Raj Babu '09 with new bride Laura Morsch
	The happy meeting of a Baby Moose and Baby Highlander! Brian and Catherine Wong '09 introduce their new son Marcus to Nicolas, the new son of Sara and Alejandro Funes '09
	Hilary Meyer '09 with new baby Ben
	Melissa Renny ’09 and Chris Schrader ’09 welcomed their son Caden Renny Schrader on Nov. 6
	Noah Solomon '09 married Beth Sweberg on Dec. 10

2009

Rep: Nicole Tilzer
nicole_tilzer@yahoo.com

Rep: Brian Wynn
bwynn2009@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Alexis Jhamb and Rafe Rosengarten were married in an intimate family ceremony on Oct. 8 in Kyle, Texas. Upon returning from their honeymoon on Brazil's Bahia coast, they celebrated their nuptials on Oct. 22 in Austin, Texas, with a slightly rowdier group. Festivities included a food truck crawl, potent margaritas, and some of Texas's finest BBQ. Attendees included Cynthia Baker, Will Smith, Bharat Chopra, Ryan Barrett and Mirron Granot.

Hello there Kellogg community. My name is Benjamin Warren Meyer, and I was born on Nov. 3 to amazed parents Jon and Hilary Meyer. Though I was a svelte 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth, at three months I have already more than doubled my weight. The jury is still out on my hair and eye color, so it's possible I will be a ginger kid, like my uncle. I enjoy eating out, going to music class, and walking to the zoo. I am available for play dates with other Kellogg kids in the Chicago area.

Aziz Gilani became a director at DFJ Mercury in the fall, was elected executive chairman at Infochimps Inc, joined the board of directors at Callisto Inc. and got a place in Austin, Texas, in addition to his house in Houston. His daughter Aleena (4) just started ballet.

Esther Choy and husband Bernhard Krieg welcomed second child Melia Choy Krieg on Dec. 20.

Molly and Bill Getty welcomed twin boys Gray and Hunter on Jan. 21.

Bill Ford and fiancée Megan Fox moved to Budapest, Hungary after the holidays. They will be living there for 2012 as Bill is taking part in BCG's ambassador exchange program. Megan is continuing to work for E&J Gallo while they are there. Life in Hungary has been great thus far albeit a bit chillier than California. If any Kellogg folks happen to be visiting Hungary, please let them know as they'd love to have visitors.

Reginald Shaver accepted a senior position with General Electric (GE) in the GE Capital Markets group, a group responsible for structuring, transacting and financing projects for the company's operating business units with a particular emphasis on international markets. His job title is project development finance manager for sub-Saharan Africa. Reginald will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he currently resides, and will be responsible for customer finance for Southern Africa. Additionally, he will be responsible for project finance and development structuring for sub-Saharan Africa.

Miguel Angel and wife Luisa just became parents with the birth of their son Miguel Angel on Nov. 22. Some Kellogg friends with their JVs attended the christening on Feb. 19 in Guadalajara: Carlos Cortez, Jose Carrillo, Adrian Zorrilla, Karlo Teran and Alejandro Solis.

Josh Smith is working in innovation and growth as a product manager for Deloitte and living in NYC.

Raj Babu is happy to write that he married his college sweetheart Laura Morsch on March 19 at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Among the many Kellogg attendees at their Indo-Swedish (Swindian?) wedding were groomsmen Andrew McNerney and David Renke. They also relocated to Berkeley, Calif., where Raj is working for the Boston Consulting Group while his wife is getting her master's in public policy at Berkeley.

Jerry Meyer, wife Gina and family moved back to Virginia Beach, Va., where Gina and Jerry met and her family still lives. Jerry has taken a general manager/director of marketing position at Legal Resources. Legal Resources was started by Gina's father in 1991 and is a regionally focused group legal services business located in Virginia Beach with offices in Richmond, Va., and Bethesda, M.D. They sell group legal plans into companies who want to offer their employees this valuable voluntary benefit, and also manage the network of attorneys who provide the legal coverage. Legal Resources currently serves over 500 employer groups and has a network of over 11,000 attorneys nationwide.

Jerry says it's been a pretty big change from P&G and they miss their great friends in Cincinnati, but the job has been very rewarding so far and it has been great being closer to family. And, they are all enjoying the temperate winter.

Fernando Ramirez and wife welcomed beautiful daughter Cristina on Nov. 17.

Noah Solomon married to Beth Sweberg on Dec. 10 in New York. Kellogg attendees included Peter Yen and Brianne Shally.

Julie (Ward) and Greg Jefson had a baby girl Natalie on Dec. 24. It was a great Christmas!

Alex Keisner accepted a new job as director of strategy/business development with Pago Mobile, a mobile payments startup in San Francisco. He is very excited about the change!

Sean and Lily Wieber welcomed daughter Carlee Zsolnay Wieber on Dec. 30. They are grooming her to be a third generation Northwestern and Kellogg grad!

After completing a two-year MBA leadership rotation at PG&E last September, Mary Hvistendahl took a promotion to senior manager for risk management and system safety in PG&E's electric operations business. In her new role, she'll be developing new infrastructure and processes for risk-based asset management while driving culture change to incorporate risk-based thinking into core business processes. Mary continues to be based out of PG&E's San Francisco headquarters.

Additionally, Mary and husband Perry put down more permanent roots in the Bay Area via a home purchase in October. They have been busy settling in after moving out of downtown San Francisco. Mary and Perry have enjoyed hosting family and Kellogg classmates in their new "BerkLandVille" house, and encourage visiting classmates to snag a free overnight stay anytime.

Supriya Srinidhi left the consulting world to take a role as director of payer segment strategy at OPTUMInsight, a healthcare IT company.

Pat Dupree married Becca Lipp on Oct. 29 in Charleston, N.C. Many Kellogg students were in attendance for this gorgeous affair, including Nicole Tilzer, Sarina and Bob Sherwin, Brooke and Brian Houston, Eric Butler, Alex Keisner, Ashley and Mike Fitz, Sean Alpert, Christine and Kevin Evans and Matt Zumbach. All had a great time and the night fittingly ended with a rousing rendition of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin.'"

Melissa Renny and Chris Schrader welcomed son Caden Renny Schrader on Nov. 6.

Lindi and Jay Xu moved to Singapore and celebrated New Year's in front of Marina Bay Sands.

Brian and Catherine Wong welcomed their first child Marcus Edward Ying-Yin last November. Catherine is enjoying her work on the strategy and business development team at Vera Bradley Designs, a high growth retailer of handbags and accessories for women.

Ryan and Erin Metzger welcomed son Owen Charles on Nov. 20. Owen and Moe (the pug) are getting along great and the Metzger family is enjoying life in Seattle.

Sara and Alejandro Funes are happily enjoying their baby boy Nicolas (1). Alejandro completed the strategic leadership program at Discover Financial Services and continues his work as part of the risk group.

Lisa Haaser and Shawn Farrar were married on Sept. 10 in their newly adopted "hometown" of Nashville, Tenn. Their venue, Cedarwood, an 1830s antebellum estate, served to complement their classically "Grand South" celebration. The wedding party included bridesmaid Tiffany Tyler and guests Brianne Shally, Melissa Koch, Candice Wilmuth, Sam Katz and Brooke (Gillette) Pederson. From cocktails in the barn to dancing on the veranda, a fabulous time was enjoyed by all!

Update from Sid Shah and Neera Chanani: "We are loving life in Mumbai, India—we've had the opportunity to travel throughout Asia which has been awesome and reminiscent of Kellogg. As South Asia head, Neera continues to enjoy leading development for Caesars with luxury hotels, restaurants, spas, etc. Sid's company, the Wild East Group, is doing great. He has established his agency as the go-to business development company in India. Please drop us a note if you make it out to Mumbai!"

Krista Frysinger started a new job as a marketing manager for Deloitte's U.S. Olympic Committee sponsorship team. She looks forward to experiencing the Olympic Games in London this summer.

Will Smith and Cynthia Baker are doing well in San Diego. Cynthia is working for HP as a manager in their internal strategy team for the imaging and printing group. She has been working on emerging market growth strategies with several trips to China over the last year. Will spent the first half of 2011 on deployment to Japan helping with humanitarian assistance post -tsunami. Once Will was home, they did some travelling across the U.S. to New Orleans and Florida. They ended 2011 with a trip to Italy to visit the Bakers. In 2012, amongst work, they enjoyed a 10-day trip to Ireland and Scotland before returning home and Will leaving for deployment. So far, 2012 has proved to be a good year!

Nicole Tilzer completed the NYC Marathon on Nov. 6, thanks in great part to some amazing on-site Kellogg support from friends Blaire Fraser, Ann Deming, Ryan Fowkes, Monisha and Alvaro De La Rocha '10, and Andrew Pinzler. On the heels of that race, Blaire and Nicole ran the Disney Princess Half Marathon in Orlando on Feb. 26 – fully embracing tutus and tiaras!!

Miguel Angel and wife Luisa welcomed many Kellogg friends for their son Miguel's christening. Included were: Carlos Cortez, Jose Carrillo, Adrian Zorrilla, Karlo Teran and Alejandro Solis, all '09

Pat Dupree ’09 married Becca Lipp on Oct. 29 in Charleston, N.C. Many Kellogg friends were in attendance.

Lisa Haaser ’09 and Shawn Farrar were married on Sept. 10 in their newly adopted “hometown” of Nashville, Tenn.

Ryan and Erin Metzger, both ’09 welcomed son Owen Charles on Nov. 20. Owen and Moe (the pug) are getting along great and the Metzger family is enjoying life in Seattle

Julie Ward '09 with new baby Natalie

Lindi and Jay Xu ’09 moved to Singapore and celebrated New Year’s in front of Marina Bay Sands

Esther Choy '09 with family, including new baby Melia

 

 

 

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