Genene Kruger:  

CLASS OF 1971
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Woodland hills, CA
Los angeles, CA

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Well close to 50 years since high school, time to update my profile after 15 years..........now happily retired. Have 4 grandchildren and 1 on the way! My husband and I enjoy traveling, but this year given the pandemic we are just grateful to be safe and healthy. Looking forward to 2021 with dreams of spending time with family and friends, and getting back on the road, plane and cruise ship! Hope to see many of you at the postponed Reunion in September 2021! Life 35 years out of high school, hard to believe. So what I have done in those years? Went to UCLA, then dropped out in my third year to get married; got a entry level job as a management trainee with Bullock's (remember that chain?), had my first son, got a divorce after a few short years; switched from retail to real estate - starting as a secretary and working my way up into human resources, kept on working, met the love of my life at work (Kenneth Leventhal & Co), got married, kept on working, returned to UCLA as a 30 year old and obtained my B.A. in 1986, kept on working, had three more children, kept on working, changed companies in '95 with a 2 year stint at now defunct Philips Media as VP of HR; joined The Macerich Company in 1997 as VP of HR to "start-up" their HR fu...Expand for more
nction - nine years later I am still fully engaged (Gallup-speak) at a great company with never-ending challenges and truly wonderful employees across the country. Official title is Senior Vice President of Human Resources - very proud of my professional success (especially considering I was of the era that was just beginning to reject the expectation that women were destined to stay-at-home); I attribute my success to hard work, tenacity, optimism, accountability, a sixth sense about people, and a great husband (soon to be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary). More importantly, as a parent, my dream is for each of my "kids" (age 30, 22, 17, and 12) to live long, healthy and happy lives - anchored by responsibility, independence and contributions to society/community in whatever form that may take. In my free time: I love the outdoors - beach and hills to walk on - vacations in Hawaii, Vegas, family farm in Oklahoma - gardening. Hobby is to track home sales within nearby communities - flip houses every now and again - have owned 11 homes since 1976 (mostly one at a time!). Dream of owning horses and riding regularly. Shop with my daughters and last but not least keep tabs on college football and basketball -especially those Bruins.
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