1992
Tim Giardina
was recently promoted to national sales director for Tall’n,
an IT consulting firm specializing in custom application
development and integration for the retail, financial
services and health care industries.
After
11 years Rick Erwin writes: “I’ve been
with Chicago-based printer RR Donnelley Corp. since 1992.
I’ve moved around the U.S. in various management roles
and now run a marketing services business unit in Chicago.
My wife, Tracy, and I have three terrific kids, ages 7, 4
and 7 months, whose activities devour our free time (along
with perpetual renovations of our 80-year old house in Hinsdale,
Ill. I’d love to hear from my classmates — erwin630@comcast.net.
Robert
Walner joined the corporate and securities department in
the Chicago
office of Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a
national law firm primarily serving real estate clients.
Prior to joining the firm, he was the executive vice president,
chief administrative and legal officer, and corporate secretary
for Grubb & Ellis Co.
Dr.
Bob Honigsberg has now been in Cincinnati for four years,
a record for
him. “I’m very challenged at J&J,” says
the veteran Buckeye, “where I head several large FDA
registration programs and other projects, as well as helping
my boys with their homework.” Kathleen and Scott Schur & Co.
have moved into a new house in Portland; Moose is still with
Intel. Gerard Beenen resigned as CEO of Block Integrative
Cancer Care to start his PhD at Carnegie Mellon in organizational
behavior. “Yo ho, yo ho,” he writes, “a
professor’s life for me! I also work with the Institute
for Business, Technology & Ethics (www.ethix.org) and
serve as a research fellow and editor of book and film reviews.
Finally, I’m encouraging Professor Lavengood to document
some of his contributions to Management Ethics. Anyone interested
in helping with this project should email me: gbeenen1992@kellogg.northwestern.edu.”
Charlie
Cosovich writes: “In a most random occurrence,
I was in the small visitors’ lobby at a research hospital
near L.A., waiting for a meeting I was to facilitate (I advise
hospitals). Into the lobby walked the hospital’s head
of fund-raising with Kal Bagamane Denzel. Kal was visiting
from Hong Kong, avoiding the peak of SARS and checking out
the hospital’s program. More planned encounters include
going to an Oakland A’s game with Jeff Mora and occasional
get-togethers with Pam del Rio.” Jay Fehnel writes
from Chicago that he is now VP, business development for
Tribune Media Services. He does strategic planning, partnerships
and M&A for TMS, which syndicates news and entertainment
listings worldwide. Ilene Weinstein Lederman sends “greetings
from San Francisco, where the economy is still rough and
housing is still overpriced, but the weather is fabulous
(Fabulous? Well, compared to the economy, maybe). In July
I had my second child, Max Benjamin, after a full day at
the office (seems to be how I do things!). He joins sister
Hannah, now 20 months old. The other day the local ABC-TV
news had a story about going after your dream job, given
the sorry state of the West Coast’s economy. The story
featured none other than George Corrigan, standup comic wannabee,
and now professional masseur! Also in the story was David
Krigel, who was playing guitar and singing in a musical gig.
Here’s to David and George!”
4-Quarter Reporter
Ironman
Jim Winnet was too busy as managing director of IC Consulting
Services
to be on the California ballot. He
says
that “our newest service, which is going very well,
is helping public companies comply with the new Sarbanes-Oxley
corporate governance and internal control laws.” (A
wonder JW wasn’t featured on the ABC News too.)
Todd
and Jennifer Cornell welcomed daughter Ashley Grace last
March. “She was 5 pounds and 18 inches,” Jennifer
writes. “After six days in the NICU she came home and
joined brothers Brad and Drew. I’m still in operations
at Capital One in Richmond. We had a mini-reunion with Christine
and David Czerniecki and family at the Bronx Zoo this summer.
They have three kids: Ethan 5, Maria, 3, and Marshall, 9
months. His email is dec@georgetown.edu.” Kristen Lofquist
Simmons left Mazda to become SVP-marketing at Gateway in
San Diego, commuting from Aliso Viejo. Husband Michael Simmons
is now president of TechSpace (formerly Enfrastructure).
Steve Rappaport exercises in his spare time by rowing on
Prague’s Vlatava River, water skiing and cycling
in the Bohemian countryside. Maria Thomas is back in D.C.
after
nearly three years at Amazon.com in Seattle. She is now
VP for NPR Online and all things digital at National Public
Radio. Keep an eye on
npr.org for a much-improved site and
user experience.
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From
left: Groom Brian Kelleher and bride Teresa Zepeda ’92,with
fellow Kellogg alums Monica Giaquinto ’92 and
Donna Potter-Case ’92 |
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In July, Teresa Zepeda
married Brian Kelleher in a beautiful beach wedding in
El Salvador. The lovebirds
took a long honeymoon to Europe and Africa and are making
their home in San Francisco. 4Q pals Donna Case Potter
and Monica Benadum Giaquinto had a great time at the
wedding!
Mariann
Kurtz married Charles “Chuck” Weber in
August in Louisville, Ky. Mariann was introduced to Chuck
by one of her undergrad professors, who happens to be Chuck’s
eldest brother. They were introduced via email while Mariann
was still in Sarajevo. They met over dinner next time Mariann
was in D.C. They emailed, phoned and made multiple trips
across the Atlantic. Then Mariann moved back to D.C. last
December, and the rest is history. Chuck is a dermatologist
and Mariann is a manager at the IFC. They live in Falls Church,
Va.
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George Thornton ’92 and Debra Hill’s
wedding attended by fellow Kellogg alums |
George
Thornton married Debra Hill in Chicago in June. The elegant
affair was attended by classmates Bill Lakenan,
Paul
Mistor, Dave Ritland, Boyd Rice, Sean Rollings and Sean Conlin.
C&D no more, George.
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Mike Pytlinski ’92 and Sharon
with their twin sons, Drew and Evan |
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Sharon
and Mike Pytlinski proudly announce the birth of twin
sons, Drew
and Evan, in July. “Careerwise, I’m
one of the rare few who’s still with the same company,
Kraft, since 1992,” he writes. “Two locations,
seven brands and 11 positions later, I’m now the director
of marketing for strategic accounts, a fancy title for managing
Kraft’s corporate marketing programs for heavyweights
such as Wal-Mart and Kroger.” Nancy Dill writes: “I
love my job as manager of continuous improvement consulting
for Chiron, in Emeryville, Calif. On the personal front,
I’m having a wonderful time with a great community.
I dance twice weekly and assist at personal development
workshops. My eldest son just started college at Cornell.”
Paul
Mistor took some time off to design a board game and write
a children’s book. In pursuits less tame, the
intrepid Mr. Mistor was recently in Afghanistan and Pakistan
hunting for business deals. In July, Katherine and Steve
Elms had a boy, Pierce. He joins brothers Hayden, 5, and
Harrison, 3. Steve is still a partner at the $450 Million
Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Private Equity Fund (invests
in biotech/pharmaceuticals sector). He writes: “We
spent August in Westport, Conn., and often see Gerry McGinley
and family. I’ve been here more than three years and
enjoy the challenges managing the growing pains of emerging
companies. I look forward to the biotech IPO window reopening
soon. I go to California often and recently had dinner with
the old Landmark roomies: Tim Nelson, Matt Collier and Doug
Marks. They’re all doing well and have growing families.”
Vinod “Yo Vinnie!” Dasari writes: “Last
year I moved to Pune, India, to become president of Cummins
India Ltd. It’s been an interesting and challenging
year. I was recently promoted to joint managing director.
I’m also still on Kellogg’s MMM advisory board
and once traveled all the way to Evanston for a meeting.
I hope that we can start video conferencing soon! Please?
I also visited the Indian School of Business (ISB), a Kellogg-Wharton
joint venture in Hyderabad. It has a 250-acre campus and
fabulous facilities and services. The students get room service
and fresh linens daily like a 5-star hotel.” (What,
no pony rides?) We also re-launched Kellogg’s alumni
club in India; check out www.Kelloggindia.com.”
Two
Kellogg New Yorkers left Manhattan. Denise Luft Glassman
and family
moved to suburban Short Hills, N.J. She writes: “It
seems as if I’ve spent my whole life in Manhattan and
I’m anxious about adapting to the suburbs and depending
on a car. But our house is lovely. Jeremy is now 5 and Spencer
is 2. I left work when Jeremy was born, then returned to
work for a year and was then laid off. So it’s been
three hectic, wonderful years at home with the boys.” As
for the Riffman, many of you know that Eva and I bid a sad
farewell in August to our home and friends in Manhattan’s
Greenwich Village. Seven years flew by. We now live in Baltimore’s
Fells Point, where Eva started her PhD at Johns Hopkins.
I’m still consulting, looking for deals and traveling
abroad when I can. Come and visit; we have a roof deck and
I have an “endowed” chair at the pub next door.
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