Michael Granoff JD-MBA '97 is involved in alternative energy investing in the U.S. and Israel, including the first Cleantech venture fund in Israel and a new company that envisions building a charge network throughout Israel. It will permit electric vehicles to begin replacing traditional cars — and demonstrate how economically the same can be done globally. He lives in Tenafly, N.J., with his wife and their four children (the oldest of whom is 4).

Cindy Bolton '97, Stephen Coller (Cindy's husband), Isobel Sky (Cindy's daughter), Mike Ensing '96, Garrett Ensing (1), Caren Ensing (2), Karlene Morris and Ingrid (Morris) Ensing '97
John Budd '97 feeds his three-day old baby boy, Marcus.
Javier Sanchez Bures '97 and his family at the hospital in Mexico City, on the day son Emilio, met his baby brother, Rodrigo
Alex Mitchell '97 with wife, Kelley, and their children, including the newest member of the Mitchell family, Andrew Clark.
Winnie Wong, Sandra Diaz, Kay Turner and Mirabel Gombe, all '97, at the 10-year class reunion
John Ganz , Winnie Wong, Mirabel Gombe, Kay Turner, Marco Azzaretti and Keith Rakow, all '97, at the 10-year class reunion in May

Susan Greenspan Cohen has relocated to Chapel Hill, N.C., with her husband, Neil, and three kids, Zachary (7), Ali (4) and Sophie (2). They'd love to connect with any Kellogg alums in the area. E-mail her at susancohe@gmail.com.

Ruben Cors has been quite busy lately, doing what he enjoys the most. After several years at Bain & Co., Ruben decided to try the entrepreneurial path and has been doing that the last few years. This year, Ruben launched a non-bank bank targeting the mortgage business in Mexico, called Condesa Financiera. This financial institution, backed by U.S. money, was created to originate mortgage loans in Mexico and then sell them to U.S. financial markets in the form of mortgage-backed securities. Earlier this year, Ruben opened a cultural theme park in Cozumel, Mexico, under the name Discover Mexico. It combines a miniature park with a Mexican experience, with the goal of offering all visitors an overview of Mexican culture. Last year, Ruben opened an entertainment center in Mexico City, in association with the sixth-largest cinema operator in the world. This entertainment venue, called Cinema Park, makes use of the underused capacity of movie theaters during weekday mornings and creates multisensorial experiences for school groups. The seats have four-dimensional effects: They move, throw water on your face, smell, tickle, shake, blow wind, etc. The projection is 3-D and each person has a wireless remote control that allows him or her to interact with the projection and influence the outcome of the movie. In addition to managing the day-to-day operations of the mortgage non-bank bank, Ruben is investing in the development of new technologies with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for electricity reduction and environmentally conscious outdoor lighting solutions. Ruben is married to Adriana, whom most of you met during the Kellogg years, and has three beautiful daughters, Ximena (9), Daniela (7) and Macarena (5) — that's right, Macarena, like the song! His pastimes continue to include his two favorite activities: traveling and long-distance running. If anything takes you to Mexico City, call Ruben, who enjoys giving city tours and telling the history of his country to friends.

Naoki Takahashi has moved to the following address: 1-7-22, Kamikiyoto, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo 204-0013 Japan; tel: +81.42.458.0407.

Menno Veeneklaas recently joined Virgin Management, which is Richard Branson's investment holding company. He is a member of the investment team, developing new business opportunities and assessing new investments in the health-and-wellness and renewable-energy sectors. Menno sold out of YourHealth Group in June 2006, having managed that business for more than five years. His two sons, Finn (6) and Charlie (4), are loving life in Sydney. Menno is still enjoying his sailing, body surfing, cycling and remote-control toys.

Alex Mitchell and wife Kelley are keeping life exciting. For the second time in two and a half years, they have moved and had a baby within the space of a few weeks. After seven years in Austin, they moved back home to Kansas City and added their fifth child, Andrew Clark, to the family. Alex still sells software to communications companies for Motive.

Tim Moran and wife Rocio welcomed Colin James into the world on July 25 and scored a minivan with three child seats shortly thereafter. Colin joins sisters Ellie (3) and Keira (18 months). Tim is CEO of CSF Therapeutics in Cleveland, a venture-funded medical device startup he founded in 2006.

Alex Emery has now been in Japan two years, where he works with a European private equity firm, Permira. Their fourth child, Savannah, was born in March. Charlotte (10), who was born in the Evanston Women's Hospital shortly after our graduation, came with him to the reunion and was delighted to hang out with the Giolo kids and the Magin kids, amongst others.

Rick Heller welcomed a baby girl, Kira Chao Heller, into the world on Nov. 2, 2006. Rick writes that it "turns out she's the cutest baby in the world!"

Just a couple of months after our 10-year class reunion, Javier Sanchez Bures and his wife, Ana, welcomed their second son, Rodrigo, on July 6. At 19 inches and 6.3 pounds, Rodrigo was born just a little bit smaller than his brother, Emilio (2), but is catching up at the same pace at which his parents are losing sleep! Ana, Rodrigo and Emilio are doing fine, adjusting to the new lifestyle.