October 31, 2013

Scott Honour: I retired from The Gores Group and am now running as a Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota. My wife Jamie and I have three children ages 12, 10 and 6 and reside in Orono, MN. Pat LaVecchia was nice enough to organize a fundraising event for my campaign at the Union League in NYC recently.

 

Jordan Foster: I’m still in New York as Head of Business Development, Americas for Marshall Wace Asset Managment, a hedge fund firm with approximately $12B in AUM (up from $3B in 2009). We invest in long/short equities and I joined the Firm in 2009. Married with three children, living on Upper East Side. In touch with Pat LaVecchia, Evan Sturza, Sami Karam, Curt Cimei, Steve Shapiro and others. Hope to make the holiday dinner this year. Hope everyone is doing well and most important, happy.

Miguel Osio: Just visited Wharton at the end of September…Impressive infrastructure compare to our time in Vance Hall. However, what we learned and the friends we made there were priceless; what a priviledge to have had the opportunity to go to Wharton and to be part of this community. Laura and I still live in New York City; I have been working in Morgan Stanley Private Weath Management for the past 14 years; Laura in Real Estate NYC.

My older son Miguel who was born in Philadelphia in 1991 is working as a paralegal at Skadden Arps; my younger son Ale, is a Freshman at Tufts University. Last June we got together with the Wharton Latin Mafia in Sagaponack, NY for 2 days…Alfonso Aguilar, Federico Ramos Francia, Paolo Pigorini, Xavier Gomez de Olea, Fernando Correa, Gustavo Teller, Claudio Leon (aka “el gallo”), Jaime de la Barra and I spent a weekend of fun, discussing how can we become “Vagabonds.” However, we concluded that we still have many years of hard labor ahead of us!!!. Next year, I hope Chris Malone and I can continue our tradition of Surfing big waves in Hawaii or Costa Rica. All my best to the 91ers and let’s get together for the 25 year class reunion. Carpe Diem!

PM Steckmest: My wife Esenia and I came to the Wharton NYC pre-Holiday dinner in November leaving their daughters Vanesia(4), Catalina (4) and Anita (2) at home while Michael (14) is touring Europe playing junior tennis. Still working with public transportation, cellular networks and dealmaking. Working hard (wishing I was 25) on the summerhouse in Aasgaardstrand (also Edvard Munchs summerhouse), having ample space for guests visiting Norway.

Jon Last: My company, Sports and Leisure Research Group has celebrated its five year anniversary and continues to provide a wide range of full service marketing research and strategic consulting for clients in the sports, travel and media industries. In addition to logging over 100,000 miles a year on Delta, I was honored to be recently named one of the 18 most innovative people in the golf industry by Golf, Inc., Magazine. Here’s a link to the piece: http://www.sportsandleisureresearch.com/last_word/view/126

Dan Jansen: I sold my company Virtual Greats earlier this year to a competitor in Europe (IconicFutures). After some great time off, and a few months wandering around Europe with the family, I chose a totally different direction. I ran for and became Mayor of the cool little ski town in Colorado we are now calling home (Mountain Village Telluride). I am really enjoying a totally new learning curve at this point in my career.
Lutz Braum: I recently became CMO at Higher One in New Haven. Higher One partners with educational institutions to lower their administrative costs and to increase student success. We serve over 1,600 campuses representing over 13 million students, and I’m excited to be part of a company that has a very compelling mission – to improve higher education in the US.

Lutz Braum: I recently became CMO at Higher One in New Haven. Higher One partners with educational institutions to lower their administrative costs and to increase student success. We serve over 1,600 campuses representing over 13 million students, and I’m excited to be part of a company that has a very compelling mission – to improve higher education in the US.