ALUMNI NEWS
Chapter Notes

Bay Area Wine Tasting
The Bay Area chapter held an evening wine tasting last November at the Thomas Fogarty Winery. The event also featured dance lessons and music.

Chicago GSB Celebrates Phoenixphest
Last September, the chapter’s career management series featured Jim Quandt and Lisa Walker, ’91, both of Heidrick & Struggles’s LeadersOnline.com. In October, alumni attended the second annual Phoenixphest, a nationwide celebration for the class of 2000 and alumni from the past 15 years, at the Rock Bottom Brewery. Parties also were held in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Later that month, Andrew “Flip” Filipowski, founder of divine interVentures, addressed alumni at the chapter’s annual meeting. In November, alumni volunteered at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. A group also toured the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

New GSB Networking Group
This group, started last winter by Bob Silversteinn, ’82, and Brian JMcGuckin, ’95, meets on the second and fourth Fridays of every month. E-mail brian_mcguckin@crestwoodassociates.com for more information.

Chicago CEO Roundtable
Eight years in the running, the CEO Roundtable has 55 members who are CEOs, presidents, and other high-level executives. Public, private, large, and small companies from many industry groups are represented. The group meets monthly at Gleacher Center and features discussions with experts from various fields. The CEO Roundtable also has founded a subgroup on e-commerce. For more information, call coordinator Alexander “Sandy” Weissent, ’76, at 312.751.2153.

New Chapter Established for Alumni from Northern Ohio
Paul Sears, ’73, dean of the College of Business and Economics at Ashland University in Ohio, is starting a northern Ohio chapter. The group will serve as “home” for alumni from Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and surrounding areas. To learn more, contact Sears at psears@ashland.edu.

Melbourne Chapter Honors Merton H. Miller
Last September, the Melbourne chapter hosted an evening in honor of Merton H. Miller. Bruce D. Grundy, Ph.D. ’92, professor of corporate finance at Melbourne Business School, gave a presentation on Miller’s admiration for markets. Grundy is editor of A Celebration of Markets: Selected Works of Merton Miller, forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press. Attendees included Bob Officer, Ph.D. ’71, Rob Backwell, ’91, Andrew Maughan, ’92, and Joe Giblin, ’95.

China Chapter Creating Distribution List
C. Lisa Hwang, ’98, asks that alumni in China e-mail her at lisah@cn.ibm.com so that she can establish a local distribution list.

Manila Chapter Seeking New Leadership
The GSB Manila chapter, which currently has about 30 members, is seeking new leadership. The chapter’s most recent organizer, Alex Russin, ’92, has been transferred to London. Call the alumni office at 773.834.0229 for more information.

Barcelona Chapter Activities
Barcelona alumni met over dinner last September at the home of Jose Luis Bobes, ’98, “to continue the effort to come to a more consistent GSB alumni chapter.” Among the agenda items for the evening were plans to define a mission statement, to reach consensus on areas of importance, and to appoint board and committee members. Chapter members also participated in an October dinner event, organized to increase contact between GSB alumni and M.B.A.’s from other schools who live and work in the Barcelona area. The dinner was sponsored by the Global Workplace. To learn more, contact Dominic Reimbold, IXP-3 (’98), at dreimbold@global-workplace.com.

Quality Chapter Rejuvenates
The group reports that it will soon “awaken from slumber under the guidance of Nina Cunningham, ’94. A new course will be charted with the help of interested members and Justin Townsley, a Ph.D. candidate at the GSB. The goal is to go beyond a university audience. We hope to carry messages about the benefits of quality management to a larger community, opening up opportunities for alumni nationwide to participate in real projects, leadership opportunities, and educational programs. The group will continue to host traditional chapter activities, such as networking events with speakers. We’ll also support activities outside Chicago, sharing, to the extent possible, activities and events with GSB chapters in other cities, particularly the cities we visit regularly.”

Terry Savage Speaks to UCWBG
Last September, the UCWBG hosted an event at Gleacher Center, featuring best-selling author, Emmy winner, and renowned financial expert Terry Savage. Cocktails at the Midway Club were followed by remarks from UCWBG president Christine Cantarino, ’92, dinner, and a talk by Savage.