Class Notes

Brett Preston, LW86, a shareholder at Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa and Clearwater, Fla., wrote One Taken: A Lawyer’s Guide to Being Sure You Are a Christian (River Birch Press, 2021).

Simon Huang, EN86, GB99, is a partner with Experience on Demand, a St. Louis–area consulting company. Huang specializes in IT governance, cybersecurity and digital transformation. Previously, he worked in information systems management for
St. Charles County, Mo.

Alex Douglas II, LA86, a partner with ShuffieldLowman, was selected to the 2021 list of Legal Elite attorneys by Florida Trend magazine and as a 2021 Florida Super Lawyer. Douglas practices in the area of fiduciary litigation.

Victoria “Vicki” Day, BU86, writes that she is excited to be a part of a local healing, wellness and expressive art collective in Columbia, Mo., where she offers her services as a registered somatic-movement therapist and educator, and as a licensed professional counselor. She and her life partner recently moved to their new dream home on the edge of Rock Bridge State Park.

Daniel Smith, LA85, was promoted to adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, Global Campus where he teaches courses in business law and ethics. Employed at Under Armour, Inc., as senior counsel for technology, Smith is president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Sieglinde (Talbott) Peterson, LA85, LW91, is the director of people and culture at Kermit PPI, a tech company in Hunt Valley, Md. The company’s software equips supply-chain managers, surgeons and executives with real-time data on implantable medical device transactions, saving hospitals millions of dollars. Peterson lives with her husband, children, two cats and dog in Greenbelt, Md., and she visits St. Louis and Washington University as frequently as she can. 

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.