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KATHERINE (KATI) GODERSKY writes, “I am thoroughly enjoying my daughter, Megan Elizabeth, born July 29, 1995. After two years with Tenneco Automotive in Deerfield, Illinois, I recently joined S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., commonly known as S.C. Johnson Wax, in Racine, Wisconsin, as a financial analysis project supervisor. I love the job and the company, and the change is allowing me to better manage work/life issues.”
1995
MARK BRADLEY was appointed treasurer of the joint venture chemical operation between Amoco and Mitsui in Indonesia. He now lives in Jakarta.
TSUI-FENG CHANG writes that she is the event coordinator of the Alumni Club in New York. Alumni interested in participating can call her at (212) 526-9286).
MARCY MEENAN DEAN is now vice president, AT&T Capital Corporation. She and her husband, Hal, live in Chatham, New Jersey.
TOM GEHAN was promoted to vice president of tax-exempt asset management services at Fidelity Investments in Boston.
DARREN MILLER reports a new addition to the family: Cole Andrew, born on August 23. Miller and his family live in Palm Harbor, Florida.
LAWRENCE NEUBAUER writes: “The big news in my life is that I got married on May 25 to Jillian Marcus, whom I met while an undergraduate at Princeton. In attendance from the Class of 1995 were HENRY NORWOOD, JOHN GUILFOYLE, and MIKE DEFORGE.” Neubauer is living in New York City.
BLUMS PINEDA writes: “I am still with Booz, Allen & Hamilton in Chicago. I was in the Philippines over the holidays and had dinner with two our GSB classmates: NORMAN VILLAMIN and HABIB ENAYETTULAH. Both are doing extremely well and are great assets to the GSB’s reputation in the Philippines. Norm is based in Manila with UBS Securities, where he is the head for Philippines research. In December he was voted as the number one analyst covering the Philippines by AsiaMoney magazine as part of their annual recognition awards. He and his wife, Dinah, have a year-old son whom Norm is already grooming for the GSB. Habib is with Bechtel’s project finance group in San Francisco but is planning to transfer to Singapore. He had a lead role in the very successful privatization of the Philippines’ largest water utility. He was in Bangladesh for the holidays and got married on December 25.”
1996
MICHAEL R. ARMBRECHT moved to Beijing for a four-year assignment with Honeywell. Alumni can contact him by e-mail at michael.armbrecht@china.honeywell.com.
GAVIN FREYTAG writes: “I started a business in Columbus, Ohio, called Profitworks, Ltd. The company provides education to employees about profit and costs in their companies. So far we have about a dozen clients including GSB classmate GAT CAPERTON, chief executive officer of Tom Seely Furniture in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.”
BARBARA EFFRON GLAZER writes: “My husband, Mark, and I moved to Gurnee, Illinois, into our newly built house. On August 7 our first child, Aaron Louis, was born. He has brought much joy and happiness to our home.” Glazer is an associate brand manager at Kraft Foods in Glenview, Illinois.
VICTORIA JANULAITIS ISIP is now associate marketing manager at E & J Gallo Winery in Modesto, California.
YOSHIHIRO KATO writes: “Our first child, a daughter, Misato A. Kato, was born on May 31.” Kato is assistant vice president of Sanwa Bank California.
NOEL STEPHEN KEANE joined the supply chain solutions group at Orion Consulting, Inc. in September. Orion offers a full range of supply chain consulting services specializing in the implementation of decision support software for Fortune 500 clients.
KATHY KLUNZINGER and JAMES GANLEY were married on September 27. Several GSB classmates joined them on their big day. The couple is now living in London.
DAVID MUSCATEL and his wife, Gina, announced the birth of their first baby. Garrett David was born December 7 at 4:14 a.m. in San Francisco. The family lives in Larkspur, California.
TOSHI SHIBUYA is now stationed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “If any of you are living in this area or have GSB contacts here, let me know,” he writes. Shibuya can be reached at 60-3-221-3066.
JONATHAN WOLMAN left Citicorp Real Estate to join the acquisitions group at Prime Group Realty Trust, a newly-formed real estate investment trust that went public on November 12. He is living in Chicago.
1997
AMIT AGARWALA is working with MLC International, a hedge fund in New York, in emerging markets fixed income and the currency side of the business.
ANITA BATHIJA and MIKE GOODMAN hosted a winter solstice party to bring in the holidays in December. Many ’97 grads from New York City and around the U.S. stopped in, including: AMIT AGARWALA, JASON BATTAGLIA, MICHELLE BRANCHEAU, JAY BROWN, JOHN BUCHBINDER, RAJ CHAUHAN, AMY ChIANG, ANDREW DINSMORE, CYNTHIA FARNSWORTH, CONSTANZA FERRO, MIKE FERTMAN, CARMEN HEREDIA-LOPEZ, DIANE IVANOVIC, TOM KECK, JASON KOFMAN, JAVIER ORTIZ, J. R. REYLING, FRANCISCO SALONIA, DEB WEINSWIG, and many more. The party went into the wee hours of the night and a great time was had by all.
TIM BRENNAN, ANEYSHA PEARCE, DAVE SCOTT, LORI SLACK, and ERIK WETMORE are all spending their winter weekends together in their ski home in North Lake Tahoe. Who said you can’t have a life once you're working?
ERIC and SUSAN BROCK had a baby girl, Annika, in December and are enjoying life in New York. Eric is at Bear Stearns.
JOHN BUCHBINDER has been continuing work on his project with Marakon Associates in Detroit while finding time to escape to Phoenix to enjoy the sunny weather and poolside living.
ROLAND R. CARLSON writes: “After a short stint with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, I have assumed the position of chief executive officer of Sandwich Community Hospital in Sandwich, Illinois.”
ERIC CHERNIK reports that he is having the time of his life involving himself in the implementation of inventory, sales, and customer service decisions [at what firm]. By the time this issue hits the street, he and his wife, Beth, will have journeyed to Russia for an adventure. He also has made sure that cherished Class of ’97 innovation, Thursday Night Drinking Club (TNDC) lives on for alumni, coordinating monthly sessions in Chicago. Alums who want to be attend should contact Chernik to be added to the TNDC distribution list. “The group has rotated around Chicago and you never know who might show up,” he writes. MARIANNE LLEWLLYN popped in from San Francisco recently, and JOHN JOLIET just made his first TNDC appearance. “I guess its his strong work ethic at Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette that is keeping him in hiding.” Chernik also has heard news from San Francisco is that ERIK WETMORE has made a job change and joined the consulting firm of Arthur D. Little, which allows him to play in the energy industry during the week and hit the ski slopes of Lake Tahoe on the weekend.
TIM CURRAN and his wife, Michelle, are expecting their first child in January 1998. Curran is working as a process improvement manager at EMC2 Corporation in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
ANDREW DINSMORE has been spending his weeks traveling to Phoenix for A. T. Kearney. Although he still loves being in New York (on weekends at least), he reports that the winters in Arizona are definitely nicer. If only he could get to see some daylight, life would be perfect.
MIKE ELWOOD reports: “In July, my wife, Linda, and I were among the many GSBers to spend time in Central Europe. Despite the worst flooding in over 300 years, Salzberg, Krakow, Prague, Vienna, and Budapest could not have been more beautiful. We had the good fortune of traveling with the Reifels and the Cherniks in a number of destinations. A few months later, on October 28, Linda gave birth to our son, Taylor Boone, who weighed in at six pounds, four ounces and was 19 inches. He is a dandy. We don’t sleep anymore, but it is the best. Our son is clearly future GSB material.” In between Europe and his son’s birth, Elwood job hunted and took a position in strategy and new business ventures for Compaq Computer in Houston. “It’s the dream job,” he writes. “I’ve been doing everything from business development, to venture capital investing, to mergers and acquisitions, to operations strategy.” Between October and December, Elwood had to find a house in Houston. “Did I mention that the house we bought was new construction and was in the dry wall stage, and because my wife was eight months pregnant she could not accompany me and help with the house-related decisions. Believe it or not, the new job, new home, new baby, and new city somehow came off without a hitch. And I thought the GSB was a juggling act!”
GORDON EICHHORST is busy at work with Goldman Sachs in London. As the leader of the summer associate program for his office, he is spending his winter visiting all the M.B.A. programs [to recruit?]and making summer plans.
ALEXANDRA GOLDBLATT writes: “I’ve taken a job working as a business analyst for Arlington International, working for Richard Duchossois and helping to determine the next step with the race track. It’s a challenging problem to solve, but I still have time to see all of the GSB ’97 and ’96 people around Chicago” –at the alumni Thursday Night Drinking Club.
MIKE GOODMAN, in his work for Revlon, is spending the winter tan and relaxed. He recently returned from a trip to Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina that concluded in a week vacation in Aruba.
VIJAY GUPTE writes that he and his wife, Jayamala, had a beautiful baby girl, Alisa, in February 1997. Vijay is now based in the Singapore office of Arthur D. Little.
PAT HALLINAN writes that he’s glad to have the drudgery of three-months of vacation behind him. “Twelve (plus)-hour work days at Booz-Allen in Chicago sure beat the heck out of backpacking and mountain climbing in the Pacific Northwest,” he writes.
JAMES HASIK is now with Andersen Consulting Strategic Services and will be spending most of 1998 on assignment in Buenos Aires. “Any classmates who happen to find themselves in Argentina should contact me through either the Atlanta or Buenos Aires office of Andersen,” he writes.
PHILIP E. JUNKER was named vice president and general manager for 360 Communications’ mid-Atlantic region, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Junker lives in Chesapeake, Virginia, with his wife, Christine, and their dog, Barney.
TOM KECK, and his wife, Nettie, are enjoying their new home in Maplewood, New Jersey. They recently held a wild and crazy housewarming party to show off their new pad and make all their New York City friends venture to the other side of the river.
After returning from their around-the-world honeymoon, JEFF KELLER and his wife, Molly, are settling into their new life in Santiago, Chile, where Jeff is working for Bank of America.
DAVID KINNEAR writes: “After graduation in June, my wife, Andrea, and I spent six weeks touring Greece, Italy, and Scotland. We saw a lot of familiar faces from the GSB in Europe, and we shared a gondola ride with Beth and ERIK CHERNIK in Venice. I then spent five months working for Morgan Stanley in New York before beginning my assignment with the private client services group in Chicago. We provide advice and manage the assets of wealthy individuals and families who have sold a business or have taken their company public.” Kinnear and his wife live in Lincoln Park.
STEVE KLIMKOWSKI has been promoted from vice president to senior vice president at ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation. In this position, he is in charge of fixed income for the bank’s Chicago Corporate Asset Management and serves as chairman of the Fixed Income Committee. He lives in Hinsdale, Illinois, with his wife and their three children.
ERIC MARK made a surprise visit to New York after spending the holidays with family in Indiana. But after making a few quick appearances at some post-New Year’s parties, Eric was back in London working hard and traveling around the continent.
MAKI OGIWARA and FRED ANTHONY PINTER were married on November 8, 1997, in Surrey, England. After spending their honeymoon in St. Lucia, their latest adventure is moving to Tokyo.
CHRIS and JOE POPOLO had a baby girl, Katherine, in September. Both are enjoying the baby and the great weather in Dallas.
SCOTT RUDY made the big voyage overseas to Zurich where he is settling in after completing his training in New York City with UBS.
RON SABA and his family recently moved to Boston from Milwaukee. He was recruited to manage small capital value equity portfolios for Pioneering Management Corporation, one of the oldest mutual fund companies in the U.S.
LORI SLACK is working hard for Andersen Consulting in San Francisco but spending most of her time in Chicago handling recruiting for her office.
JEFF SMITH married Tracy Bloom in July in Connecticut. The couple is living in Washington, D.C., where Jeff works for Dean & Co.
ANDY SONG and ALISTAIR LING finished their New York training in December and have finally made the journey to Hong Kong where they have found the ultimate bachelor pad.
JENNIFER STRICKLAND and SHAWN YANG were married on July 12 in Tucson, Arizona, with a few GSB folks in attendance. Yang accepted a finance position with Cummins Engine company and expects to be transferred to Hong Kong early in 1998. Strickland recently accepted an investment product management position with Citibank Private Bank. She will train in New York City until they head to Hong Kong, at which time she’ll join the Asian group.
ANDREW WHITE reports: “I had a blast traveling in Spain, France, and Italy for a month this summer. I married Julie on August 30 in New York city and we honeymooned in Hawaii. I am currently living and working as a consultant in Dallas. Unfortunately, it’s more working than living.”
ANTHONY WOOLF spent a very relaxing winter holiday in sunny Spain. It was a good contrast for him from the colder weather he has experienced on his latest project with ZS Associates, which has been taking him to Toronto.
CALVIN CHUNG and his wife, Cecilia, had their second child, Lauren Kayla Chung, on September 27. Chung is enjoying life as an equity analyst in St. Petersburg, Florida, and in particular enjoys having two children, a dog, and a rising stock market.
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