Atlanta

The Atlanta alumni club has a full schedule of spring events planned: An MBA Update, "The Economics of Sports and the Business of Baseball," on April 5; a breakfast leadership series with Sergio Zyman on April 24; and a career event at 6 p.m. April 29. Contact Rick Berg at rberg@northhighland.com for details. Monthly TG's are held the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at The Park Tavern.

The Atlanta club is pleased to announce the upcoming MBA Update that will take place in Atlanta on April 5. The event features Professor David Dranove. He will lead a group discussion in an academic format on the "The Economics of Sports and the Business of Baseball: Is the Strike Zone too Wide? Creating and Capturing Value in Professional Sports." Of course, this won't be your typical classroom, as the event will take place at the 755 Club at Turner Field. Complementing the academic experience will be an invigorating exchange led by a panel of Kellogg alumni and experts in the sports world. The afternoon events will be followed by dinner and the game (Atlanta Braves versus Florida Marlins). Further details will be posted on the Kellogg Web site at www.kellogg.northwestern.edu.

We are also pleased to announce that we are starting a breakfast leadership series in conjunction with Wharton. Our first breakfast with a leader is April 25 with Sergio Zyman. Details will be posted online shortly, or contact Sarita Soldz at ssoldz@mindspring.com for more information. Special thanks to Carter Burton for volunteering to help out with this event.

Both club leaders, Chris Tomseth and Sarita Soldz, attended the annual Kellogg leadership conference for alumni club heads held in January in Evanston. Part of that weekend of events included hearing from Dean Dipak Jain on his vision for the school. He spoke about how he wants Kellogg to be known for leadership the Kellogg way: team leadership, thought leadership and market leadership. Additionally, other key initiatives at the school include a new alumni system platform (alumni database) and a ramp-up of staff in the Office of Alumni Relations.

While the Atlanta alumni club has two club leaders, the idea is that one club leader will step down each year and one will remain to encourage the continuation of new ideas and to sustain the club in Atlanta. The Atlanta alumni club is looking for volunteers to help with the club, and for people interested in being a leader on the club's board. Club leadership is very manageable with a full-time job, and an excellent opportunity to network in the Atlanta community. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Sarita Soldz at ssoldz@mindspring.com, or during the day at 770.368.8010 Ext. 1140. Also, please feel free to contact any of the club officers regarding getting involved: Kyle Antcliff (kantcliff@fusepath.com), vice president, social events; Rick Berg (rberg1995@kellogg.northwestern.edu), vice president, careers; and Chris Tomseth (ctomseth1998@kellogg.northwestern.edu), co-president.

We look forward to seeing Atlanta alumni at our events this spring.