1992 — Full-Time

Step aside, Dougal Henderson! Our most illustrious classmate has to be Ali Babacan, the youngest member of Turkey's cabinet. He was named Turkey's foreign minister and chief EU negotiator along with special charges for Turkey's treasury and economic policy. He is highly regarded and frequently profiled in the press worldwide as one of Turkey's most promising leaders. Wow, and to think of the days when Ali and I would share a sandwich in front of Chicago's Chagall mural while catching up on things over lunch. Suddenly, 1993 does seem like a long time ago. Ali recently spoke at Kellogg.

Hot on Ali's trail is David McConnell, managing director of construction and property development firm McConnell Limited and director of the Committee for Auckland. David was one of 25 people worldwide to receive a 2008 Eisenhower Fellowship. The annual fellowship identifies emerging leaders and brings them to America for two months to meet with the cream of leaders in their respective fields. The fellowships foster international understanding and progress through the exchange of information, ideas and perspectives among emerging leaders throughout the world. David has been working hard to boost Auckland's profile as a destination city. We look forward reading more about the fellowship.

Hot on Weka Dave's trail is David Ongpin Valdes who, after 12 years at the Philippine Daily Inquirer, quit his senior post to become president of WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Philippines. "It's really exciting stuff. I just returned from my first field trip in Batangas and Tawi-Tawi. In Batangas we inspected a dead 30-foot Bryde's whale and tried to determine how it died. Tawi-Tawi is a peaceful, predominantly Muslim province that is unfortunately next to noted strongholds of Jemaah Islamiyah/Abu Sayaff terrorists. WWF is an independent organization dedicated to nature conservation; pollution and climate change are major issues we address. This is a big jump from the usual corporate challenge, but nature has always been close to my heart. It's a tough job with an urgent mandate. From the few meetings I've attended, I'm amazed at the scope of work that WWF has been doing here. We do a lot of work with USAID — mostly establishing marine-protected areas. We're also working with corporations in Manila to try to reduce or control their carbon footprint. I feel quite honored to have been given this opportunity. If some of our classmates want to visit some of the best dive sites in the world, please contact me!"

Julia Cassidy Fitzgerald writes, "I'm still in the toy business, now with Vtech Electronic Learning Toys. Currently I spend a lot of time away from Chicago in Hong Kong and Macao. The introduction of our educational video game, V.Smile, put Vtech back on the toy industry map. Now the job is growing the U.S. office from an entrepreneurial small company to a bigger company with processes, scheduled meetings, etc. I recently bumped into Bruce "Juice" Spear at LaGuardia Airport. He looks exactly the same — he has hardly aged and is now the father of two and seems excited about his work. It was great to see his trademark smile." (And yes, Julia, he does indeed resemble a paler version of Tiger Woods.) "My kids, Kit (9) and Connor (13), are both into sports and drama. Kit is playing Scout in a professional production of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and Connor is playing every teen role in 'A Christmas Carol' at a local theater. On one hand, I'm so proud of their talents on the field and the stage. On the other, I've found that being a 'stage mom' entails watching a play you would have normally seen once in your lifetime about 20 times in four weeks. AGGGHHH!"

	Luis Garreaud'92 and his wife enjoyed skiing last winter at Chamonix.
	Luis Garreaud '92 and his family took a trip down the Carretera Austral, beginning in Chile's lake region and passing to the tip of Antarctica.
	In August John Bagan '92 and his family visited Steve Werber '92 and family in Greenwich, Conn.
	Terry Price '92 and her family

The John Bagan Family World Tour entered the home stretch, with memorable stops in Spain, Portugal and New York as well as family reunions in Chicago and Dubuque. They finished the one-year odyssey in late August when they arrived back in Boise with mixed emotions, as their luggage was lost for the first time and the kids had to go back to school, but at least their dog, Satchmo, was delighted to see them. Visit their Web site for extensive pictures and blogs at http://web.mac.com/baganworldtour. In August the peripatetic Bagans also visited Steve Werber and family in Greenwich, Conn. The Werbers have four boys (Steven, Nelson, Louis, Hugh), and had a fifth child just days after the Bagans departed.

In September. Lana (Etherington) Slavitt left her job at Target.com and the world of full-time employment. "I really enjoyed my years at Target and think it's a truly world-class company, but I want more time to focus on my family. I also intend to devote more time to a couple of local charities on whose boards I serve."

Debra and George Thornton had a baby girl, Graziela, in July. The Thorntons live in Bahia, Brazil, where George works for Ford Brazil. "This week, we get Graziela's Brazilian passport, so we can officially buy property and open a business here!" Gorgeous George has been circulating a great newsletter about their exciting life and travels in Brazil, which has also included trips to Recife and Salvador for Carnival, Monte Carlo for a Formula I race and Venice just for the two lovebirds. They have a lovely house in Bahia but are not sure where Ford will send George next.

Peter Bell writes: "I was president and CEO of Cure Autism Now, which merged with Autism Speaks in February. Founded in 2005 by Suzanne and Bob Wright, vice chair of GE and former CEO of NBC/Universal, Autism Speaks has quickly become the world's largest private funder of autism research. In my new role as EVP of programs and services, I will get to manage how we spend our funds. It sounds fun but it's a daunting responsibility as a generation of kids suffers from this debilitating disorder. Since our HQ is located in NYC, it provided a good excuse for us to move back East. While we miss the L.A. weather, we look forward to putting our roots back down in Pennington, N.J. My wife, Liz, and the kids — Tyler (14), Derek (13) and Avery (9) — are doing well."

Denise (Carroll) Andrews sends her news from way out in Hinsdale, Ill. "In a nutshell, I married in '96, had baby girl No. 1 in '98, baby girl No. 2 in '99, and retired from PriceWaterhouseCoopers' restructuring group in 2000 when my family moved to a little tiny hamlet in England with two pubs, a church and plenty of sheep. I had a full-time nanny so I decided to pursue my photography hobby more seriously and got a degree in commercial photography. Had my third, and last, baby, Olivia, in 2001. I'm now considering if I will pursue my photography business a little more wholeheartedly. Check out my Web site at deniseandrews.com and if any of you want me to make you look good — give me a call! I'm good at that! Sadly, I rarely see anybody from the good old Kellogg days." Write Denise at deniseandrews@yahoo.com.

Steve "The Mad Rapper" Rappaport, writes from Prague that he just bought a 16,000- square-foot warehouse and office next to the Prague airport and will relocate his business there in 2008 after a reconstruction. Steve and Bara also took a trip at my recommendation to Malaysian Borneo, where they hiked rainforest mountains, scuba dived with sea turtles and had close encounters with orangutans as well.

Wow, news from Ken Glickstein! "I serve on the founding board of a proposed charter high school in Denver. The executive director and three of the other 12 board members are Kellogg alumni: Amy Slothower (ED) '98, Melissa Edison Barnes '93, Jon Boris '98 and Tim Sznewajs '02. The Denver Venture School will offer a rigorous college preparatory curriculum in a small-school environment with a twist — a focus on entrepreneurship and leadership skills. Each student will prepare a business plan during the sophomore year, operate that business during the junior year and act as a mentor to sophomores and juniors during the senior year. If anybody is interested in more information about the Denver Venture School, they can check out our Web site at DenverVentureSchool.org. Meanwhile Ken is a managing director, private equity at Braddock Holdings Co.

In June, Cedric Loiret-Bernal and wife Juliette welcomed twins Pénélope Marie Clémentine and Anastasia Marie Capucine. "The girls join siblings Zoé, Louis and Joséphine. Juliette is doing well, too, after recovering from an exhausting, non-surgical-delivery marathon."

Terry Price provides us a 15-year thumbnail summary: "I moved to Miami in 1994 with Disney Consumer Products Latin America. I traveled quite a bit and had a phenomenal experience with both Disney and the Latin American market. To add to a wonderful experience, I also met my husband, who worked for Disney in Colombia at the time. In 2001, Disney closed their offices here in Miami, and I had two other interesting jobs before retiring to become a full-time mom of two beautiful boys."

Davin McAndrews was hired by Gigle Semiconductor Inc. as senior vice president of marketing and business development at Gigle's new Palo Alto, Calif., office. Timothy Lyne was promoted to senior managing director responsible for West Coast sponsor coverage activities at Antares Leveraged Capital. Diana Ferguson was hired as CFO and executive vice president finance of Merisant Worldwide Inc. Alfredo Garcia, senior vice president of corporate development at Eagle Rock Energy Partners, was recently named company CFO. Alfredo and family live in Houston. Russ Brownback was recently interviewed as a candidate for a village board seat in Cazenovia, N.Y. — something about renaming the town "Margaritaville." Jamie Crouthamel was elected a director of ValueClick Inc. Chris Durbin was hired as principal of the resources group in the Boston office of private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners. Anthony Paoni was elected an independent director of Telkonet Inc., a broadband Internet provider.

As for yours truly, life is good, though work has me so busy that I had little time to enjoy the summer. Improving building energy efficiency and investing in clean technology companies have become really hot areas now. The Cleantech Index and resulting index funds are up nearly 20 percent YTD, and major corporations now realize that energy efficiency represents the lowest hanging fruit of all. Of course, things only promise to get busier.