EMP-46

It certainly has been a busy summer for EMP-46. Please note the new address for Alan. He is settled into his new condo and is still living the good life in Chicago. Alan, your classmates would like to know when you would host the “Survivor II” party at your new home.

New Positions and Other News
Alan Burack has taken on a senior management-consulting role as director of business development for Freedom Home Care (FHC), a leader in caregiver services in the home care sector. Servicing the corporate community, as well as individuals, FHC's mission is to provide consistent, high quality home care services which enable their clients to maximize their freedom, independence, comfort and vitality in daily living. Alan also continues as Director of Marketing for The Claremont Rehab and Living Centers.

Bhasker Dave had a hectic for summer and spent a couple of weeks of August in Ireland with Sandra's family. In early September, his company was sold to private equity investors as a $4.2 billion leveraged buy out. He asks that we all keep in touch.

Tony Garcia has been transferred with Household to Southern California. He has been promoted to the position of division general manager, Southwest. He has responsibility for the branch network in Southern Clifornia, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. The Garcia’s will be making their home in Laguna Niguel.

New office address is:
Anthony Garcia
931 Corporate Center Drive
Pomona, CA 91768
Tel: 909.397.3939

He and Darrin Reilly are neighbors in Southern California. He has graciously volunteered Darrin and Jane’s palatial estate in Coto DeCaza for an EMP-46 fly-in event. Those of us they left in Chicago think mid-January would be perfect.

Daryl Gormley has made the transition to Sara Lee and Cincinnati smoothly. He is working in foodservice as the director of brand marketing. He has the pleasure of working closely with a fellow Kellogg grad — Liz Geraghty. He added, “ I miss Chi-town but manage to get back fairly regularly for work and play. I would love to hear from other EMP 46-rs.”

Sara Lee Foods
10151 Carver Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Office Tel: 513.936.2586
Mobile Tel: 513.227.9872

Paul Herring and Mike Jakolat continue to build their consulting practice - "The Beacon View Group", and have recently expanded their offerings to include strategic planning and performance improvement solutions. They are looking for introductions to companies in the $100 million to $500 million range.

Darrell Jackson was recently given the title of CEO to go along with the title of president of the Illinois West Region at Northern Trust.

Claudio Lanciotti has taken the position of marketing director, IP/Data and Voice Services for:

Telecom Italia Sparkle
Via Macchia Palocco 223-00125
Rome, Italy
Office Tel: +39.06.3689.3189
Mobile Tel: +39.335.316579

He will be heading up the Middle East and Africa Region.

Jose Martinez still holds the title of the classmate with the most new email addresses since graduation. He has come full circle, and is back at WhittmanHart, his previous employer before the dot com explosion. Having considered the options out in the market place today and the instability that exist even with a $22 billion organization, he decided to rejoin a firm with a fresh perspective on consulting services yet offers some level of familiarity. As the vice president for the client relationship team in Chicago, he will be responsible for over 50 percent of the total revenue for the firm. It’s an exciting opportunity and at the same time puts tremendous pressure on delivering results. His new contact information:

Jose Martinez
Vice President
WhittmanHart
440 W. Ontario St.
Chicago, IL 60610
Tel: 312.981.6043
Mobile Tel: 630.215.6461
jmartinez@whittmanhart.com

Therese McCall writes that she is now director, regional medical and scientific affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals. This reflects increasing responsibilities with a doubling of her group to 44 to support the launch of a new drug in 2005.

Janine Nye is now the Falcon Edge program manager, Northrop Grumman.

Vern Reizman accepted a position as CFO of a privately held company in the die casting industry. The company is RCM Industries. This is the parent of four die casting companies. (Two in Chicago and two in the South Carolina/North Carolina area.) His position will oversee the plant controllers and financial affairs of all four plants. He will also assist the president and owner directly with his other diversified activities.

He added a personal note. “Thanks everyone who wrote and contacted me. Especially thanks to Paul Herring who put me onto the Finance Leaders Association website and FENG. This position ultimately came though a finance leaders posting. This was definitely the most difficult search I have had. If anyone is starting a search or mired in one and want some ideas feel free to give me a call or an email. The one thing I learned is that there is no single solution anymore. You need to multi task in various channels and you must use various resumes and methods.”

Harriet Seymore has accepted a very exciting opportunity and position. She is the CEO, CFO, COO at:

Transition Mom Inc.
PO Box 5454
Chicago, IL 60680
Tel: 312.545.5552

She affirms her right to join the ranks of Kellogg women who do it all!

David Susalla continues to enjoy his work at ProActive, Inc. as vice president, finance & operations. He reports that ProActive, a leading strategic communications and events firm, has been awarded the prestigious 2003 MPI (Meeting Professionals International) Global Paragon Award for Avaya's Event Week held in November 2002. This award recognizes the best overall event in the global meetings industry over the past year. Congratulations, David.

Rob Strahs has relocated to Rochester, NY. He is the vice president of sales and marketing for Arnold, The Magnetics Products Group of SPS Technologies. NYSE "ST.”

He informed us that they make all types of magnets and magnetic and non-magnetic assemblies at plants in the US, UK and China. Your computer, car, cell phone, copier, and yes, the knickknack holder on your refrigerator probably contains some of their magnets. The Virtual Social Committee is investigating the possibility of using this technology to monitor class activities.

His new e-mail is rstrahs@rochester.rr.com.
Office Tel: 800.593.9127

Peter Zaleski sends his regards to all and confirmed that he has been working hard these past few months. His work in Europe is with the CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) EMEA in support of a major potential client in Poland.

The EMP-46 Family Grows
On May 29, Melissa Siebert gave birth to twins Charlie and
Caroline Siebert. They weighed just over 4 pounds each at birth, and both spent about a month in the neonatal ICU before coming home in late June/early July. They are now over 7 pounds and are doing great. She confirms that it is crazy around their house but that they are having a lot of fun. Melissa, are you using methods you learned in Operations Management to get things under control? Perhaps it would make a great case study.

Nizar Jiwani and his wife Salima, announced the birth of their son
Announce the birth of their son:

Keyaan Jiwani
Born on July 24, 2003 at 5:34 P.M.
6 lbs, 6 ozs, 18.5 inches long

Congratulations, Nizar.

This Edition’s EMP-46 Charitable Challenge
Greg Calloway Challenges You to Give From the Heart and " Sole"...

On Oct. 12, Gregory L. Calloway will participate in the 26th Annual Chicago Marathon sponsored by LaSalle Bank. His goal is to fully fund one student scholarship; Greg invites his EMP-46 colleagues to support his 26.2-mile run by donating $1 or $2 per mile to benefit the ALA Spectrum Scholarship Initiative.

To make your secure, online credit card donation to
Spectrum, please visit: www.ala.org/donate. Checks
(Payable to ALA) can be mailed to the ALA Development
Office, 50 E. Huron, Chicago IL 60611 or taken to
Karina Vazquez in the Development Office.

As we approach our three-year anniversary since graduation, it is important to reflect on how much our time at Kellogg has affected our lives. Alan and I are continually impressed by how our very talented group continues to grow and to accept new personal and professional challenges.

Alan and Sue