Class Notes

Rory Lucey, FA07, illustrated Bad Sister (First Second Books, July 2021), a middle-grade graphic novel by Charise Mericle Harper. Lucey lives in New Jersey with his wife and two cats.

Danielle Barav-Johnson, LA07, joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as counsel on the firm’s bankruptcy and financial restructuring team in Atlanta. Previously, Barav-Johnson was with Jones Day.

Lauren M. Hoye, SW06, an attorney with Willig, Williams & Davidson, was named among the 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.

Jared Rouben, LA04, is founder and brewmaster of Moody Tongue, the world’s first two Michelin star brewery. The Chicago restaurant and bar is a longtime dream of Rouben, a trained chef who helped pioneer “culinary brewing,” which focuses on brewing with high-quality local and seasonal ingredients.

Dennis Berger, EMBA03, was named to the board of directors of Pine Street Inn, New England’s largest homeless service organization. Berger is chief culture officer at Suffolk Construction and serves on its executive committee. He is a current board member and former vice chair of skills for Chicagoland’s Future, and serves on the board of directors of Skills for America’s Future.

Cokey Nguyen, GM02, is chief scientific officer at San Francisco–based Atara Biotherapeutics, leading the development of next-generation allogeneic cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases. Previously, Nguyen was vice president of innovation, research and development at Fate Therapeutics.

Jonah Chiarenza, AR02, and Emily Lammert, AR02, in 2020 designed and built a custom “parklet” for the City of Melrose, Mass., as a volunteer effort to support outdoor economic and recreational activity during the pandemic. Three parklets now operate thanks to their charitable efforts. While at WashU, both studied in Copenhagen, Denmark, and they restarted their friendship after a serendipitous encounter in Melrose.

Kate Van Steenhuyse, FA01, was appointed chief programs officer of the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, the official state arts agency of Kansas. In this role, she manages grantmaking, program development, and arts and cultural community and economic development strategy. Van Steenhuyse still serves as the executive director of Harvester Arts, the artist-run space she co-founded in Wichita.

Songbai Ji, SI01, SI03, SI03, was promoted to professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. A member of the faculty and tenured since 2016, he has taught a wide range of courses. His research focuses on computational modeling and medical imaging for the study of traumatic brain injury and surgical image guidance.

Cliff Holekamp, GB01, is expanding operations for Cultivation Capital, the early-stage venture-capital firm that he co-founded. Before launching the firm, Holekamp was on the faculty of Olin Business School and led the entrepreneurship program to a No. 1 world ranking. He and his wife, Megan (Kolbrener) Holekamp, BU99, reside in Greenville, S.C.