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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 2
the editor
Georgetown Business
deans office
georgetown university
the mcdonough school
of business
old north building
washington dc 20057
phone: 202-687-4080
www.msb.georgetown.edu
Letter from the Dean
I
n the months after September 11, the Mosler paintings in Old North,
Welcome
which depict significant scenes in the nations founding, have
While we celebrate Old Norths beautiful art in this issue, other creative
Business. Weve launched a new Center for Business and Public Policy,
study project featured in the Wall Street Journal and Business Week.
Dean
CONTENTS
Inside Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Alumni Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1
Inside Information
McDonough M.B.A.s Take Job Hunt Reza Moshir-Fatemi (MBA02), past president of
on the Road the European association, who was the primary
n a sluggish economy, McDonough M.B.A. organizer of the London Trek. Georgetown Uni-
Credit Research Center Study Finds Consumer debt has soared in recent years
Financial Counseling Effective up from $1.2 trillion in 1996 to $1.65
redit counseling works. That is the trillion in 2001. Consumer bankruptcy filings
number of circumstances, Research Center ing, Staten said, there was no known empirical launched a new Bulldog & Bear
Director Michael E. Staten said. study of its impact. Creditors have been asking
logo. Drawn by Wall Street Jour-
Staten called the findings good news for for evidence that subsidizing counseling is
nal artist Nancy Januzzi, the logo
both consumers and creditors. It makes the worthwhile.
The Credit Research Center will release features Georgetowns Jack the
case that financial counseling helps consumers
a companion report later this year on how Bulldog, representing the bull side
help themselves.
The researchers identified 14,000 clients well participants in formal debt management of the market, fighting a bear.
who received one-on-one counseling from plans fare in the years after they resume man-
affiliates of the foundation during 1997 in aging their finances on their own. The reports
Georgia, Illinois, California, Arizona and are part of the centers investigation of how
Texas. The clients credit records over the next people make choices when theyre faced with
three years were analyzed and compared with high financial difficulty, Staten said.
anonymous credit bureau data for similar
individuals and families who were not counseled
by foundation affiliates.
On measures of creditworthinesssuch
as late payments, outstanding debt and credit
bureau scoresthe clients improved their
performance and performed better than the
control group. Sean Meckley (B02) received a
Fulbright Scholarship in April to study
at the Vienna University of Economics
and Business Administration this fall.
Meckley, who majored in international
business and finance, will examine the
privatization of Central and Eastern
European banks and the involvement
of Austrian banks in this process.
Andrew LaVanway (MBA03) (far left) with members of the winning team at the
Simon School-Johnson School Case Competition.
$1.5 million commitment years Workplace Safety Summit held at venue to examine the interplay between
T
he 2002 Workplace Safety Summit, held April 1112, drew over
of the National Safety Council Alan McMillan, DuPont Group Vice President
and General Manager Ellen Kullman, and United Farm Workers President
Arturo Rodriguez.
Sponsored by the McDonough Schools new Center for Business and Public
Policy, the Workplace Summit provided a forum for the participants to explore
common ground in their continuing efforts to end the 6 million injuries and
6,000 deaths on the job reported each year in the United States. Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers,
spoke at the Centers launch on February 28.
The Workplace Safety Summit is the best way for these groups with
to the nations workplace safety problem, says John W. Mayo, director of the
Topics explored at the Summit included: catalysts for achieving worker health and fatalities
and safety; the impact of safety-conscious management systems; an overview
of worker deaths and injuries; worker hazards; new partnerships; and results cost American industry
from the first Workplace Safety Summit held last year.
and taxpayers
Sweeney delivered the keynote address, and McMillan, Kullman, Rodriguez
in lost productivity,
esearch by three When lenders make it as explicit as The commercial banks are taking a step
R McDonough School of
Business undergraduate
seniors reveals that almost
half of corporate finance
professionals say that failure to award
lenders with core investment banking
business makes it more difficult for them
saying Well give you credit if you give us
this deal, thats called tying, and its ille-
gal, notes Villar. But its not that explicit.
Lenders are subtly pressuring clients to
award them other business, but clients are
also demanding credit from their banking
relationships. The extent to which this
back and looking at the relationship as a
whole, says Droba. They may note that
short-term credit is not so profitable, and
may place a lot of pressure on companies
by saying, well, if you dont provide more
lucrative business, this relationship in gen-
eral is not beneficial to our bank.
to obtain competitive credit. occurs has never been quantified before. The students found that large compa-
Working with the Association for We tried to get a more solvent hold onto nies are particularly pressured. In their
Financial Professionals, Lorena Droba what exactly is going on. paper, they noted, Companies with over
(B02), Kelly Kirby (B02), and Chris Vil- With the repeal of the Glass-Steagall $1 billion in annual revenue are even more
lar (B02) surveyed approximately 3,500 Act in 1999, commercial banks were able to likely to expect a reduction or withdrawal
corporate financial officers. Of the 427 start competing with investment banks for of short-term credit if they did not award
respondents, 48% believed that if they did higher-margin business. The students other types of business.
not award other business to short-term research finds that commercial banks are Liquidity was a hot topic at the two
lenders, the amount of short-term credit strongly leveraging their balance sheets and investment banks where Villar, Kirby and
provided would be reduced. their expertise in lending to compete with Droba worked last summer, as investment
While it is illegal for lenders to traditional investment banks in areas like banks grappled with commercial banks
directly tie credit provision to the awarding cash management, debt/equity underwrit- going after their traditional business. In
of future fee-based business, the students ing and strategic mergers and acquisitions the fall, the students decided to formally
found significant pressures being placed by advisory work. investigate the subject further. They
lenders on corporations to award them Commercial banks make more money designed a survey for financial executives,
with lucrative business in exchange for from such services as underwriting and and working with finance professor David
low-cost short-term credit. merger advice as opposed to credit lending. Walker, they contacted the Association for
Financial Professionals, who administered
the survey to its members. The students
then analyzed the responses and inter-
preted the data.
It was exciting for us as students to
see a survey we had designed going out to
the treasurers of Fortune 500 companies,
and to have them actually respond to us,
says Kirby.
The students hard work has paid off,
with articles featuring their research in
The Wall Street Journal and Business Week.
And needless to say, these seniors arent
worried about jobs. Droba and Villar
will head to New York City this summer
to work for Morgan Stanley and Goldman
Sachs respectively, while Kirby will work
for Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown in
(left to right) Chris Villar (B02), Kelly Kirby (B02), and Lorena Droba (B02) Los Angeles.
Georgetown University by riding his horse to the Hilltop, walking into what
is now called Old North (it was nearly brand new then) and being received
with a staircase at the buildings north entrance. But Washington is still there
When we did the renovation we had Some paintings, including the Moslers,
the opportunity to put in alarm systems, to are attached to a protective backing so you
get the paintings bolted literally into the cant inadvertently punch a hole in it or cut
walls and to design spaces to accommodate through it on purpose, he said.
pieces, Chieffo said. We designed that Part of the dilemma in a public space,
stairwell to fit those (Mosler) paintings. Chieffo said, is how you protect the
The large (Grand Reception) Room works. We went through a lot of trouble
provided an opportunity to hang some to do that.
of our larger pieces that were in storage, I think the purpose of our acquiring
like Betsy Ross. art is that it will be utilized for education.
Otherwise, it lives in storage, which is not
our desire.
he terrorist attacks of September 11 In the months leading up to the resi- class is particularly sensitive to the impact
...and Vietnam.
Its no secret that Nasdaq has had global Its great advice. To say anything other
ambitions. Theyve tried several different than what Jim Schneider said is irresponsi-
ways to get into Europe, but theyve run Its a big ticket purchase, so you do a lot ble. Ken Lays advice to calm the employ-
into a problem in that its a long uphill bat- of comparison shopping, explained Lisa ees seems like he was oblivious to basic
tle against entrenched incumbents, said Kaminski, director of the I.E.M.B.A. pro- investment principles, said Professor Ed
Professor James Angel in the Wall Street gram, about applying to executive M.B.A. Soule about the Enron stock collapse in
Journals Nasdaq, London Stock Markets programs in the Washington Business the Houston Chronicle article Diversify
Revive Talks of Possible Merger (Silvia Forward feature article, The Executive 401(k)s, Dell CFO Urges, April 6.
Ascarelli and Kate Kelly), April 25. M.B.A. (Stephanie Berry Stark), April 24.
By Susan Price
involves financial modeling and 2001. They are check-point ketchups, pickles, mayonnaise, weekends in the mountains ski-
valuing companies for the pur- firewall consultants and and sunflower oil. The company ing in the winter and fishing in
poses of conducting mergers resellers. They also travel exports its products to the U.S. the summer. Give them a call at
and acquisitions. throughout Central America to and distributes them primarily home (303) 424-4124 or at
consult on digital certificates in New York and Chicago. work (303) 272-2396.
David Alexander is still work-
and other security solutions for
ing with publishing company Faysal Hamza and his wife, Andy and Andi Libuser moved
large clients.
Prentice Hall, and lives on the Roula, were married on March to London last May, where
Eastern shore in Maryland. Bill Fessler and his wife 2, 2002, in Lebanon. Andy works for Spring, a global
Amanda celebrated their eighth provider of human capital man-
Dionne Anthon is now living Anthony Hovsepian and his
wedding anniversary on January agement services, in their Inter-
in the Philadelphia area. She is wife Stephanie welcomed their
15, 2002. Bill and Amanda were net sales division. Andi remains
not applying her MBA skills to son, Jacob Jake Allen, into the
married in Dahlgren Chapel in at home with their daughters,
putting together highly techni- world on March 24, 2002. He
1994. They have two children, Kyra (3) and Emma, born in
cal NCAA office pool spread- was 7 pounds, 4 ounces of pure
Ellie (3) and Alex (1), and July 2001. They hope to have
sheets, as that would be illegal. muscle, just like his dad, and
are living in Phoenix, Ariz. fun traveling in Europe.
every bit as good looking.
Karen Chmar married Steven (where Bill attended game 7 of
Nichandro Ortiz is a man of
London, a commercial real the World Series). Bill is run- Steve Jordan is vice president
two countries. He is working for
estate broker, on June 2, 2001, at ning a successful publishing and executive director of the
the World Bank and other
the Galleria at Lafayette Center company, Primer Publishers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
international organizations that
in Washington, D.C. They hon- dedicated to travel and outdoor Center for Corporate Citizen-
require he maintain a residence
eymooned in Thailand and subjects in the Southwest. He is ship. He and his wife, Roxana,
in Washington, D.C., while
Cambodia. As they were leaving the third generation of Fesslers are proud parents of Sophia,
spending a lot of time in Mex-
their hotel in Cambodia they to run the company, but the first born March 10, 2001. They are
ico. Nichandro is married to an
ran into Andres Keiger! to make it a full-time operation. living in Alexandria, Va.
American who works at the
Exactly half way around the
Susan Fitch works for Teledyne Alan Kirk is working at Talk Brookings Institution. They
world from Georgetown, they
Technologies, where she is a America, a local and long dis- have a son, Jacob, born last
ran into another Georgetown
business unit chief financial tance telephone service August.
MBA!
officer. She has responsibility provider. He is director of
Cheryl Power lives in San
Gustavo Darquea is living for two manufacturing incumbent local exchange carri-
Francisco, Calif., and works for
with his wife, Paola, and three facilitiesone in Sacramento ers relations, and spends most of
a boutique consulting firm,
boys, Gustavo (5), Santiago (2), and the other in Mountain his time investigating the
TopDown Consulting, which
and Sergio (born 2/14/02), in View. She is living in Plac- regional Bell operating compa-
specializes in financial systems
Guayaquil, Ecuador. A year ago, erville, Calif., on a small ranch nies for anti-competitive behav-
implementations using Hyper-
he started his own industrial in the foothills of the Sierras. ior and also lobbying the state
ion software. The company has
catering company there, Trebol public utilities commissions and
Melissa Frank and her hus- grown from four employees
Verde Hotels and Food Ser- the Federal Communications
band, Gary, are the proud par- when she started a year-and-a-
vices, a member of the Catering Commission. His twin boys are
ents of Caitlin, born on May 24, half ago to twelve currently and
Service Group, which serves now 11-years-old and his wife
2001. Melissa and Gary are she travels frequently for work.
about 35,000 meals per day. continues to teach high school
sleepless in Stamford, Conn.
English in Montgomery Gretchen Reachmak left Ernst
Giselle Engstrom is living in
Lori Greiner is living in County, Md. & Young about two years ago to
Los Angeles, Calif., and is still
Denver, Colo., working for join an information technology
working for a division of Andris Levensteins has been
Invesco Funds. She moved there subsidiary called Ernst & Young
Fox/News Corp. with Sun Microsystems Inc. in
to use the thin air to hit a golf Application Services (EYAS).
Broomfield, Colo., as a business
Eli Faskha married Vicky ball farther. Since then, Cap Gemini pur-
development manager for Sun
Cohen on June 18, 2000, and chased the Ernst & Young
Nikolay Greynert is working Support Services for more than
they now live in Panama. With consulting arm, which included
in southern Ukraine as human a year. He lives with his wife,
a partner, Eli started Soluciones EYAS. Gretchen now works
resources director for Chumak, Ingrid, and their son, Niklavs, in
Seguras, a company dedicated for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
a company manufacturing Arvada, Colo. They spend their
to Internet security, in October in Chicago.
Jorge Serpa is now living in 1, 2001. Tyler was welcomed 2002. Alan, Kristin and Naomi
1998
Alumni Notes
Rome, after three years in Rio de into the family by her big currently live in Oak Park, Ill.
Janeiro, Brazil. Jorge left Enron brother Jack (2). The family lives Class Agent: Brian Knox Alan still works for Veritas, a
to dedicate himself fully to com- in Vienna, Va. Susan is now a bknox@hess.com software company specializing in
petitive sailing, racing and cruis- full-time mom and is glad she Peter Brown and his wife, storage management solutions,
ing, on a 40-foot racer/cruiser. left Andersen. Vicki, are proud parents of while Kristen, following mater-
Matthew Joseph, born April 4, nity leave, will return to her job
Rich Sherman is living and Malinda (McCulloch) Marsh
2002. Peter continues to work at Wirthlin Worldwide, a mar-
working in the Philadelphia area, has updated information:
for Arthur Andersen in their ket-research consulting company.
analyzing tech companies. His 300 South Pleasant Ave.
thespian endeavors are well Ridgewood, NJ 07450; business consulting division.
renowned in the suburban Phone (201) 689-3169 Ricardo Colin remains in Sao IEMBA
Philadelphia area. malindammarsh@yahoo.com. Paulo, Brazil, working for Inter-
She switched careers and is now American Express Bank. He
Navdeep Sodhi is living in
a professor. She teaches at Berke-
Minneapolis, Minn., and has
ley College in New Jersey, in the
manages fixed income hedges 1997
been working for Medtronic, a and foreign exchange mutual
business department. She has Class Agent: Lynn Miller
medical device company, for the funds.
had the opportunity to teach MlleMiller@aol.com
last two years. He married Mui Luis Miguel Diaz-Llaneza and
courses in management, intro Robin Abraham is working in
Lee in October 1999 and they his wife, Monica, are the proud
to business, accounting, finance, Europe as senior vice president
have a bouncing two-month-old parents of Natalia (3), and
and e-business and loves her for legal and business affairs at
named Ishan. Andres (1). Luis Miguel now
new career! With Grace Entertainment.
Matt Strelecky is at Aetna, works for American Express as
Alex Mouslon started working the relationship management Marcel Bahro is now the medi-
managing information technol-
for McKinsey in New York in director for Mexico. cal director at the Zug, Switzer-
ogy projects. He and his wife
August 2001 and is planning on land affiliate of Wyeth, a global
Lisa have two children, Andrew Hal Lambert and his wife,
moving to Munich, Germany pharmaceutical and healthcare
(6) and Thomas (2). Andrew Elaine, are proud parents of
later this year. In her free time, company.
says that he wants to go to meet- Meredith Elaine, born on
Alex is learning German, doing
ings all day just like Dad does December 19, 2001. Hal reports Michele Young Barnum spent
aqua-aerobics, and practicing yoga.
when he grows up. that young Meredith looks quite time at home with her twins,
Robin Young-Cordona is a bit like her father (classmates Megan and Katie, and is now
Alison (Daly) Van Dyke was
still working for Development can decide whether thats a posi- back to work at MSR Commu-
elected in November 2001 to the
Alternatives Inc., and living in tive or a negative). The couple is nications in San Francisco as
school board of Burlingame,
El Salvador, where she survived relocating to Denver, where Hal vice president for client services.
Calif., where she lives with her
numerous earthquakes during will help open the local J.P.
husband Bill Van Dyke and one- Jean Luc Bjot and his family
2001. She is consulting with Morgan downtown office.
year-old daughter, Claire. have returned to France. They
local financial institutions on a
Baoky Vu was appointed by rural micro-finance project. In Paul LaPorte has a new email decided last summer that they
President George W. Bush in November, she and her husband address: plaporte@comcast.net. were missing their French way
August 2001 to serve on the Carlos had their first child, of life. He resigned from Prest-
Andy Nulman left his post at the
Presidents Advisory Commis- Nicolas Andres. Fellow George- wick Scientific, a privately-
U.S. Department of Commerce,
sion on Asian Americans and town moms, Melissa Tucker owned pharmaceutical company,
import administration, to join the
Pacific Islanders. and Mollie Dougherty, have and left Washington, D.C. in
faculty at the University of Mary-
provided valuable advice on this August. Jean Luc is now looking
land University College. He has
amazing experience. Robin loves for a position in the pharmaceu-
1997 to hear from folks, so feel free to
been appointed associate profes-
tical industry in France.
sor in the department of account-
Class Agent: Andrea Alexander contact her at ing and finance at Maryland. Clark Beyer and his wife,
aalex13@att.net robin_young@dai.com or check Gretchen, are proud parents of
out Nicolas website, www.geoci- Alan Randolph and Kristin
Susan Thompson-Hoel and her Ryan Harris, born in April 2002.
ties.com/nicolasandrescardona. Hinrichs Randolph are proud
husband, John, had a baby girl, According to Clark, he resem-
parents of daughter Naomi
Tyler Rivers, born on December bles a small elderly man. Mother
Kathryn, born on February 11,
by Elaine Ruggieri
and baby are doing great, and his business development within the In adversity, seek opportunity. Thats William Diamonds (MBA83)
sister, Brooke, cant wait to get road development group. Mike
modus operandi.
him home so the fun can begin. works on acquisitions, alliances,
Since his dot-com firm failed in and managing the firms plan-
Diamond is president and CEO of
December, Clark has been con- ning process.
sulting. Anyone interested in WaveSplitter Technologies, Inc.
Nicholas Davidson and his
talking with Clark about new Headquartered in Fremont, Calif.,
wife, Pauline, have been enjoy-
opportunities in the energy/high
ing the wonders of new parent- WaveSplitter is an independent
tech fields should drop him a
hood since the birth of Gabrielle provider of optical components and
line at cmbeyer@mindspring.com
Felicity Marguerite on Decem- Diamond in his study with a large-
or clark@globalfuel.com. modules for optical networking
ber 28, 2001. (Nicholas notes format field camera. Photography
Paul Burdick recently saw Amy that Pauline likes to follow the system manufacturers worldwide. is a favored hobby.
Sample and her daughter in a French custom of lots of Chris- Although the telecommunications
bookstore. He also had lunch tian names!) Nicholas is still at
sector has suffered severely in the recent recession, Diamond softens the
with Bill Grove. Bill has recently McKinsey, getting a steady
joined Booz Allen Hamilton. trickle of e-mails from current challenge of managing through these difficult times by understanding that
Georgetown MBAs wanting opportunities still exist.
Sally Buzbee is back from
advice on how to get in to the
Saudi Arabia and has been busy
summer associate program. He The need for communications bandwidth hasnt stopped. It will continue
with work at the Associated
is working for a major client in
Press. She was one of the to grow, driven primarily by the Internet and the deployment of optical
the music industry, which he
reporters accompanying Defense
says, is providing plenty of fun technology, says Diamond, who has worked in the international, hi-tech
Secretary Rumsfeld on his visit
challenges, not least in fitting in field since earning his M.B.A.
to troops inside Afghanistan.
with their dress codetheres
Some great guys there, doing
certainly no sign of the alleged Diamond says what he likes best about his job at WaveSplitter is the
tough work, she wrote.
return of the suit there. Nick
requirement to shift gears quickly, moving from the sublime to the mun-
Dan Campbell is still having would love to see any classmates
fun in Newport Beach, Calif. He who are passing through London. dane. I thrive on the dynamics of executive management, says Diamond.
is working as a technology ana- Its financing and mergers and acquisitions one minute, and health and
Dan Everton is still with IBM,
lyst for Roth Capital Partners,
and enjoying life in Reston, Va. benefits and facilities planning the next. The constant is the need for lead-
and is excited about handling a
small tech IPO. At last report, Lucy Fitch has taken the con- ership, direction and decisiveness.
he was headed off to Hong cept of IEMBA teamwork to
Kong, in search of the great ex- new heights. In addition to hir- With a degree in physics from Holy Cross College, Diamond enrolled at
pat bar we all hung out at. ing Dennis Morris, she has also Georgetown and became a member, unwittingly, of its first M.B.A. class,
hired Bob Johnson to join her
Paula Coe has been busy relo- not realizing that Georgetown had just established the program in 1981. I
team. Lucy worked on the intro-
cating from England, consult-
ductory case with Professors was drawn to Georgetown because of its general reputation for excellence
ing, and raising two children,
Bob Bies and Lamar Reinsch and its emphasis on providing an international perspective, he notes.
Ryan (4) and Jenna (19 months).
again this year for the incoming
Paula and her husband, Rich,
IEMBA class. She and her hus- He was awarded a fellowship that enabled him to work with an international
returned to North Carolina in
band, David, are doing great. He
August after three years in Eng- marketing expert and counsel undergraduate business students. Reflecting
is the deputy dean for the Pen-
land. Paula taught at a small uni-
tagons Defense Acquisition on his M.B.A. experience, Diamond lists courses in operations, finance, and
versity in England and plans to
University and she says we see strategy and business policy among the most valuable to his career.
continue teaching in North Car-
each other over late dinners at
olina this fall.
10 pmif were lucky! They Diamond, his wife Susan, and their sons Michael (13) and Christopher (10)
Mike Cook is still with Inger- catch up on weekends and ride
live in Los Gatos, Calif., where they like to hike and ski in the High Sierras
soll-Rand in Pennsylvania and is their two horses through the
responsible for planning and woods along the Potomac. and enjoy the coastline of Big Sur and Monterey.
Todd Hatfield is consulting in his daughter Sandra pioneered a company that is in the news hit the funding wall as the capi-
Alumni Notes
Virginia. He recently incorpo- aviation communications with almost every day. She is thor- tal markets dried up, he notes.
rated his business and hopes to AirFone. oughly enjoying daughters Kalin Preferring to stay in Europe, he
move consulting work to the (1) and Milena (4). Kalin is now is looking at other opportunities
Lynn Miller has made time for
new entity, Competitive Advan- walking and starting to talk. in the U.K. Mikel would love to
some volunteer activities in
tage Technologies, Inc. Milena never stops talking and catch up with classmates living
addition to her full-time respon-
is doing very well in preschool. in London and traveling
Suzanne Kaiser is very busy in sibilities with Texas Instruments.
through.
New York, where she writes for She was invited by the Maryland Eric Sklar has a wonderful home
Architecture and Stage Directions High Tech Council to judge in beautiful Napa Valley. He is a
magazines. She recently com- their annual tech awards. Lynn partner with Lend Lease Real
New Email Address Changes
pleted two features on Frank keeps busy with Lehigh Univer- Estate Investments, working from
Make a Note:
Gehrys new controversial theater sity activities, recently returning the San Francisco Bay area.
at Bard College, and another on to campus to teach a class and to Robin Abraham: robin@withgrace.net
Bruce Spencer is now working
the restoration of the Apollo moderate a Career Day panel. Marcel Bahro: bahrom@wyeth.com
as a financial consultant for the
Theatre in Harlem. She is a Jean-Luc Bjot: jlbejot@wanadoo.fr
J.D. Pellecchia is living in company that he ran in Guam,
member of Columbia Univer- Paul Burdick: pburdick@aes.com
Tampa, Fla., with his wife and and as a packaging and commer-
sitys Reuters Forum on global Dan Campbell: DCampbell@rothcp.com
son, and works at Merrill Lynch. cial printer in New Jersey. His
economics, titled Jihad vs. Paula Coe: Richandpaulacoe@cs.com
consulting job requires he travel
McWorld, with such notables Scott Phillips is on sabbatical Mike Cook: mike_cook@irco.com
1014 days a month.
as Stephen Roach of Morgan from his job with Accenture in Daniel Everton: deverton@us.ibm.com
Stanley, John Birkelund of UBS San Francisco. He and his wife, Gene Troy is now with the Bill Grove: grove_bill@hotmail.com and
Warburg, James Fallows of Martina, moved to Prague, International Institute of grove_bill@bah.com
Atlantic Monthly, Warren Bass of where Scott will get to know the Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) Robert Johnson: robert.e.johnson@baesys-
the Council on Foreign Relations Czech side of the family and as technical director and vice tems.com and rejcjj1@email.msn.com
and many other economists and complete the novel he has been president of engineering. The David Klatt: david.klatt@rubbermaid.com
government agency heads. She is writing. He will return in April institute works on developing Dennis Morris: d.dmorris@ntlworld.com
involved in three literary clubs in 2003. His e-mail contact safety standards and helps mem- Jon Pellecchia: JPellecchia@pclient.ml.com
Manhattan and remains very remains the same g.scott.phillips@ bers understand regulations and John Stabb: jstabb@aethersystems.com
involved in Federated Garden accenture.com and Scott asks that technical matters. Gene Troy: gene_troy@iiar.org
Clubs of America and the New anyone passing through Prague
Leila Webster has returned to
York Botanical Garden. in the next year drop him a line.
the U.S. after her sojourn in
David Klatt left behind his Kevin Pitts and his wife, Jen- Vietnam. After three years in
start-up experience at AirClic to nifer, are proud parents of Alli- Hanoi working on small busi-
join Newell Rubbermaid, sell- son, born in October 2001. She ness promotion in Vietnam,
ing garbage cans for a living! joins her two-year-old brother. Cambodia and Laos, Leila is
David is now one of the senior Kevin reports that he is still try- back in D.C. with the Interna-
executives at Rubbermaid, work- ing to make the world a more tional Finance Corporation. She
ing for legendary CEO Joe Galli comfortable placemaking fur- now works in a newly formed
as group president of the Rub- niture. Business is excellent small business department,
bermaid Group. According to despite the economic conditions. focusing mostly on South Asia.
their website, he joined Rubber- She makes the long trek to
Amy Sample is now the direc-
maid in April 2001 as president Dhaka frequently.
tor, benefits strategy and design,
of Rubbermaid home products,
at US Airways. She is responsi- Mikel Williams, who has been
and was promoted in July 2001
ble for the strategy, design, selec- based near London for the past
to his current position.
tion, negotiation, and contracting few years, says his family loves it
Michael McCarthy is now con- for all employee benefit plans, there. He has left GTS. The
sulting with telecom pioneers spending $400 million annually company, as with most new tele-
Jack and Sandra Goecken. Jack for 40,000 employees. She thinks com firms, assumed too much
was a co-founder of MCI and it is really interesting to work for debt in the markets hay day, and