University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Madelin Woods

CEO, Hello Walden

NYC designer, artist

Peter McDowell

Development director

American Friends of Louvre

Charles Traub

Acclaimed photographer

NY School of Visual Arts

Jonathan Sadowski

Actor/Producer

‘Live Free or Die Hard'

Frank Jennings

Atlanta-based actor

‘Selma,’ ‘Primary Colors’

Cynthia Barrett

‘Stranger Things’ actress

Plays Mrs. Holland

Vivian Zapata

Visual artist

Teaches at Governors State

Donnacha Dennehy

Irish composer

Won Fedora Prize

Barbara Suggs Mason

Retired superintendent

Matteson elementary district

Ryan Suffern

Head of documentaries

Kennedy/Marshall Co.

Veletta Forsythe-Lill

Ret. executive director

Dallas Arts District

Robert Falls

Tony-winning director

Goodman Theatre, Chicago

Qiana Woodard

Consultant, strategist, author

Based in Chicago

Carol Brighton

Owner

CSBrighton Consulting

Kallen Esperian

International opera singer

Performed with Pavarotti

Jon Burr

Renowned bassist

Founded arrangerforhire.com

Maureen Cormack

U.S. ambassador

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Joe Bankoff

Chair, Georgia Tech

School of International Affairs

Ricca Slone

Former state representative

Northwestern lecturer

Eric Nash

Artist, painter

Moved to LA in 2000

Kelly Thompson

President

Culver-Stockton College

Malia Andrus

Data scientist

Facebook

Frederick Marx

Oscar-nominated filmmaker

Made 1994’s ‘Hoop Dreams’

David Petr

President/CEO

Montgomery Co. EDC