This Email Still Work? - Cluster X

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John Ballay

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Sep 24, 2019, 2:16:58 PM9/24/19
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What - Up - X. Looking through old emails and found this email address, just seeing how everyones doing. 

In the event this email does not bounce, feel free to say what's up and what's the latest and greatest 

John 

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Aziza Jamgerchinova

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Sep 24, 2019, 2:35:47 PM9/24/19
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Am enjoying motherhood and working at Comcast! Miss you X’s!!

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John Ballay

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Sep 24, 2019, 2:46:09 PM9/24/19
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YES!! Aziza Breaks the seal and email chain is wide open. Omar also confirmed receipt but is too shy for a reply all. 

Pictured below: Baby Ballay (Colette Audrey) - 6 months. Been commuting from Miami to NYC 4 days a week for last 18 months. Still trying to delete John Watson III from my phone book and friends circle but been unsuccessful. 

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Shay Tamari

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Sep 24, 2019, 2:57:44 PM9/24/19
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Congrats John and Aziza, absolutely beautiful.
Here's my baby girl - Aviv, 9 months. Words won't express my smile. Hope everything is well! Live wakefully.

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Todd Breeden

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Sep 24, 2019, 2:58:35 PM9/24/19
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Can't believe John Ballay stared a baby email chain, look who's become a big softie! I GUESS I'll join in, we welcomed Baby Bridget Breeden in August, here she is with her stalwart protector

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Andrew Woodruff

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Sep 24, 2019, 3:11:15 PM9/24/19
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Awesome, congrats again to Todd, Aziza, John and the beautiful children!! I'm sure some of you already saw on FB, but I've just joined you in the sleep-no-more club:

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Neda Farzan

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Sep 24, 2019, 3:18:26 PM9/24/19
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This is great!!! Congrats to all! Thanks for getting this back up and running. All is well on our end in California. Just managing the family business and preparing for Gen 3!

Looks like cluster X is really good at making girls. Baby Girl Emrani due 12/4...send me all your pointers guys!

And come visit LA and don’t be a stranger!

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On Sep 24, 2019, at 12:10 PM, Andrew Woodruff <acwoo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Awesome, congrats again to Todd, Aziza, John and the beautiful children!! I'm sure some of you already saw on FB, but I've just joined you in the sleep-no-more club:

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Travis Stabler

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Sep 24, 2019, 3:24:05 PM9/24/19
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All these photos are great. So happy for everyone! I had another kid, finally a little girl, about 7 months ago. Here is a photo of Oscar who was born while we were in school and the latest additional Lola.

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Paolo Baldesi

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Sep 24, 2019, 3:28:36 PM9/24/19
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Congrats to all! So nice to see so many happy families growing! 

I think I am ahead of the pack though... with Kira Victoria (3y), Alexis Matteo(1y), and our third one (baby girl) due in early January! ;)

All good in Brooklyn, still at Mckinsey serving industrial clients across the Americas. Lots of travel but also lots of flexibility, so all good!

When are we organizing the cluster X play date?! ;)


On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 3:18 PM Neda Farzan <nnfa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Omar Elangbawy

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Sep 24, 2019, 4:01:10 PM9/24/19
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Thanks for calling me out, JB. 

Glad to hear everyone’s doing well! I’m still on #1 and everything is great. Couple of pics of Adam below, including one with Lily Zinno and another with Aidan Momin a few weeks ago. 


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On Sep 24, 2019, at 3:28 PM, Paolo Baldesi <paolob...@gmail.com> wrote:

Congrats to all! So nice to see so many happy families growing! 

I think I am ahead of the pack though... with Kira Victoria (3y), Alexis Matteo(1y), and our third one (baby girl) due in early January! ;)

All good in Brooklyn, still at Mckinsey serving industrial clients across the Americas. Lots of travel but also lots of flexibility, so all good!

When are we organizing the cluster X play date?! ;)

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 3:18 PM Neda Farzan <nnfa...@gmail.com> wrote:
This is great!!! Congrats to all! Thanks for getting this back up and running. All is well on our end in California. Just managing the family business and preparing for Gen 3!

Looks like cluster X is really good at making girls. Baby Girl Emrani due 12/4...send me all your pointers guys!

And come visit LA and don’t be a stranger!

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Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 24, 2019, at 12:10 PM, Andrew Woodruff <acwoo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Awesome, congrats again to Todd, Aziza, John and the beautiful children!! I'm sure some of you already saw on FB, but I've just joined you in the sleep-no-more club:

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:58 PM Todd Breeden <todd.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
Can't believe John Ballay stared a baby email chain, look who's become a big softie! I GUESS I'll join in, we welcomed Baby Bridget Breeden in August, here she is with her stalwart protector

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:46 PM John Ballay <jba...@gmail.com> wrote:
YES!! Aziza Breaks the seal and email chain is wide open. Omar also confirmed receipt but is too shy for a reply all. 

Pictured below: Baby Ballay (Colette Audrey) - 6 months. Been commuting from Miami to NYC 4 days a week for last 18 months. Still trying to delete John Watson III from my phone book and friends circle but been unsuccessful. 

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:35 PM Aziza Jamgerchinova <aziza....@gmail.com> wrote:
Am enjoying motherhood and working at Comcast! Miss you X’s!!

Ronen Shpungin

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Thanks Bally,

All, great baby work!! Meet Alma...

Live long and prosper



Joyce Jabbour

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Sep 24, 2019, 4:27:19 PM9/24/19
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Awesome idea, Ballay!

Adding to what’s turning into a baby photo email chain: Lily, now 9 months old. 
We’re currently enjoying a couple weeks in the south of Portugal. Still at Amazon but took the whole year off, so 2019 has mainly been about diapers and playgrounds. 

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On 24 Sep 2019, at 19:45, John Ballay <jba...@gmail.com> wrote:

YES!! Aziza Breaks the seal and email chain is wide open. Omar also confirmed receipt but is too shy for a reply all. 

Pictured below: Baby Ballay (Colette Audrey) - 6 months. Been commuting from Miami to NYC 4 days a week for last 18 months. Still trying to delete John Watson III from my phone book and friends circle but been unsuccessful. 

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:35 PM Aziza Jamgerchinova <aziza....@gmail.com> wrote:
Am enjoying motherhood and working at Comcast! Miss you X’s!!

Reinier De Jong

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Sep 24, 2019, 6:07:20 PM9/24/19
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Loving this!! We seem to be a (re)productive bunch! 

Meet Maurits de Jong, at 12 weeks an inquisitive little fellow who loves to play with mirrors 😉

Still based in Amsterdam, please come and visit us! For those in the UK, please come and move here (Brexit or not)!

Cluster, cluster, cluster XXX




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Clara Quiroga

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Sep 24, 2019, 7:23:45 PM9/24/19
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Awww. Cluster X babies are so cute!!  I’m still in NYC with baby Allegra (2yrs) and would love to have a play date with everyone in the area! 
Here’s a pic of Allie this summer

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On Sep 24, 2019, at 4:16 PM, Ronen Shpungin <ronens...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Bally,

All, great baby work!! Meet Alma...

Live long and prosper

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:01 PM Omar Elangbawy <oma...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for calling me out, JB. 

Glad to hear everyone’s doing well! I’m still on #1 and everything is great. Couple of pics of Adam below, including one with Lily Zinno and another with Aidan Momin a few weeks ago. 


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James Grant

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Sep 25, 2019, 8:16:16 AM9/25/19
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This is awesome. What a throw back. I miss you guys tremendously.

Below is Mackenzie - 13 months old - and in January, we welcome a boy! The family just moved into a place in Bronxville, and I am still at BCG working in TMT.



John Ballay

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Sep 25, 2019, 8:26:04 AM9/25/19
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This chain is awesome. In 2013 David Hausman pulled me aside and said “Ay mate, you’re doing a poor job of coordinating CBS Matters sessions”. And I said “hey man in 6 years I will start an email chain about baby’s and make up for it”
 
So hoping I chipped away at some of the deferred obligation with this email. 

Great seeing you all. Beautiful kids 

Adeeb Asfari

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Sep 25, 2019, 8:27:47 AM9/25/19
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Gosh, so lovely to see so many pics, great idea Ballay and congrats to all with extended families!

No kids on my end, 3-year old dog :) working in energy efficiency PE, living in london. Please drop me a line if ever you’re in town x

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On Sep 25, 2019, at 2:15 PM, James Grant <jmgr...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is awesome. What a throw back. I miss you guys tremendously.

Below is Mackenzie - 13 months old - and in January, we welcome a boy! The family just moved into a place in Bronxville, and I am still at BCG working in TMT.

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 7:23 PM Clara Quiroga <quirog...@gmail.com> wrote:
Awww. Cluster X babies are so cute!!  I’m still in NYC with baby Allegra (2yrs) and would love to have a play date with everyone in the area! 
Here’s a pic of Allie this summer

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Caroline Oh

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Sep 25, 2019, 9:25:06 AM9/25/19
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Nice! Great to see everyone ~

I’m in NY working for Pursuit, a tech training non-profit. Life sometimes feels like this 10-miler I ran awhile back...thankful for it!



Akshai J. Patel

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Sep 25, 2019, 9:44:43 AM9/25/19
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I’ve missed you guys! So nice to hear what you’re up to. I merged my school with Arizona State University to ensure my students pathway to college and helped grow the ASU Prep charter network of schools to a rural community in AZ. I joined RBC’s municipal finance team a few months ago to help charters across the country issue bonds to pay for their buildings—last person in the class you thought would be a banker, huh? :) I’m still here in my favorite city, Phoenix, but hopefully I can come work on a school near all of you. This month I’ll finish my first transaction for a school focused on kids with autism. My little guy, Ashoka, is 16 months now; us out to brunch a few months ago, below. I hope you’ll visit and let me know when you’re in the Great State of Arizona, as many of you have. 

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Ashoka and Alvie, because he loves to party. 
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On Sep 25, 2019, at 6:24 AM, Caroline Oh <oh.ca...@gmail.com> wrote:

Nice! Great to see everyone ~

I’m in NY working for Pursuit, a tech training non-profit. Life sometimes feels like this 10-miler I ran awhile back...thankful for it!

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On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 8:27 AM Adeeb Asfari <adeeb....@gmail.com> wrote:
Gosh, so lovely to see so many pics, great idea Ballay and congrats to all with extended families!

No kids on my end, 3-year old dog :) working in energy efficiency PE, living in london. Please drop me a line if ever you’re in town x

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adam.bla...@gmail.com

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Sep 25, 2019, 10:39:33 AM9/25/19
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Really great to hear from everyone.  We’re back in Philly, so I’m excited to catch up with everyone since we’re back on the east coast.  I just saw Zinno this weekend up in Rhode Island though neither of us had the children…it’s nice not to be stuck in farm country…or is that corn country?  Please hit me up if you’re in town…we have a guest room.

 

Charlotte is almost 5 and Elie is almost 2.  Can anyone believe we started B-School almost 8 years ago?

Adam Cohen

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Awww. Cluster X babies are so cute!!  I’m still in NYC with baby Allegra (2yrs) and would love to have a play date with everyone in the area! 

Here’s a pic of Allie this summer



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David H

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Sep 25, 2019, 11:11:38 AM9/25/19
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Ballay I knew you would pull through in the end ahaha!! So nice to get an update from everyone and you all have beautiful children (and dogs Adeeb)!! This is a picture of my husband Roger and I on holiday… (well okay, in reality he is not my husband, but the closest thing I currently have to a baby, or a dog…and I needed something to post!). I am still in NYC working for an equity fund. Look forward to a proper Cluster X reunion soon! Sending you all a big hug X

 

 

 

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Subject: Re: [Google-ClusterX13] This Email Still Work? - Cluster X

 

This chain is awesome. In 2013 David Hausman pulled me aside and said “Ay mate, you’re doing a poor job of coordinating CBS Matters sessions”. And I said “hey man in 6 years I will start an email chain about baby’s and make up for it”

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Victoria Cheng

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Sep 26, 2019, 5:25:13 AM9/26/19
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Sooooooooo cute! Next reunion you guys have is going to span generations with all these babies. If anyone comes out to the West Coast, we are happy to host in San Francisco! Our little one (Aiden) just turned 6 months :)

RB Benson

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Sep 26, 2019, 10:12:12 AM9/26/19
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Heyyy Cluster X!!

I'm not sure if this was intended to be a baby chain but it is adorable. Reinier nailed it; you are a very (re)productive group! Lol

All is well here in NYC and I'm excited to announce Travis and I are working on a baby or two (aka buildings) together in Brooklyn!

Let's definitely get together soon!

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 5:25 AM Victoria Cheng <victoria...@gmail.com> wrote:
Sooooooooo cute!  Next reunion you guys have is going to span generations with all these babies.  If anyone comes out to the West Coast, we are happy to host in San Francisco!  Our little one (Aiden) just turned 6 months :)

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Agustin Sanchez Alcazar

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Sep 27, 2019, 8:12:58 AM9/27/19
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Let's keep this moving.

I am in Argentina working at the PE fund and growing the family. Delfina (4yrs) and Santiago (2yrs) already playing around, Sofia arriving next week. 

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Looking forward to hear from all of you.

On 24 Sep 2019, at 15:45, John Ballay <jba...@gmail.com> wrote:

YES!! Aziza Breaks the seal and email chain is wide open. Omar also confirmed receipt but is too shy for a reply all. 

Pictured below: Baby Ballay (Colette Audrey) - 6 months. Been commuting from Miami to NYC 4 days a week for last 18 months. Still trying to delete John Watson III from my phone book and friends circle but been unsuccessful. 

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:35 PM Aziza Jamgerchinova <aziza....@gmail.com> wrote:
Am enjoying motherhood and working at Comcast! Miss you X’s!!

Ranjan Ramchandani

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Oct 1, 2019, 8:15:56 AM10/1/19
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hi everyone! how great to hear from y'all. i'm in NY, still truckin at BCG. no kids for rachel and me just yet, but i am very much enjoying all the pictures of your families!

hope we can hang soon.

-ranjan



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Oomens, B.A.M. (Bastiaan)

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Oct 1, 2019, 3:44:05 PM10/1/19
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What a very nice surprise when opening my inbox just now to read all your messages ! Really great to see everyone so happy and how Cluster X is building the next generation ! 

Xaviera and I just celebrated our 1st year anniversary (a few impressions from last year below!) ; no kids yet and my OCD does not allow us to have dogs :-))).  Still at PwC/Strategy& in M&A, operating out of Amsterdam

Would be great to meet up !

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John Watson

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Oct 1, 2019, 3:49:00 PM10/1/19
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Hi Everyone!

Really good to hear from the group. Not much has changed on my end, still working at Morgan a Stanley, still with Anjelica (married a year ago), still living in NY, though Brooklyn now....no kids quite yet.  Still very often drinking too much with Hausmann...still missing CBS cluster X every day...glad to hear folks are well!

danielle cervelli

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Oct 1, 2019, 5:17:26 PM10/1/19
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Love seeing all these updates!!! Miss you guys and want to meet all these beautiful babies! 

On my side, still working at Estée Lauder, though have bounced around a bit within the organization— now at Bobbi Brown (not Whitney Houston’s ex-husband) in International Marketing. While I’m just working on selling more lipstick around the world (unlike the amazing impact Akshai is having), it’s been fun! 
On the home front, all is great- Aidan just turned 2 and definitely is keeping Shaheed and me super busy. 

For the NY crew, why don’t we just get a date on the calendar?!  How’s Saturday, Nov. 9th? I’ll try to find a place that’s baby and football-Sunday friendly and send out a calendar invite. Sound ok? 

Xoxo
D


Andrew Woodruff

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Oct 2, 2019, 12:36:06 PM10/2/19
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I'm definitely down for a nice big family reunion :)

Paolo Baldesi

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Oct 2, 2019, 12:38:11 PM10/2/19
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I’m in too! Thanks for organizing Danielle! 

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Saad Chaouni

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Oct 2, 2019, 9:58:23 PM10/2/19
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In as well. Thanks for organizing D!

As for me, still in New York in the ag sector. Things are well. Really glad JB got this chain going (I haven’t seen him so energized  about anything, Knot Standard aside, including the entirety of CBS). Love seeing all the pics of everyone and their families. Really awesome! Below are some pics of my daughter May (2.5 years old now).

For those of you that aren’t in New York, I’m sure I’ll see some of you at Hausmann’s wedding in summer 2020 - his husband to be is a really nice guy - I’m sure all of you now understand why it didn’t work out with what seemed like a no brainer Neda/Hausmann partnership. 

See you soon and all the best to everyone!

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On Oct 2, 2019, at 12:37 PM, Paolo Baldesi <paolob...@gmail.com> wrote:

I’m in too! Thanks for organizing Danielle! 
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:36 AM Andrew Woodruff <acwoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm definitely down for a nice big family reunion :)

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 5:17 PM danielle cervelli <danielle...@gmail.com> wrote:
Love seeing all these updates!!! Miss you guys and want to meet all these beautiful babies! 

On my side, still working at Estée Lauder, though have bounced around a bit within the organization— now at Bobbi Brown (not Whitney Houston’s ex-husband) in International Marketing. While I’m just working on selling more lipstick around the world (unlike the amazing impact Akshai is having), it’s been fun! 
On the home front, all is great- Aidan just turned 2 and definitely is keeping Shaheed and me super busy. 

For the NY crew, why don’t we just get a date on the calendar?!  How’s Saturday, Nov. 9th? I’ll try to find a place that’s baby and football-Sunday friendly and send out a calendar invite. Sound ok? 

Xoxo
D
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Adam Cohen

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Oct 3, 2019, 10:58:40 AM10/3/19
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Yo Cervelli,

You guys look way to good to have a 2 year old in NYC, that must mean it's time for #2!!  

Seriously though, great idea for putting something together.  Charlotte's B-day party is Sunday the 10th, but I think I can swing Saturday.  Were you guys thinking during the day or evening?  Unlike the old days I actually have to plan and negotiate this shit now ;-).  

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James Grant

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We’re in too! Looking forward to it.
 
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On Oct 3, 2019, at 3:59 PM, David H <davidha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Same here! 

On 3 Oct 2019, at 14:09, James Grant <jmgr...@gmail.com> wrote:

I’m in for 11/9!
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:58 AM Adam Cohen <adam.bla...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yo Cervelli,

You guys look way to good to have a 2 year old in NYC, that must mean it's time for #2!!  

Seriously though, great idea for putting something together.  Charlotte's B-day party is Sunday the 10th, but I think I can swing Saturday.  Were you guys thinking during the day or evening?  Unlike the old days I actually have to plan and negotiate this shit now ;-).  

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 5:17 PM danielle cervelli <danielle...@gmail.com> wrote:
Love seeing all these updates!!! Miss you guys and want to meet all these beautiful babies! 

On my side, still working at Estée Lauder, though have bounced around a bit within the organization— now at Bobbi Brown (not Whitney Houston’s ex-husband) in International Marketing. While I’m just working on selling more lipstick around the world (unlike the amazing impact Akshai is having), it’s been fun! 
On the home front, all is great- Aidan just turned 2 and definitely is keeping Shaheed and me super busy. 

For the NY crew, why don’t we just get a date on the calendar?!  How’s Saturday, Nov. 9th? I’ll try to find a place that’s baby and football-Sunday friendly and send out a calendar invite. Sound ok? 

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danielle cervelli

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Amazing! I'll get working on a place for 11/9 (any suggestions welcomed)!  Since we're including the kids, I'll target an earlier time (like 11am start). I tried to be an overachiever and check the college football schedule to further convince some of you that 11am is okay as there will be a game on, but it looks like they don't announce times yet? Confusing... but anywhos, Florida and Texas are each playing at some point... so Toan and Shaheed will be happy. 
Can't wait to see you all!
For those not in NYC, please fly in this weekend. Thanks  ;)
xoxo
D


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Hey you all! Loving this email chain as I am sure you all are. 

I am continuing my CorpFin Min life in NY at Reuters (well, now called Refinitiv after Blacktone bought us), would love to stop by on 11/9 as well!

Lauren Powell

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So amazing to see everyone’s life updates! Very sorry to be missing what sounds like an awesome NYC reunion.

As for me, no kiddos yet but I’m just married last month :). We are back living in Seattle doing the doctor thing. 

We would LOVE to host any visitors (we have an extra bedroom, living in a very fun area of the city).  Please let us know if you come out our way!  Maybe we should have a west coast reunion sometime...



On Oct 4, 2019, at 7:58 AM, danielle cervelli <danielle...@gmail.com> wrote:

Amazing! I'll get working on a place for 11/9 (any suggestions welcomed)!  Since we're including the kids, I'll target an earlier time (like 11am start). I tried to be an overachiever and check the college football schedule to further convince some of you that 11am is okay as there will be a game on, but it looks like they don't announce times yet? Confusing... but anywhos, Florida and Texas are each playing at some point... so Toan and Shaheed will be happy. 
Can't wait to see you all!
For those not in NYC, please fly in this weekend. Thanks  ;)
xoxo
D


On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:54 PM Min Cho <min...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey you all! Loving this email chain as I am sure you all are. 

I am continuing my CorpFin Min life in NY at Reuters (well, now called Refinitiv after Blacktone bought us), would love to stop by on 11/9 as well!
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:34 PM <jhz...@gmail.com> wrote:
We’re in too! Looking forward to it.

Toan Pham

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Glad to see everyone doing so well and still looking very lovely!

No significant changes on my end since I last saw many of you— still married, living in NY (LiC), and working at GS. No kids yet for us (although Saad hounds me about it everyday). 

Miss you all!

Hey Danielle (or Yo Cervelli, if you prefer), happy to help organize the gathering! 

Hope to see you guys soon (if not at Haus’s big day next summer?)!

Cheers

On Oct 4, 2019, at 10:58 AM, danielle cervelli <danielle...@gmail.com> wrote:

Amazing! I'll get working on a place for 11/9 (any suggestions welcomed)!  Since we're including the kids, I'll target an earlier time (like 11am start). I tried to be an overachiever and check the college football schedule to further convince some of you that 11am is okay as there will be a game on, but it looks like they don't announce times yet? Confusing... but anywhos, Florida and Texas are each playing at some point... so Toan and Shaheed will be happy. 
Can't wait to see you all!
For those not in NYC, please fly in this weekend. Thanks  ;)
xoxo
D


On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:54 PM Min Cho <min...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey you all! Loving this email chain as I am sure you all are. 

I am continuing my CorpFin Min life in NY at Reuters (well, now called Refinitiv after Blacktone bought us), would love to stop by on 11/9 as well!
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:34 PM <jhz...@gmail.com> wrote:
We’re in too! Looking forward to it.

Floks Laverman

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Great to see what everyone's been up to! We would've loved to join the mini-reunion in NYC!

On our side, things have been very well. After coming back from CBS, both Wouter and me traded our corporate jobs for start-ups. And then we both switched again (currently, Wouter is working as a freelance Marketeer and I'm with the Dutch equivalent of the Financial Times). We also added two girls to our family; Rixt is now 3 years old and Alexa is 1. And we moved aalllll the way from Amsterdam to Haarlem, a city about 15 minutes from Amsterdam. For us Dutchies, quite the thing.

To keep the CBS spirit alive, we try to regularly meet up with the other Dutchies. And can happily say that our oldest girl seems to be hitting it off with Pieter and Anne's oldest son (as can be seen in the 2nd picture).

Hope to see you all soon! (We also have a guestroom, in case you are ever around Amsterdam or Haarlem).

X Wout & Floks










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Anne Hidma

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Hi all, 

Loved reading all these messages.
Hahaha - yes Fedor (3 years) is quite the casanova! And his younger brother Daan (1,5 years) is following his footsteps quickly.
We moved to Weesp about 3 years ago -- small village 15 min outside of Amsterdam (opposite direction from Floks & Wout) - and took about a year to renovate the old 1890 farm we bought.
Still with McKinsey, working in advanced industries & artificial intelligence. 
Will definitely let you all know when on your side of the world - so sorry to have missed out on the reunion today. Out and about in rainy Netherlands with these two :).

Hope to meet you again soon!!
Anne





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Anne Hidma

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Whoops with Daan this time

Aziza Jamgerchinova

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X-X-X!!!!
Look who’s in town! Prince Maurits and his father. #clooster 🍼



On Oct 6, 2019, at 4:39 PM, Anne Hidma <anne....@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi all, 

Loved reading all these messages.
Hahaha - yes Fedor (3 years) is quite the casanova! And his younger brother Daan (1,5 years) is following his footsteps quickly.
We moved to Weesp about 3 years ago -- small village 15 min outside of Amsterdam (opposite direction from Floks & Wout) - and took about a year to renovate the old 1890 farm we bought.
Still with McKinsey, working in advanced industries & artificial intelligence. 
Will definitely let you all know when on your side of the world - so sorry to have missed out on the reunion today. Out and about in rainy Netherlands with these two :).

Hope to meet you again soon!!
Anne

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Neda Farzan

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Hi everyone,

Our newest cluster member is here! Came two weeks early because she wanted to be here for thanksgiving! She can’t wait to meet all her Cluster X friends!



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X-X-X!!!!
Look who’s in town! Prince Maurits and his father. #clooster 🍼

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