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Class notes
1960s
Louie C. Hansberger Jr. ’66BBA of Charlotte, N.C., who retired from Deloitte & Touche as the professional practice director for all offices in North and South Carolina, is enjoying retirement playing golf, traveling to New Zealand for a month, and visiting son, Marc L. Hansberger ’92C, daughter-in-law, Angela English Hansberger ’91OX-’93C and their two sons.
Emily Balz Smith ’69BBA of Jacksonville, Fla., who served as the 2004-05 chair of the Florida Community College Foundation and chaired a $7 million scholarship endowment campaign that ended in December 2005, is the 2005–06 chair of the District Board of Trustees for Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
1970s
James W. Newport ’74MBA of Albany, senior vice president of Regions Bank and a lender specializing in agribusiness, is vice chairman of the Associate Board of American Peanut Shellers Association.
Frederick T. Naschold ’76MBA of Richmond, Va., is a co-founder of Dominion Partners, a middle market investment banking firm which was launched ten years ago.
Philip S. Reese ’66C-’76MBA-’76L of Wilmington, Del., chairman of the State of Delaware Public Employees Retirement System, is a member of the board of SunTrust Bank’s Delaware Holding Company.
David M. Clark ’79MBA-’79L of Bald Knob, Ark., who taught for ten years, is a middle school principal with the Bald Knob Public Schools.
1980s
Theodore L. Daywalt ’80MBA of Roswell is president of VetJobs.com which received the Weddle’s User’s Choice Award for 2005 and is one of the top 30 career and recruiting sites on the Internet.
Richard A. Phillips ’81BBA of New York City, a vice president with Morgan Stanley, is also writing and producing music.
Michael J. Brielmaier ’82MBA of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is finance director for the Asia Pacific area for Ford Motor Company and chief financial officer for Ford brands in Japan. Brielmaier worked in China for 6 years where he facilitated a visit by Goizueta Business School.
Douglas Schwartz ’82BBA of Westfield, N.J., is vice president of tax with The Blackstone Group.
Keith B. Darrell ’83MBA-’83L of Boca Raton, Fla., is the author of the book, Issues In Internet Law.
Sharon Chadwick McKelvey ’81Ox-’83BBA of Lithonia founded McKelvey and Russell, a certified public accounting firm in 1998.
Sharon Nelson Hill ’85MBA-85L of Atlanta, formerly a judge for the Fulton County Juvenile Courts, is an attorney with Appleseed, one of the nation’s largest legal pro bono networks.
Kimberly Oliver ’85BBA of Lithonia received an executive MBA degree from the Stetson School of Business and Economics at Mercer University in May 2004.
Manfred Asamer ’86MBA of Pinsdorf, Austria, received the 2006 Sheth Distinguished International Alumni Award from Emory University.
Howard D. Fishkind ’86BBA of Short Hills, N.J., who successfully completed examinations for the certified financial planner designation, works for Merrill Lynch and Company where his practice includes financial planning and investment management.
R. Kirk Thompson III ’86MBA of Decatur is vice president of Hilton brand marketing with Hilton Hotels Corporation in Beverly Hills, Calif. He, his wife, Eleanor Horlbeck Thompson ’87MBA, and their three daughters relocated to Los Angeles in January 2006.
Douglas R. Hooker ’87MBA of Atlanta recently stepped down as the executive director of the State Road and Tollway Authority of Georgia to assume the position of vice president and district director of PBS&J in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Hooker’s first symphony was performed by the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra in April 2006.
Christopher W. Cavanaugh ’88MBA of Asheville, N.C., is president and founder of Magellan Strategy Group, a strategic marketing and consulting firm for the travel and tourism industry.
Charles P. Eader ’88BBA of Bedminster, N.J., who was appointed in January 2005 to a one year term on the Bedminster Township Board of Health, ran in the November 2005 election as a Democrat for one of two Assembly seats in the 16th Legislative District of New Jersey which is comprised of towns in Somerset County and Mendham Borough in Morris County.
Zorimar M. Betancourt ’89BBA of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, is a consultant for BeautiControl, a major beauty and spa corporation.
Karen A. Fazekas ’89BBA of Baltimore, Md., is a senior broadcast producer with Eisner Communications, an ad agency.
Steven J. Ross ’89MBA and Kamy M. Ross of Addison, Texas, announce the birth of a daughter, Katie Morgan, on June 29, 2005.
1990
Anne Neesemann Clisham ’90BBA-’96EvMBA and Gerard J. Clisham of West Chester, Pa., announce the birth of a son, Patrick Morgan, on Aug. 1, 2005.
Wendy King Hoffman ’90BBA and Stuart Hoffman of Roswell announce the birth of a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, on June 10, 2005. Hoffman is a senior financial analyst with Emory University.
Woo-taek Kim ’90MBA of Seoul, South Korea, is executive producer of the Korean movie “Marrying the Mafia2: Enemy-in-Law,” which was released in September 2005.
Steven M. Langer ’90MBA and Susan L. Langer of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Cierra Lynn, on Sept. 15, 2004. Langer is assistant vice president of supply chain for Haverty’s Furniture.
Gregory M. Pharo ’87C-’90MBA of Atlanta is worldwide director of market analysis and research for digital photography printing at the Eastman Kodak Company.
1991
W. Michael Feder ’91MBA of Henderson, Nev., is the author of the book Olive Parrot Shares Her Birthday. Feder is the CEO of Waiting Room Theatre, which has over 1000 offices running its programming.
1992
Beth Kirsner Harber ’92BBA and Norman I. Harber of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Samara Rachel, on July 22, 2005.
Sheldon Hauben ’92MBA of Atlanta, a former practicing attorney and litigation consultant who graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, returned to Atlanta after five years in Tampa where he worked for Prudential Securities and Wachovia Securities. Hauben is vice president of wealth management for Wachovia Bank providing high value-added financial services to law firms, medical practices, families and individuals.
Heather Smith Michael ’92BBA-’95L of Atlanta, a partner with the law firm of Arnall Golden Gregory, specializes in business litigation and complex insurance services in the firm’s litigation practice group.
1993
Ronald J. Hughes Jr. ’93MBA of Atlanta, a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch and Company, was named in October 2005 as one of the “Top 100 Wealth Advisors” in America by Worth Magazine, a monthly wealth management publication for the nation’s most affluent households.
Teri Kanar Robins ’93BBA and Jared C. Robins ’90C of Cincinnati announce the birth of a son, Benjamin Henry, in March 2005. Robins opened her own law firm specializing in employment and reproductive law, and J. Robins is an assistant professor in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Cincinnati.
Douglas J. Witten ’93BBA. See Ripans ’00MBA.
1994
Brent H. Eiland ’94MBA of Atlanta is senior vice president of Insight Sourcing Group.
Kathy McLane Gersch ’94MBA of Mercer Island, Wash., is a 2005 recipient of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” Award, which recognizes 40 outstanding members of the business community under the age of 40. Gersch is vice president, chief marketing officer, and retail general manager of Drugstore.com.
Jason E. Klarreich ’94BBA and Renee Klarreich of Allendale, N.J., announce the birth of a son, Jack Austin, on Sept. 10, 2004. Klarreich is chief operations officer of JW Asset Management, a New York City-based hedge fund.
Zahir K. Palanpur ’94MBA and Adriana Palanpur of Smyrna announce the birth of a son, Riyan Andres, on Dec. 8, 2004. Palanpur is the founder of Azul Arc International, an Atlanta-based multimedia design and technology outsourcing firm with global production centers in India and Latin America.
Jonathan D. Swartz ’94BBA and Kimberly Swartz of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Madeline Brown, on Dec. 31, 2004. Swartz is a tax manager with Bennett Thrasher.
S. Matthew Tanzy ’94EMBA of Alpharetta is managing director of Boaz Payment Systems, an outsourcing company he founded in 1997, sold in 1999, and purchased back in 2003 that is operating with double digit growth.
1995
Robin Brenner Buckler ’95BBA and Brian Buckler of Marietta announce the birth of a daughter, Amanda, on June 21, 2005. Buckler is director of corporate accounting for the Genuine Parts Company.
Shantella Carr ’89C-’95EvMBA of Germantown, Md., is vice president for diversity with Lockheed Martin Corporation which was named the Top Corporation for Diversity in 2005. Carr is the youngest and first black female vice president at Lockheed Martin.
C. John Henderson ’95MBA now lives in Chicago. He relocated from Delray Beach, Fla.
Arthur H. Mazor ’95BBA of Marietta, senior vice president of portfolio and new business management with ACS, a provider of business process outsourcing services, leads a segment of the company’s global human resource outsourcing business.
Albin Wallinger ’95MBA of Abtenau, Austria, founder of his own company, BusinessText, in Luxembourg, is the author of an article published in one of the most respected marketing magazines in Europe.
1996
William H. Cox ’96EvMBA of Atlanta is manager of carrier alliances for Verizon Wireless.
Rainer W. Kalkbrener ’96MBA and Marion Kalkbrener of Giesshuebl, Austria, announce the birth of a son, Valentin Bennet. Kalkbrener is managing director of Telekom Austria in Vienna.
Daniel S. Litt ’96BBA and Louise Aibel Litt ’97L of New York City announce the birth of twins, Ari and Zoe, on July 4, 2005. Litt is a financial analyst with J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.
Kim Yen Vu Thi ’96MBA of Hanoi, Vietnam, is an in-country project manager for the Last Mile Initiative Project which develops telecommunication networks in rural and remote areas of Vietnam with funding from USAID.
Daniel L. Ward Jr. ’96MBA and Lane A. Ward of Marietta announce the adoption in August 2004 of a son, Aaron, who was born in Kazakhstan.
1997
Thomas F. Beaty ’97MBA and Suzanne Beaty of Norcross announce the birth of a daughter, Reagan Watts, on Dec. 9, 2005. Beaty is president of Insight Sourcing Group, a company with a growth rate that exceeded 400% in three years and new clients ranging in size from $200 million to $3 billion in revenues including several private equity firms.
Kristin B. Lindsey ’97MBA of Atlanta, who is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, is a senior program manager for SITA Professional Services, a Europe-based telecommunications company with operations in Atlanta.
Jeffrey D. Peebles ’92C-’97MBA of Atlanta co-founded Pretium Consulting, a public relations and marketing communications agency, in 2003. Peebles’ clients include Opteum Financial Services, Cingular Wireless, and the Alliance Theatre.
Joseph S. Schab Jr. ’97MBA of Atlanta is president and chief executive officer of Creative Digital Group, an interactive marketing company.
1998
Terry P. Chang ’98MBA of San Jose, Calif., is director of CT marketing for R2 Technology.
Ekaterina Jorjishvili Cox ’98MBA of Atlanta became a U.S. citizen on Aug. 12, 2005. Cox is a senior associate in business valuations at Acuitas.
Keun Huh ’98BBA of Seoul, Korea, who plans to attend graduate school soon, is director of Devis Korea, a real estate development firm.
Megan McCarthy McMillin ’98BBA of Boston, who received a J.D. degree from Boston University School of Law in 2005, is an associate in the business department of the law firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart.
Morgan M. Schuessler Jr. ’98EvMBA of Duluth is senior vice president of marketing and corporate relations for Global Payments, an Atlanta-based firm.
Alexander S. Yarosh ’98BBA of Beverly Hills, Calif., an agent with the Gersch Agency, was profiled as a Next Generation Star by the Hollywood Reporter which selected 35 of the most talented executives in the fields of film, television, representation, legal, and new media under the age of 35.
1999
Matthew Marsh ’99MBA. See L. Marsh ’01MBA.
2000
Rosalind Bolger Abero ’93C-’00EvMBA and Inaudi Abero of Decatur announce the birth of a son, David Eduardo, on Nov. 23, 2005. Abero is a senior director of development at Emory University.
Ronald C. Brown Jr. ’00MBA and Jennifer Brown of Montgomery, Ala., announce the birth of a daughter, Kathryn Grace, on July 9, 2005. Brown is chief financial officer of Wilson Holdings, an investment and real estate development company.
Stephen E. Carlin ’00MBA and Jennifer M. Carlin of Cincinnati announce the birth of a daughter, Eleanor Pamela, on April 14, 2005. Carlin is a team leader for Energizer Battery Company with clients that include Kroger and HEB.
Daniel L. Kehoe ’00MBA of Bangkok, Thailand, moved to Thailand in August 2005. After taking a year to care for his daughter, Anna, he is now working in the U.S. Embassy as an assistant to the Management Counselor (COO).
Matthew D. Liebman ’00BBA of New York City is a managing member of Old Iron Hill Capital Management, an active treasury interest management firm which is a registered investment advisor with the SEC.
Paul E. Lindquist ’00EMBA of Pearland, Texas, is an asset consultant for project management services for the Project Resources Company at Chevron.
Lewis B. Perkins ’00MBA of Atlanta is director of development for the Clean Air Campaign.
Holly P. Ripans ’00MBA and Douglas J. Witten ’93BBA of Atlanta were married Nov. 12, 2005. Ripans is the founder and president of Leap Forward Group, a marketing company, and Witten, who received a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law and a master of laws degree in health law from the University of Houston, is an attorney and mediator specializing in medical and compensation matters.
Marie H. Silloway ’00EMBA of Shanghai, China, is a senior client partner and leader of the China consumer market practice with Korn Ferry International.
Abby H. Spatz ’95C-’00EvMBA of Santa Monica, Calif., is senior director of brand advertising and marketing for Hilton Hotels Corporation in Beverly Hills.
2001
Jeffrey T. Abney ’01EMBA and Kristin Kelly Abney of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Katherine Kelly, on May 14, 2004. Abney is a field marketing director with Cox Cable Communications.
Kelly Horvath Finley ’01BBA of San Francisco, who received a J.D. degree from Stanford University in May 2005, is a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond A. Jackson of the U.S. District Court’s Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk.
David R. Flanders ’01BBA of Chesterfield, Mo., who received a J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 2005, is an attorney in the general business litigation practice group of the law firm of Husch and Eppenberger, a nationally ranked firm with offices in eight cities across the Midwest and Mid-South.
M. Joseph Folan IV ’99OX-’01BBA and Stephanie D. Corbitt ’01OX-’03C of Decatur were married Sept. 10, 2005 on St. Simons Island. Folan is a business segment manager for Curtis 1000, a printing company in Duluth.
Melissa K. Frankel ’01BBA and Jason S. Perlmutter ’02C of Atlanta were married Sept. 4, 2005.
Elias Marsh ’01MBA and Matthew Marsh ’99MBA of Englewood, Colo., announce the birth of a son, Thomas, on May 18, 2005. M. Marsh is a wealth management specialist with Citigroup.
Robert A. Maruster ’01EvMBA of New Canaan, Conn., is vice president of operational planning for JetBlue Airways, a low-fare, lost-cost passenger airline. Maruster joined JetBlue Airways after 12 years with Delta Airlines in marketing and customer service leadership positions.
Harmon B. Miller IV ’01EMBA and Andrea Kozak of New York City were married May 14, 2004. They announce the birth of a son, Theodore Baker, on May 28, 2005. Miller works for the CDI Group, an affiliate of Miller Zell, Inc.
Anand H. Shelat ’01BBA of Marlton, N.J., who previously worked for Thomas Weisel Partners, an investment bank in San Francisco, and as a consultant with AT Kearney, is an analyst at The Riverside Company in New York.
Brian L. Sipe ’01EMBA and Kristen Sipe of Buford announce the birth of a son, Aydan James, on Aug. 14, 2004. Sipe is national sales manager with Motorola, Inc.
Mark D. Snow ’01EvMBA of Las Vegas is director of acquisitions, retention, and marketing science for Cox Communications.
Sara Sutandi Zywicki ’97PH-’01EvMBA and Daren J. Zywicki of Copley, Ohio, announce the birth of a son, Blake, on Sept. 26, 2004. Zywicki is director of product development for Life Line Screening.
2002
Susan Roach Carroll ’02MBA and Thomas Carroll of Atlanta announce the birth of a son, Hayes McLemore, on July 7, 2005.
Celena LeCora Evans ’02MBA and Curtis Evans of Stone Mountain announce the birth of a daughter, Camille Rebecca, on July 26, 2005.
Stacey D. Ewing ’02MBA of Atlanta is director of research with Zeliff Wallace Jackson Investment Counsel.
Felicia N. Faison ’02MBA-’02L and George R. Holmes Jr. of Atlanta were married Sept. 3, 2005. Faison works in the Department of Consumer and Legal Affairs for the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance.
Frederick A. Marx III ’02EvMBA of Atlanta is president and CEO of Keylingo, a website and internet-based translation service that enables users to find the cost of translating documents of any size in any one of 78 languages. The company performs technical translations for 21 fields and works with companies in 18 industries.
Sofia Zhang Midkiff ’02MBA and Scott F. Midkiff of Arlington, Va., announce the birth of a son, Erik Zhang, on June 17, 2005.
Kristen Schmitt ’02BBA of Mission Viejo, Calif., launched Experience Wish, a gift experience company which was featured on The Today Show in a segment featuring unique online gifts.
Alejandro J. Sola ’02MBA and Viviana Van der Schraft of Orlando announce the birth of a son, Gabriel, on Oct. 21, 2005. Sola is a perfect trip manager with CHEP.
Leanne E. Toler ’02MBA of Denver, Colo., climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak on the African continent, on Sept. 26, 2005. Toler is the senior manager of multi-family acquisitions for The Pauls Corporation, a private real estate company which owns and manages more than 3000 apartment homes.
2003
Gregory M. Corlin ’03MBA and Katie Lopes of Costa Mesa, Calif., were married on May 28, 2005 in Altadena, Calif. Corlin is an associate brand manager in the beverage division of Nestle in Glendale, Calif.
Brandon M. Fishman ’03BBA of San Diego is chief executive officer of www.newcondosonline.com, an Internet real estate advertising company.
Jeffrey M. Perkins ’03MBA. See Kahn ’04MBA.
Brandy Miller Vachtsevanos ’03EvMBA and Chris G. Vachtsevanos ’03EvMBA of Acworth announce the birth of a daughter, Elena Athena, on July 4, 2005. B. Vachtsevanos is a sales representative with Eli Lilly and Company, and C. Vachtsevanos is a systems engineer with Lockheed Martin Corporation.
2004
Paige A. Kahn ’04MBA and Jeffrey M. Perkins ’03MBA of New York City were married Dec. 10, 2005. Many Goizueta Business School alumni were in attendance. Kahn is manager of store planning at Coach, Inc., makers of handbags and accessories, and Perkins is an account director for Euro RSCG Worldwide, an advertising agency, with clients that include GlaxoSmithKline and Sirius Satellite Radio.
Eric J. Kauffman ’04EMBA of Marietta is the CS technology leader of the Americas for GM Energy Services. Previously, Kauffman led the technology integration and engineering management of the SD Myers transformer services acquisition and served as the services E-class product leader where he launched the Evolution Compressor program and DLN 1+ combustion program.
2005
Marvin R. Ellison ’05MEMBA of Marietta is senior vice president of logistics with Home Depot.
Rohan A. Kelkar ’05EvMBA of Marietta is the CS technology productivity leader at GE Energy Services Technology where he also serves as the leader for the Technology Partnerships being conducted with CS customers.
Ryan W. Lennie ’05MBA of Pittsburgh, Pa., a chartered financial analyst candidate and former Emory Investment Management intern, is a consulting analyst with Yanni Partners, a national mid-market investment consulting firm.
Tam’ra Osborne ’05MBA and Reinhard Powell of Cedar Knolls, N.J., were married July 23, 2005. Osborne is an assistant brand manager in the Consumer Care Division of Bayer Healthcare.
Benjamin R. Streed ’05BBA of Atlanta is an analyst with Merrill Lynch and Company.
Giridhar Venkatraman ’05MEMBA of Evanston, Ill., is responsible for the start up of a surgical services division of sg2, a healthcare thinktank and consulting firm.
Jarrett M. Weinpel ’05EMBA of Sparta, N.J., is a manager in strategy and operations consulting for the healthcare industry practice of Deloitte & Touche in New York City.
Deaths
Eloise Hopkins Quillian ’36BBA of Atlanta on Sept. 15, 2005. Emory survivors are: Frank B. Vinson Jr. ’54Ox-’57C and Franklin P. Smith ’50C.
J. Hammond Adams ’43BBA of Eatonton on Aug. 14, 2005.
A. Quinton Dobbs ’50BBA of Atlanta on Oct. 27, 2005.
Richard R. Franklin ’72BBA of Atlanta on Sept. 11, 2005.
James R. Higgins ’73OX-’75BBA of Oxford on Nov. 18, 2005.
Hans P. Alpsteg ’79MBA of Kearney, Neb., on July 20, 2005.
Kelley Minter ’77OX-’79BBA of Flowery Branch on Dec. 1, 2005.
Kristen Kenney McMahan ’85MBA of Kennesaw on Nov. 5, 2005.
Bartholomeus Herbert Jr. ’92EMBA of Ellicott City, Md., on Oct. 27, 2005.
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