class notes Program Manager. … Julie Johnson ’89, is celebrating 27 years of living in The Netherlands with her Dutch artist husband Lieuwe Kingma and two teenage children! She founded JJC, a fast-growing global coaching services business. … Michael Laurie ’89, in March of 2017, I joined Fifth Third Bank as a Managing Director, Head of Food and Agribusiness Group.
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Amy Barone ’90, has a new poetry collection, “We Became Summer,” from New York
London. … René van Baardewijk ’91, In August, Robert Falco ’91, Eric Kufel ’92, and I had a reunion in Sterling Alaska where Eric has a summerhouse. While fishing, kayaking and hiking we added new memories to our friendship started at Thunderbird. … Kathryn Ang ’91, joined Korn Ferry as Senior Client Partner, in its Singapore office. … Mario Zaldivar ’91, Mario’s firm opened offices in Morelia, México City and Houston, Texas. They provide services such as auditing, taxes, accounting, outsourcing payroll for expats.
Brendan McInerney ’92
Quarterly Books, which will be released in 2018. … SoonYong Kwon ’90, since 2012 I have been working as COO of LHH (Lee Hecht Harrison) KOREA. LHH is the world’s leading integrated Career Transition and Talent Development Company in over 60 countries. … Steve Syrmopoulos ’90, claim to fame: I used to be the bouncer at the PUB, LOL! I completed my Ph.D. in Financial Management earlier this year at Northcentral University, and now it’s Dr. Syrmopoulos! … Aleksandra (Aleks) Lubavs ’91, I was promoted this year to vice president, global field marketing for NCR Corporation. I manage a global team of marketing professionals across multiple industries. I’m still based in
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… Lisa Tanen-La Fontaine ’91, is Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at LIMRA. … Leslie Hilleman ’91, I am Broadcast Relations Manager for Adstream. After several international positions I now travel throughout the U.S. for work. … Sanjeev Chowdhury ’91, after completed his term as
Marnee Reiley ‘96
Consul General of Canada in Rio de Janeiro, he has assumed the position of Head of the CanadaEuropean Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Task Force. … Terry Rosenbluth ’91, has been in Luxembourg for 23 years and is now Director of Business Development for Morningstar Benelux after 20 years with ThomsonReuters. I am married to a Frenchwoman and our only daughter is starting at McGill University. … Adrienne Pierce ’91, is the Director of Product Marketing at IronRidge. She is also on the Board of Directors for RE-volv, a nonprofit that crowdfunds to enable other nonprofits to go solar! … Samir Kumar ’92, was a delegate of Governor Clement Otter of Idaho’s trade mission to Beijing and Shanghai to explore business opportunities in China. He is based in Hong Kong where he runs his China food import consultancy, Sino Hero Foods. … Sunder Kimatrai ’92, recently stepped down from his role as EVP Asia Pacific for Twentieth Century Fox International ending a 24-year career starting right after Thunderbird, which took him to India, Singapore and Australia. He and his wife, Saira, currently reside in Sydney with their children. … Sven Thorslund ’92, has assumed the role of Vice President of Sales and Product Strategy, Travel Assistance at Generali
Global Assistance where he will develop and implement sales, account management, product, and marketing strategies. … Brendan McInerney ’92, who is head of Risk Analytics Europe at HSBC, recently completed the Fastnet yacht race from the UK to Ireland and back, to raise funds for the UKSA charity. … Musharraf Khan ’92, I have worked in North America, Middle East, and South Asian countries in various senior management positions with major FMCG companies, MNCs, and IDOs. … David Sanchez ’93, is semi-retired and living in Hawaii. He is also substitute teaching and managing his mainland house through Airbnb. … David Wittenberg ‘93, has joined the Indian School of Management and Entrepreneurship in Mumbai as professor of entrepreneurial innovation. … Katherine Brucker ’93, has been a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State since 1994. She finished an assignment as Deputy Chief of Mission in Libreville, Gabon, and moved to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy. … Michael Adams ‘93, is a director with PwC in Eurasia, focusing on international financial institutions and regional M&A and valuation advisory. He lives with his wife, Olga, and their two children in Astana, Kazakhstan. … Jeff Smith ’93, is enjoying his new adventure leading Backroads biking trips in California and also actively advises technology companies through the Tech Futures Group in Berkeley. … Patrick Galvin ’94, just celebrated his 15th anniversary with his wife Ellen Galvin and 15th year in business as owners of The Galvanizing Group, a marketing communications company. … Jesse Lunsford ’94, is a real estate developer in Austin, TX. … Achim Gutwinter 2018