1994
Hello,
everyone! By the time you read this, fall will be well
underway, and it will be the perfect time to plan a spring
getaway. How does late spring in Chicago sound? Plans for
our 10th reunion are underway. Save the weekend of April
30 – May 2 and plan on heading to Evanston to reconnect
with friends and classmates. A reunion committee chaired
by Sue (McNamara) and Doug Warshauer and yours truly has
formed to work on the reunion. You will start hearing from
us soon. We are actively working with Kellogg to plan a
fun-filled weekend and hope that many of you can join us.
And of course we hope that you will consider celebrating
this milestone with a tax-deductible donation to Kellogg.
Keep your eyes out for upcoming mailings with more information.
If you have any questions, suggestions or a desire to help,
please feel free to contact Doug or me.
As always,
many thanks to those who wrote with news.
Pierluigi
Antonelli has been promoted to executive director of business
development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
for Bristol Myers Squibb. He has been working in Paris
since January and reports he is still in touch with classmates,
including Gian Maria Restelli (currently in Milan), Luc
Paillard
(with Morgan Stanley in London), Folke Frederiksen (Denmark),
Joao Silva (Portugal), Dimitri Stathopoulos (Greece) and
a few others. He invites former classmates to contact him
if they visit Paris. You can email him at pierluigi.antonelli@bms.com.
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The ’94 Kellogg Ryder Cup
group in Scotland last spring |
Jim
Schorr lives in San Francisco and is the executive director
of Juma Ventures, a nonprofit youth employment and development
program. He sent in an update of a Kellogg ’94 tradition,
the Kellogg Ryder Cup. Starting with spring break our second
year, this group has gotten together to travel to a new site
each year for a golf trip, following the Ryder Cup format.
They play nonstop golf for four days. For their 10th annual
cup, they splurged and went to Scotland, where Jamie Sabatier
arranged for golf at the Turnberry resort (owned by Jamie’s
employer, Starwood Hotels). After seven rounds the matches
ended in a draw. To be continued in 2004 (perhaps the
group would like to plan an 11th tourney in Chicago next
spring?).
Joining Jim and Jamie in Scotland were Greg Coleman,
Bill McIlwain, Joe Lee, Nick Von Moltke, Bruce Wimberly,
Tom
Barrett, John Montgomery, Lanny Thorndike, Graham Cook,
Bruce Angus,
Kevin Cook, Jeff Winaker, Bill Rustico and Gunter Seeger.
Lisa
Fry works for Kaiser Permanente in Atlanta, Ga. She has
been with them for about five years and recently took
a new position as director of business development. She
and her husband, Ed, welcomed daughter Lindsey Caroline
into
the world on Sept. 3. Her older sister, Madison, now
4 years old, loves having a baby sister. Lisa writes that
it is hard
to believe that they’ve been in Atlanta almost 10 years.
They love it and welcome anyone who is brave enough to stand
the summer heat.
Monica
Logani lives in Rumson, N.J., with her husband, Sanjay,
and two kids, Akash, 3, and Priya, 15 months. After spending
nearly six years at Lehman in equity research and two years
at Federated Investments, she has branched out on her own
as an independent research analyst, catering to hedge funds.
She works part time from home and enjoys being with the
kids. She would love to host any Kellogg alums visiting
the Jersey
shore.
Paul
Stratta is the VP of global marketing for Hi-Tec Sports,
an athletic and outdoor footwear and apparel company. He
joined the company last January, relocating from Buenos
Aires to Southend-on-Sea in England, about 40 miles from
London.
He and his wife were thrilled to welcome their second daughter,
Isabella Cecile, last October. Isabella joins older sister,
Manuka. Paul looks forward to meeting up with other Kellogg
alums in the London area. Jeanine Carter was recently named
vice president and general manager of diversity and inclusion
for Monster Worldwide, located in Maynard, Mass. Welcome
to Boston!
Melissa
Edison Barnes ’93 and Chris Barnes added daughter
Adin Cai Barnes to their family last March. Big brother Rowan
is going on 3. Chris works for a private equity firm in Denver.
He caught up with fellow Section 64er Todd Freeland and his
family for a summer trip and attended Andrew Simon’s
wedding in June. Andrew and his wife live in Toronto, where
he is the associate creative director at the Palmer Jarvis
DDB advertising agency. Ann (Stradar) Roberts and her husband,
Matt, just returned to New York after a year in Seattle.
She is with Time Warner. Laura (Fink) Katter and her husband,
Bob, who live in San Francisco, added son Justin to their
family in April. Justin’s big sister is Julia.
Patti
(Ricciardelli) Sims moved from New York back to her native
Boston with her husband, Jack, and their children,
Whitney, 3, and Cameron, 1. After spending the summer camped
with her parents in my hometown of Winchester, Mass., Patti
and her family have settled in Weston, Mass. We managed
to get together a mere two times over the summer, but hope
to
do better now that the craziness of summer is past. Patti
lives very close to Connie Walsh, who is down the road
in Wellesley. We would love to get together with others
in the
Boston area! Speaking of those in Boston: Alex Moot and
I are finally getting together after three years of living
just a few miles apart. Alex is with Seaflower Ventures,
a small biotech VC that he joined after Kellogg. His children,
Callie and Ellis, are in school in Cambridge, and his wife,
Nancy, has completed her psychology doctorate and works
for
a private neuropsychology practice. I also recently spent
an enjoyable evening with Dan Evarts, his wife, Tray, and
their three little ones at the Boston Children’s museum.
I recently
reconnected with Carlee Bilello, who is doing well in Wilmette,
where she lives with her husband, Mike,
and their two boys. We have had fun commiserating over
bed rest and catching up on the last 10 years.
Over
the summer I took the plunge, bought a portable DVD system
and set out on the 20-hour drive from Boston to Chicago
for the 4th of July. The drive was not nearly as bad as
I
thought and it was well worth the trip. We spent the long
weekend in Evanston with Lisa and Mike Axelrod, Sally and
Scott Pofcher, Jeff ’93 and Connie Walsh, and Amy Rose
and families. It was a great mini-reunion, but as is the
current reality, the weekend was ruled by the nine littlest
ones. In order to truly catch up, we recently had a ladies’ weekend
in New York.
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Wade Stokes ’94 with daughter
Katarina, celebrating her 2nd birthday |
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That
is all I have for now. To wrap up with another plug for
sending in updates in the spirit of our upcoming reunion,
the class notes is a good way to let people know where
you
are and what you are up to. After his recent update, Wade
Stokes heard from a number of relatively long-lost friends.
It can happen to you too. Until next time, I hope to hear
from you and to see you in April!
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