State/Prov.: CA Occupation: Sales Management Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 Share a bit about yourself (family, hobbies, career, etc.): Since graduating U of I, I can honestly say the best part of my degree was meeting my wife Dorie. This led to our two beautiful daughters, Hollyn and Alexis.
I am a Sales Executive with Tyson Foods, but I have worked for GE, ran my own business, got my MBA, analyzed data for Pepsi, worked for Wrigley, and Rayovac all in different parts of the country (Coast to Coast and North to South).
We now live between Napa and Lake Tahoe in the town of Elk Grove, CA.
I hope I can attend - it would be great to see everyone after 20 years.
Denise Madura (Hughes)
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State/Prov.: IL Occupation: Mom Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 Share a bit about yourself (family, hobbies, career, etc.): Are we really hitting late 30's?! Didn't we use to torture people this old back in the day? A couple of years after DGN, I found my way to WIU to study education. During my first semester of Grad School, I met and married my husband, Donovan. We moved back up to the burbs and began a family. I now have two wonderful children, Paige(11) and Colin(7).I stay home with the kids,volunteer,and travel(as often as possible). Perhaps 38 isn't as bad as we thought it would be!
Kevin Stephens
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State/Prov.: IL Occupation: Architect Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 3 Share a bit about yourself (family, hobbies, career, etc.): All is well here. I have an amazingly wonderful wife and 3 beautiful kids that are the best part of everyday. I work for an architecture firm in Chicago. We lived on the north side of Chicago for many years but now happily call the north side of DG home again. It's fun running into fellow classmates around town, at Jewel or on Metra (I'm the commuter sleeping straight up in his chair -- learned that in high school.) Looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion. Rock on.
Laura Heintze (Rathke)
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State/Prov.: IL Occupation: Day Care Provider Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 Share a bit about yourself (family, hobbies, career, etc.): I Married Joe Rathke, we have been married for 13 years and have 2 girls, Carolyn is 12 and Madelyn is 3. We now live in Cary it is a northwest suburb. I run a daycare from my home. We enjoy traveling and hanging out with our kids and neighbors.
Sharon Bahling (ONeill)
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State/Prov.: IL Occupation: Customer Service Rep No. of Children: 2 Share a bit about yourself (family, hobbies, career, etc.): I have been married for 13 years to my husband Dave whom is my high school sweetheart (Round Lake HS) been together for 18 plus years. We have 2 beautiful children Kyle (8) & Cody (4). I work for a fortune 500 company and been there for 12 years and i love it. We love spending all of our time with the kids and sports, etc. My little guy Cody is sick so we are constantly at the hospital with him for infusion treatments for Gauchers Disease (liver).
Susan Connor (Schultze)
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State/Prov.: IL Occupation: Fundraiser Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 1 Share a bit about yourself (family, hobbies, career, etc.): After living in the city since graduation college, I landed in Evanston a few years ago with my husband, Jim. We have one son, Connor who is a year and a half old. I've been a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish foundation for the past 7 years after a stint in the corporate world as a recruiter. It's fun to read about what everyone has been up to for the past 20 years!
Kristin Revere
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State/Prov.: IL Occupation: Law Enforcement Marital Status: Single
Annette Christensson
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Luci Batio (Pierpoint)
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State/Prov.: IL Occupation: Stay at home mom Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 1 Share a bit about yourself (family, hobbies, career, etc.): After graduating, I traveled around Europe for a couple of months. I was hooked, when I returned I attended COD for Travel and Tourism. I did go to school on and off for a number of years and received my Associate Degree, but I always went back to the Travel industry. I then lived in the city for the next 13 years, working as a Corporate Travel Agent / Meeting Planner for a large consulting firm. I met my husband at work, He's from the U.K (Liverpool)and I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying. I ended up sending Dean to the wrong destination and 10 years later the rest is history. We moved back to Downers Grove almost 5 years ago ( I still can't believe that I actually live in the suburbs!!), and ironically enough I live right down the street from North. We have 1 amazing son named Spencer who is 2, 3 cats and an almost 20 yr old niece that lives with us on college breaks. I've decided to stay home with Spence and it has been the most amazing (and humbling) journey so far. I'm at a great place and I absolutely love my life...I'm still not sure how long this city girl is going to make it in the burbs..but I'll try. LOL!! I can't wait to reconnect with everyone this September. 20 years, I still can't believe it!!