Alumni in Action-January 20, 2026
St. Lawrence graduates have a thirst for knowledge and are innovative problem-solvers. This periodic roundup features Laurentians who are in the spotlight for making a positive impact on their communities, companies, and the world.
Imamu Tomlinson ’96
Imamu Tomlinson ’96 was recently featured in D Magazine where he was profiled for being the CEO of Vituity, a physician group spanning 27 states that generated $2.7 billion in revenue last year and saw its 5,500 physicians treat 14 million patients.
Tomlinson, who played basketball at St. Lawrence before training to be an emergency physician, advanced into leadership at the Adventist Health system for more than 20 years before joining Vituity in 2013. He became CEO in 2017. Tomlinson is also the executive chair of the Vituity Cares Foundation, which has provided $10 million in free medical care to underserved and unhoused individuals through free clinics in 12 states.
Tomlinson is also the author of Less Than One Percent, which was published earlier this year and is a blend of personal stories of parenting, playing basketball, and a call to rethink systemic bias in medicine.
Jill Pflugheber ’86
Jill Pflugheber ’86 was recently featured in the Watertown Daily Times for co-authoring a book titled Microcosms: Sacred Plants of the Americas, which guides “readers on a journey which brings together anthropology, art, spirituality and ancient wisdom with the mesmerizing detail of Pflugheber’s cutting-edge confocal plant microscopy.”
Pflugheber, who studied psychology at St. Lawrence, went on to work at the University from 2004-2023 as a microscopy specialist, teaching courses in electron microscopy, confocal microscopy, and research methods in cell biology.
She co-authored the book with Steven White, another former St. Lawrence professor who taught Latin American literature and film for 34 years and was a founder of the Caribbean and Latin American Studies interdisciplinary program.
Peter H. Bailey ’82
Peter H. Bailey ’82 was recently featured on a popular literature podcast, “View From the Writing Instrument,” to speak about his recently published debut book, The Epic of You: Reframe Your Past to Navigate Your Future.
In the book, Bailey uses Joseph Campbell’s Heroic Journey as a framework to plot your past and navigate your future. More than a plot device or literary standard, Bailey proves the Hero’s Journey is an effective and transformative life map by detailing and exemplifying his own epic journey, analyzing the practical applications of Campbell’s framework, and guiding readers through their reflective process in the Heroic Journey Guidebook section.
As president of The Prouty Project, Bailey, who was a multi-field scholar at St. Lawrence, develops transformational experiences that improve collaboration by helping people expand their life skills, belief systems and communication processes.
Craig Leddy ’79
Craig Leddy ’79 was recently featured on the “LightReading” podcast where he was interviewed about his newly published book, Fast Forward: The Birth of Video Streaming, Media’s Wild Child, which offers a historical account revealing the amazing origin story of how video streaming was invented, paving the way for Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, and the streaming revolution that continues to reshape entertainment and culture today.
Leddy, who studied government at St. Lawrence, said the book is the culmination of his long career as a business journalist covering the media and tech industry, adding that his passion for journalism was ignited by an adventurous stint with The East African Standard in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the Kenya Semester Program in the fall of 1977.
Last fall, Leddy was named the winner of the Cablefax Voices of Impact Educator Award.
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