roddy is still in London, working as a marketing consultant with Nae Bother, and continues to help out with the alumni club. Roddy is “looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion in two years.”

Scott Martin reports: “I have started a new role with an exciting company, QuantiaMD.com, an interactive healthcare community free to physicians, where they may view educational content provided by their peers. Check it out! Still haven’t escaped Chicago. Despite the wonderful weather — is it summer yet?”

Karl Safft and Albert Manzone had not seen each other since the last Reunion in Chicago. Karl lived near Zurich and Albert lived in Chicago. Last year, Albert moved with his family into Karl’s little village of 5,000 inhabitants in Kilchberg, near Zurich! They lived for a year about 300 meters away from one another, but did not know about one another and never bumped into each other. Karl writes, “It needed a reception by Northwestern President Morton Schapiro in Zurich for us to run into each other with great surprise! We now live closer to each other than we did in Evanston and, eventually, discovered it.”

After five years in Evanston with ZS Associates, Charlie Thompson and his wife Leigh moved to Atlanta in 1998. Daughters Katy (17; singing, dancing, theater) and Claire (15; volleyball, basketball, soccer) are thriving.

Charlie also writes, “Professionally, I’m having a blast!” Charlie spent most of the past decade with marketRx, a technology and consulting company focused on the life-sciences industry. Backed by Sequoia Capital, marketRx grew to 550 professionals, earned No. 195 on the Inc. 500 as well as a place on Entrepreneur magazine’s “Hot 100.” In 2007, the firm was sold to Cognizant Technologies. Now, Charlie is working on two new adventures. He just launched Axtria, an advanced analytics firm, which blends business consulting, analytics, and technology to help global clients achieve profitable growth. He also joined private equity friends at The White Oak Group to acquire and grow healthcare data and technology companies. He comments: “Atlanta has a pretty strong Kellogg network, and it is always fun to catch up and share stories. Feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn.”

In working with talented students at universities and colleges across the nation, Rishal Dinkins-Stanciel discovered there is a tremendous void — regardless of racial, ethnic, and/or socio-economic differences — in the level of preparedness of students upon entering college and their ability to finish in the prescribed four years. She co-authored a book, Coached for Success, with Valerie Griffin ’89 to address that void and save students years of frustration and tens of thousands of dollars in tuition. For students in high school or college, or parents of these students, “this book will give you the insight and proper perspective needed to navigate college with confidence.” The book is available online at createspace.com/3439239. Rishal and Valerie are also career-prep coaches for New York-based Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national nonprofit organization.

Things are busy — but great — for Paul Nunes. His second book, Jumping the S-Curve, was published by Harvard Business Review Press, and he has been busy traveling near and far to promote it and tell the story. Lucky for Paul, the locations are usually pretty nice — San Diego, Las Vegas, Copenhagen and South Africa, for example. Paul also was awarded his first U.S. patent for an innovation-improvement process he developed at Accenture. He finds it hard to believe that it has been 25 years since he started working at Accenture. He joined back in 1986 before Kellogg (Arthur Andersen at the time). Paul is the executive director of research at the company’s institute for high performance, which has grown to roughly 30 researchers based in Boston, London, Chicago, Mumbai and Beijing, although Paul says, “It guarantees taking conference calls at all hours of the day and night.” Despite the schedule, Paul is home more than half of the time, which is great because his sons and daughter (14, 11 and 9) are keeping him busy. With his wife Joan working part-time in private equity, “a little extra home time is critical to everyone’s sanity.” While his favorite sports teams to watch are his kids’, “Boston has made it really exciting to be a fan, and I even got to the second game of the first Cubs-Red Sox series here in 40 years (had to root for the Red Sox with the kids, despite growing up in Chicago).” Paul sees Bill Jacobs and Robert Harper occasionally when they pass through for holidays and summer camp visits, and would love to catch up with others who are passing through “the Hub,” also known as Boston.

As for me, Heather Forsythe, I’ve had a rather rough year so far. My dad became ill earlier this year and died in the spring from pulmonary fibrosis. I was glad to have been able to celebrate my parents’ 50th anniversary with them in December, before we became aware of his illness. And my boss kindly let me work remotely from the East Coast to spend time with dad before he died — and with mom afterwards. When I returned home to California, the first thing I did was drive up to Yosemite to spend a long weekend there with some friends to recharge my batteries. It’s an amazing place; if you haven’t yet been there, you just have to experience it yourself. I’ve traveled quite a bit, but it’s my favorite place on Earth.