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Melissa Polsenberg Chytry, '14 JD, is an associate attorney at Hurtik Law & Associates. She and her husband, Stephan Chytry, '02 BA Communication Studies, welcomed a baby girl in July 2017. The family lives in Henderson.

Thomas W. Stewart, ' 11 BA Political Science, '13 Master of Public Administration, '16 JD, is an associate at the law firm of Marquis Aurbach Coffing. He previously served as a law clerk to Nevada Supreme Court Justice Mark Gibbons.    

Laura Hatcher Harbison, '90 BS Business Administration - Management, is the owner of Realty Executives Southern Nevada Properties.  Having worked for Realty Executives International as a broker/salesperson and branch manager of its Henderson/Anthem location since 1997, she acquired the Clark County franchise in 2017. With more than 6,500 career transactions, she is ranked in the top 1 percent of all real estate professionals nationwide, and has consistently been a top producer worldwide for the Realty Executives International Franchise System. She is happily married to John Harbison, with whom she has seven children and three dogs. Two of the children attend 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. Son Joshua Harbison is a senior majoring in communication studies, while daughter Kameron Harbison is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major.  

Ian Zabarte, '01 BA Communication Studies, was appointed as a member of the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in November.

Jasmine Crighton, '06 MA Journalism and Media Studies, recently received two advisor of the year honors from national media organizations for her work at Western Illinois University. She received the Jeff Tellis Outstanding Advisor Award for College Television from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System. This award recognizes outstanding leadership, dedication, and service to college television stations. She is news coordinator of NEWS3, the student-produced television newscast at Western Illinois. She also was recognized as Advisor of the Year by the National Broadcasting Society (NBS) for her work with WIU’s NBS chapter. Previously, she received an Emmy for outstanding technical director for a March 2008 broadcast at FOX5 KVVU. In 2017, Crighton was elected to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America Board of Governors. She also serves as recording secretary for the Illinois News Broadcasters Association. Before moving to Western Illinois, she taught broadcasting at West Liberty University and worked as the producer of WTOV9's morning show in Steubenville, Ohio. She lives in Macomb, Illinois.           

Aaron S. Manfredi, '05 BA Criminal Justice, '14 Master of Public Administration, is the founder/executive director of Asperger's Training, Employment & Life Skills. He's placed 163 adults with autism and other high-functioning disabilities into competitive employment. He is a former Clark County juvenile probation officer and Clark County School District middle school teacher/varsity football coach. The Desert Storm veteran also is a community advocate for at-risk youth, homeless youth, autism, and homeless veterans. He is running for the office of Clark County public administrator. His hobbies include adult softball, cooking, traveling, advocating, and attending 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ sports games. He is the father of one adult son, Bailey Manfredi.