1995

	Win Reis ’95 with family
	Christian Langenstein ’95 was ordained a Buddhist monk by the head monk of Thailand

Fernando Lopez did a great job reporting on classmate Klaus Buerger. Klaus led his company to win the Muelle Norte concession in Peru and was at the concession-agreement signing alongside the president of Peru, Alan Garcia.

Christian Langenstein here: “I am still living and working in wonderful Palm Beach, Fla. I am still employed with Merrill Lynch, where I provide wealth management services to executives, families and some institutions. I have two beautiful children, Angelika (12) and Spencer (7). Most don’t know, but I have been a long-time student of Buddhist teachings and philosophy. I was honored a few years back by being ordained a Buddhist monk by the head monk of Thailand. What a great honor and fulfillment of my spiritual journey! Life is back to normal, but I try daily to bring good positive and mindful energy to everyone and everything I do. I hope all my Kellogg friends are well!”

Lisa (Forthofer) LaVine moved to Naperville, Ill., with her family. Her husband Lars started a new job with Sara Lee in Downers Grove last year. They are thrilled to be back in Chicago.

From Patrick Destang: “I still live in Paris with my wife Maguelone (Medill grad ’95) with our fraternal twins Victor and Adrien (7). I have been with Terreal (a large building-materials company in France that manufactures clay tiles and bricks) for 10 years now and was named COO last year. We’ve gone through two LBOs in the last five years. We’ve been keeping in touch with Chicago lately through TV series, such as The Good Wife (it just started televising in France), although it’s more about lawyers than Kellogg grads!” Contact Patrick at patrick.destang@terreal.com.

Win Reis is loving his first few months at ShoreTel as senior manager of channel marketing and programs. The company sells only through reseller channels, so he’s right in the thick of the action. In his free time, he’s usually either playing tennis or going on a Boy Scout trip with his two boys, Tommy (13) and Gordon (11). He was in Chicago for work in July and no doubt made time to catch a Cubs game and saw some classmates.

Lee Talbert reports that he is with Booz, has spent two great years in Paris and returns to the Chicago office this summer. Lee was recently married and had a great honeymoon in Italy. He is also playing some golf and photographing in his spare time.

Brad Frank joined a startup called Activeion as vice president of marketing in November 2010, working with CEO John Walden ’94. The company makes a handheld device that transforms regular tap water into a powerful cleaner and sanitizer. Brad comments that this product is great for the environment, and also for people’s health and safety. To learn more, check out Activeion.com.

Suzy Taherian reports: “I am still at Amyris, the renewable energy company. We went public in October last year, and the stock price has almost doubled since then. There’s been a lot of interest in the company. Fast Company named Amyris the 30th most innovative company (beating out GE, Cisco, Microsoft and Pepsico). We’ve had a lot of visitors. A group of Kellogg students came to visit Amyris during spring break as part of their renewable energy trek and it was great to see we have such a bright and talented group of students these days. They asked some good (tough!) questions. Another exciting visit was by the president of Costa Rica. It was a strange sight to see the Secret Service people in crisp suits, sharp haircuts, earphones and poorly-concealed firearms walking casually among our relaxed, jeans-wearing scientists. The CEO, John Melo, was named No. 19 on the list of the top 100 people in Bio Energy. And Biofuel Digest named Amyris to the No. 1 spot on the 50 hottest companies in bioenergy. So lots of exciting news, but lots more work ahead.”

Klaus Buerger ’95 (second from right) with Peruvian President Alan Garcia at the signing of the Muelle Norte concession at the Presidential Palace in Peru