Alumni Profiles

While earning an MBA at WashU, Nina Leigh Krueger joined Purina as an intern and never left. Now, she’s the company’s first female CEO of the Americas.

Michael Holmes was determined to make a difference, and with a little guidance from above, help from pharmaceutical companies and some ingenuity, he started saving lives with Rx Outreach.

Alumnus Karl Zelik is taking on common back pain with wearable technology that helps reduce back strain and injury risk.

With creativity and determination, alumna Jillian Shatken is leading her fashion line, Saylor, toward a most important trend: sustainability.

Lisa G. Byers draws on her American Indian ancestry to shape her students into culturally aware social workers.

Josiah Cox’s utilities company has grown to service multiple states while also changing how we access clean water.

Veronica Swanson teams up with a basketball superstar to empower female coffee farmers.

His work in pharmaceuticals has brought drugs to market that have saved countless lives, and Frank Jiang is just getting started.

Renowned architect Soo K. Chan, AB ’84, is the master of blurring the line between indoors and out.

Talent agent Samantha Chalk, AB ’08, can find a star in an instant.