Alumni Profiles

Alumna Leslye Lyons founded the nonprofit Words Alive to help children and teens find joy in reading.

Last year, alumnus Chris Boerner became CEO of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. His eyes are on the future of health care — and the innovation that will get us there.

Alumna Katie Ireland shapes the ways everyday products are manufactured, packaged and brought to a store near you.

Alumnus Deko Devins is on a mission to make solar power more widespread, affordable and accessible.

As director of the Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park, Kathryn Feldt works at the confluence of natural elegance and architectural brilliance.

A WashU education helped prepare John W. Davis, AB ’74, for assignments in an international world of espionage.

Experiences with St. Louis organizations led alumna Samantha Searls to a career in advocating for immigrants.

Inspired by global travel, alumnus Lavar Munroe creates dreamlike versions of our world.

Alumna Lisa Lunghofer advocates for animals in need.

Meenakshi Wadhwa, director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, has built a formidable career studying our solar system.