Alumni Profiles

Kevin Butterfield, PhD ’10, is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, a humanities research center that also educates lawmakers.

Alumna Jenelle Cooper brings a lifelong love of aviation to her career as an aerospace engineer.

As head of the Centre for Health and Healthcare and member of the executive committee at the World Economic Forum, WashU alum Shyam Bishen strives to achieve more efficient and equitable health care around the world.

With “Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship,” Nina Badzin, AB ’99, crafts a podcast that’s a salve for those craving connection.

A love of logistics and learning about the world leads Michael Holtz, BS ’87, to create a new kind of luxury travel company.

Mark Waggoner, BSCE ’97, designs stadium roofs that shield tens of thousands of sports fans from the elements and can withstand Mother Nature’s fury.

Crystal Marie Moten, AB ’04, wants visitors to the Obama Presidential Center Museum to see themselves in history.

Alumnus Tej Seelamsetty applies his joint interests in business and technology to a massive health-care problem.

Rachel Marsh, CEO of the Children’s Alliance of Kansas, leverages her two WashU degrees to promote child safety and well-being.

Stacy Leeds, AB ’94, is the first Indigenous woman to be named dean of a law school (first at the University of Arkansas in 2011 and now at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law).