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Alumni
newsmakers: Susan Rosenstein ’79
by
Deborah Leigh Wood
Well-connected
Susan Rosenstein
’79 is undisputedly “well-connected” in
the Kellogg School community. A member of the Kellogg Alumni
Advisory Board (KAAB) for the last six years, she conducts
workshops for Kellogg students and alumni on interviewing,
résumé writing and networking. She also participates
in the mentorship program and the Kellogg Alumni Club of Chicago,
where she has served as a board member and chaired the Career
Development Committee. If this wasn’t enough, she also
co-chaired the Class of ’79 reunion.
Rosenstein
says she became hooked on reconnecting with Kellogg after
starting Susan Rosenstein Executive Search Ltd. in 1986.
“I
posted jobs on the Kellogg Web site and joined the Chicago
alumni club, purely from a business perspective,” she
says. “But being with other alums was so enjoyable that
my reasons for reconnecting shifted.”
She kept
finding ways to contribute to Kellogg.
“Kellogg
gives us careers, knowledge and friends, and at some point
it’s time to give back,” she says. “The
personal rewards for volunteering are big. You get back a
lot more than you give.”
Rosenstein
also serves on the boards of a number of Chicago-area organizations,
including her latest appointment as trustee on the board of
the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies.
After
accompanying her to various Kellogg School events, her husband,
Richard, also decided to become an official part of the Kellogg
family. So three years ago he enrolled in the Kellogg Management
Institute, which his wife says has served him well in his
career as a commercial real estate attorney working with corporate
clients.
Rosenstein
says she gets by on little sleep, and in her spare time practices
piano, sometimes until nearly midnight. She also skis, golfs
and travels.
Says
Rosenstein: “Growing up, I always heard my mother say,
‘live life to the fullest.’ My philosophy is to
be involved in as many things as I can. In the time you spend
thinking that you don’t have time, you could actually
be doing something.”
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