2007

	Colby (McGavin) Holtshouse ’07 and her husband Mike welcomed Calla Simone on July 1.
	Mohsin Ali ’07 and his wife Sarah Razvi welcomed a son, Ammar Ali, on Sept. 1.
	Meredith (Wilson) Parfet ’07 and Bo Parfet’06 welcomed their first child, son Morrison McKinley Parfet, on Aug. 4.
	Ashley Hartmann Kline ’07 and her husband Jeff welcomed daughter Eliot Kline on July 14. The Klines live in Chicago.

Paulita David accepted a new position as head of business strategy and operations at the Creative Lab at Google. She’s still based in the New York office but continues to travel to the West Coast offices in San Francisco and Mountain View regularly.

Lisa Sweet exchanged the mountains of Colorado for the mountains of Geneva, Switzerland. She accepted a position at the World Economic Forum and has spent the last few months jetsetting around Europe, connecting with old friends, and has even entered a couple of triathalons.

Carolyn Starrett moved from San Francisco to New York, bucking the convention of the Class of 2007’s great migration west. Carolyn joined an online advertising startup called Intent Media. She looks forward to catching up with the East Coast Kellogg crew and welcomes NYC visitors!

Lawrence Kim moved back to Chicago this summer after living in Cincinnati for the past four years. Law is the brand manager for the specialty beauty channel at P&G, and has realized that he now knows more about shampoo, styling products, deodorant, skin care and razors than any one person should. He notes, “Although I miss the ridiculously cheap rent in Cincinnati, I am excited to live in downtown Chicago where culinary experiences are plentiful, craft beers are overflowing and sports bars are jam-packed.” He looks forward to catching up and hanging out with Kellogg classmates, and he recently met up with Special K! alums, including Micah Murphy, Glenn Pappalardo, Beth Wherry Pappalardo, John Wilbeck and Cheryl Wilbeck, Jay Choi and Johanna White. One more beer

Pedro Melzer, Rodrigo Baer, Moises Herszenhorn ‘08 and Helio Guimaraes started Warehouse Investimentos (warehouseinvestimentos.com.br), a Brazilian VC fund. They are focused on early-stage tech and clean tech investments.

Ken Chou joined the WD-40 Company this year as marketing director for its growing China business. He and his family, Joann Kuo and Ethan Chou, have moved to San Diego. He has been very excited for this role and views it as a great opportunity to steer a famous and valuable family of brands from the United States into the heat of emerging world.

Eddie Meder reports that he and the family moved to Arlington, Va., in August. After eight wonderful years living in Chicago, the Meder family was lured away by a better job opportunity for Eddie’s wife Jennifer and the prospect of living much closer to their family on the East Coast. Eddie notes, “Hopefully this will turn into some free babysitting for daughter Lucy (2).” Eddie remains at boutique real estate firm, Rockwell Partners. While the Meders are sad to say goodbye to friends in Chicago, they are looking forward to the next chapter in D.C., not to mention the warmer weather at a lower lattitude.

After spending five years at Starwood Hotels, Evan Frank returned to the Los Angeles area to become a principal at real estate private lending firm United Security Investors. In his new role, Evan oversees all underwriting and business operations for USI. Evan reports, “I am thrilled to have recently returned to my passion, which is commercial real estate.” This comes after spending two years at Starwood as director of residential real estate development in New York, and also spending time in Phoenix in a more operational corporate role for Starwood. Since late 2008, Evan had been developing strategic initiatives intended to lower hotels’ total cost of ownership and deliver cost savings in the procurement arena.

Megan Hitchner and Matt Ketchum wed June 4 at the Equinox Resort in Manchester, Vt. Many Kellogg alumni and friends were in attendance, including Bryant Lee and Mary Birkel Lee, Jen Splansky, Geoff Paine, Beth Kessler, Emily (Schultz)Thomas, Meghan Coles, Jill Zeldin, Ryan Clark, Carolyn (Fusfeld) Clark ’08, Mark Vovsi and Gaby Vovsi, Paulita David, Andrea Gouw, Frank Kumpuris and Dave Arida.

Brett Kohn married Erin Lanphier on July 3 at the Mission Ranch in Carmel, Calif. The two met in Chicago post-Kellogg and are now enjoying a taste of the left-coast lifestyle in San Francisco. Wedding attendees included Bryant Lee, Mary Lee and Owen Lee, Ken Rice, Dave Sweeney and Stephanie Ho, David Shreni, Serg Deana, Anye Roth Deana, Hema Khatri, Max Kay, Bo Parfet ’06, Meredith Wilson Parfet, Ben Nimmergut, Kristen Fedak, Brad Martin ’08, Liz (Henry) Martin, Mark Himmelsbach, Annie Himmelsbach, John Hamilton ’05 and Joanna Hamilton. Several sheep and an extensive collection of 80s regalia were also seen at the event.

Neil Seyffert wed Patty Kris on July 20 in Newport Beach, Calif. Many Kellogg friends joined them on the West Coast for the festivities, which included a Friday night boat cruise in Newport Harbor. The Seyfferts live in London.
Ilona Wang and Milton wed on July 3 at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle. Among the guests were Kellogg classmates Grace Park, Brian Gum, K-Tjen Khong, Jay Choi and Ann Imsangjan.

Matt Littell and Cat Littell were married in April in Chicago. The Littells were excited to be joined by a large contingent of Kellogg grads at the ceremony. In attendance were Agnes Liou ‘08, Eric McGimpsey, Todd Auwarter, Amit Singla, Mark Frank, Ken Rice, Jim Williams, Marissa (Blankfeld) Zimmerman, Jeff Uhrig, Bill O’Keefe, Alex Riemer, Debarshi Sengupta, Bhavan Suri and Dave Morgenstern ‘09. Despite the bride and groom’s cross-town MBA rivalry (she’s a Chicago GSB graduate), the Littels are living happily together in Chicago. Matt continues to run manufacturing company Progressive Bronze, which he bought with his search fund.

On Aug. 6, Lisa Ward married Ryan Gallagher ’02 in Carmel Valley, Calif. Lisa writes: “Ryan and I met during the summer of 2006 when I was a summer associate at the law firm where he works. I joined the same law firm after Kellogg. We managed to successfully date covertly for awhile (plenty of funny stories from that period of time!), eventually let people in on our secret and now it’s happily ever after. Many friends from the MBA and JD-MBA Classes of 2007 were at our wedding to help us celebrate.”

Kevin Knupp, his wife Rita and twin girls Annabelle and Scarlett (1), relocated to Rita’s hometown of Melbourne, Australia. Kevin is still working at Merrill Lynch.

Mark Frank and his wife celebrated the birth of their third child, Noah Karsten Frank, on May 26. According to Mark, having three kids under 3.5 years has been tiring, but also a lot of fun. Mark reports that his company, Denver CyberKnife, is off to a great year and is on track to hit $1.5MM EBITDA for 2011. He has also been busy developing a new company, Next Oncology, which will propogate freestanding radiosurgery centers in other states. He hopes to announce a couple of new centers before year-end.

Colby McGavin Holtshouse and Mike Holtshouse welcomed Calla Simone Holtshouse on July 1. She weighed in at 8 pounds, and after arriving nine days late, she’s been making up for lost time and keeping her parents busy. The Holtshouses are still in San Francisco and are feeling very lucky to be surrounded by Kellogg parents of slightly older babies who have been coaching them through this new adventure!

Ashley Hartmann Kline and Jeff Kline welcomed their daughter Eliot Genevieve on July 14 in Chicago. Ashley went into labor after a boisterous night on the town at Medieval Times in Schaumburg (it was their nephew’s 8th birthday). Ashley notes: “Eliot has been keeping Mom and Dad busy by demanding lots of cuddles, long walks through the neighborhood at all hours of the night and food precisely 10 minutes after we fall asleep. We are employing lots of knowledge we acquired in business school, especially the ‘newsboy problem.’ Always mix more formula than you think you’ll need!”

Alex Rosenstein and Brooke (Sharkey) Rosenstein report that 2011 has been very eventful for the family — moving to Chicago from New York, purchasing a home and welcoming first child Gregory Asher. Alex reports: “We left the city that never sleeps, to never sleep in a city that we love! We look forward to raising our growing family here. Everyone’s doing great. As an additional plus, it’s been fun reconnecting with a lot of Kellogg folks in the area. We’ve enjoyed barbecues, sporting events and housewarmings. Also, I just joined a fantasy football league with a number of ‘07 Kellogg alums, organized by commissioner Amit Singla. I look forward to gloating about my championship in the next Class Notes.”

Meredith Wilson Parfet and Bo Parfet ’06 are overjoyed to announce the Aug. 4 birth of their son Morrison McKinley. Meredith also reports that Baby Morrison is sporting a new fashion trend: legwarmers instead of pants. Meredith notes that these make the middle of the night diaper changes a breeze!

Mohsin Ali and his wife Sarah Razvi are proud to announce the arrival of their first child, son Ammar, at 7:36 p.m. on Sept. 1. After three years in New York, where Mohsin was working at UBS Investment Bank as an associate director in the business services group, the Ali family moved to the Chicago neighborhood of Wicker Park. Mohsin joined Hyatt Hotels Corporation as director of strategy and transaction finance in the real estate development group.

Anuj Khanna and Sonia (Ahluwalia) Khanna,who continue to reside in the Washington D.C. area, welcomed their first child, Krish Khanna, on June 25. Mom, dad and baby are doing well.

Ever the overachievers, Ananda Baron Schweifler and Aaron Schweifler welcomed not one, but two bundles of joy into the world on Aug. 10. Zoey Lou and Baron James arrived early, something unfamiliar to their parents. Weighing a combined 10 pounds, Ananda and Aaron report that the new additions are enjoying life in San Francisco — meditating for most of the day and drinking (very) locally sourced milk!

Many members from the Class of 2007 traveled to the Equinox Resort in Manchester, Vt., to celebrate the wedding of Megan Hitchner and Matt Ketchum, both ’07, on June 4. Back row, from left: Mary Birkel Lee, Bryant Lee, Jen Splansky, Megan Hitchner, Matt Ketchum, Geoff Paine, Beth Kessler, Emily (Schultz) Thomas, all’07. Front row: Meghan Coles, Jill Zeldin, all ’07

Ilona ’07 Wang wed Milton on July 3 at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle. Guests included ’07 Kellogg classmates (from left) Brian Gum, Ann Imsangjan, Grace Park, K-Tjen Khong and Jay Choi, with the happy bride

Lisa Ward ’07 wed Ryan Gallagher ’02 on Aug. 6 in Carmel Valley, Calif. The pair of Kellogg JD-MBAs celebrated with many Kellogg and NU Law friends. Pictured from left: Anita Barci, Craig Alcorn, Janet Zhou, Sara Borthwick, Bryant Lee, Evan Frank, Amish Gupta, Lisa (Ward) Gallagher, Ryan Gallagher ’02, Andrew Miller, Jill Zeldin, Beth Stevens, David Sweeney, Haile Arrindell, all ’07 unless noted

Pedro Melzer '07, Moises Herszenhorn '08, Rodrigo Baer '07 and Helio Guimaraes '07(not pictured) founded Warehouse Investimento, a Brazilian VC fund focusing on early-stage tech and clean tech.

In attendance at Cat and Matt Littell’s Chicago nuptials were Agnes Liou '08, Eric McGimpsey, bride Cat and Matt Littell, Todd Auwarter, Amit Singla, Ken Rice, Mark Frank, Jim Williams, Marissa (Blankfeld) Zimmerman, Jeff Uhrig, Bill O'Keefe, Alex Riemer, Debarshi Sengupta, Bhavan Suri, and Dave Morgenstern '09, all ’07 unless noted