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Academia
Bridgett Wakefield
Project architect, Reifsteck Reid & Co.
Parkland professor
Lee Cooper
Professor emeritus, marketing
UCLA
Dave Cocagne
President/CEO, Vermilion Development
Chairman, Silver Birch Living
David Sidney
Executive director
Transform Rockford
Carol Menassa
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Michigan
Don Rockwood
Professor emeritus, University of Florida
School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Meaghan Dee
Assistant Professor, Chair of Graphic Design
Virginia Tech
Steven Deller
Professor, Community Development Specialist
University of Wisconsin Extension
Sharony Green
Associate professor of history
University of Alabama
Shondra Clay
Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions
Northern Illinois U
Liesel Sharabi
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
West Virginia University
Dave Kurlinkus
Chief of Staff, Deputy State’s Attorney
Winnebago County
Carrie Klaus
Professor of Global French Studies
DePauw University
Kishor Trivedi
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Duke University
Richard Hanus
Chicago immigration attorney
Inspiration for the 2019 NYC play ‘The Courtroom’
Michael Gunderson
Professor/Director, Center for Food & Agricultural Business
Purdue University
John Williams III
Assistant Professor, Multicultural Education
Texas A&M University
Jason Davis
Director of Astronomy
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Keith Westcott
2010 LAS Distinguished Service Award
Retired scientist, visiting UI scholar
Jim Misener
Principal/President
50,000feet
Lance Landeck
Oakland schools superintendent
Illini football manager, 1987-89
Bryan Thomas Jr.
Associate Director, EDGE Doctoral Fellowship Program
Stanford University
Evan Glazer
Head of school
The Avenues: The World School
Chirantan ‘CJ' Desai
Chief product officer
ServiceNow
