Class Notes

Bryan Ewbank, EN85, SI85, is a software-language developer at Nvidia, focusing on programming the behavior of autonomous vehicles.

Wendi Alper-Pressman, LW85, a partner with Lathrop GPM, was the subject of St. Louis Business Journal’s “St. Louis Character” feature. In the Q&A piece, she shared her love of music, her passion for poker, the importance of mentoring, and how she met her husband, Norman Pressman, LA70, LW74. 

Carl A. Williams, SW84, was promoted to inpatient psychiatric unit social worker supervisor at Rocky Mountain Regional Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Aurora, Colo.

John M. Dawes, HA84, retired as the CEO of Rusk Rehabilitation Hospital in Columbia, Mo. His career spanned more than 40 years of hospital leadership in 10 hospitals and health systems in six states. He writes that he’d like to hear from other WashU health-care administration alums.

Dana (Gustafson) Regan, FA83 has launched a new series of children’s books. The first book in the series, Mike Delivers: The Big Mix-Up! (Simon and Schuster, 2021) is about a hard-working delivery hedgehog who sometimes makes mistakes. Mike always makes it right — but not before some very funny mix-ups. Regan has written and/or illustrated more than 75 children’s books from her studio in Kansas City.

Jeanette Meyer, LA83, a real estate agent with RE/MAX Alliance in Fort Collins, Colo., earned a Quality Service Certified Platinum award for 2020. This is the highest level of service achievement in the real estate industry, and she’s earned it 16 years in a row.

Joel Hardin, LA83, HS93, is medical director of the Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center. Hardin served in the military, attaining the rank of commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps Fleet Marine Forces as surgeon for the 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, 1st Marine Division deployed to Iraq. He left the military in 2006.

Joe Nuñez, LA81, is back in private practice after almost 20 years as a supervising attorney in the Target Corporation Real Estate Law work group. He was named to the Super Lawyers directory in each of the past three years and to Best Lawyers for Real Estate in each of the past four years. Nuñez also was twice named a Top Latino Lawyer by Latino Leaders Magazine and to the 2020 Super Lawyers list of the Best 10 Real Estate Lawyers in Minnesota.

Scott Lundius, LA81, was named executive director of the Morrison-Shearer Foundation, Northbrook, Ill. The foundation perpetuates the legacies of dancer-choreographer Sybil Shearer and photographer Helen Balfour Morrison as inspirations for creativity in the arts. Earlier, Lundius worked with arts organizations Pentacle and Prospect Park Alliance, in New York City, and the Taos (New Mexico) Center for the Arts.

Sheri Arbitaljacoby, LA81, received multiple honors from the Press Club of Long Island chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in the Sigma Delta Chi Awards competition this year. She took first place with a series examining the healthiest foods and third place for “Plant-Based Eating for Better Family Health.” Both appeared on The Well by Northwell, a website that provides consumers with personalized content that reduces their stress, promotes laughter, and ultimately makes them feel more confident and capable on their health-care journeys. And as managing editor of Temple Beth-El of Great Neck’s Shema magazine, she won third place in the Best Magazine category for the winter and fall 2020 issues.