University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jennifer Dillavou

UIAA president

UI associate vice chancellor

Matt Cho

Partner, Adjacency

Founder, [co][lab]

Terri Reifsteck

VP of marketing

Visit Champaign County

Anne Carpenter

Scientist, imaging platform senior director

Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT

Lori Bitter

President

The Business of Aging

Jeanne Gang

World-renowned architect

Designed Chicago’s Aqua Tower

Wei Wei Jeang

Texas attorney

Grable Martin Fulton PLLC

Laura Hettiger

TV anchor, host, reporter

KMOV, St. Louis

Bonner Denton

Professor of chemistry, biochemistry

University of Arizona

Martin Fackler

Former assistant Asia editor

The New York Times

Gerry Beyer

Law professor

Texas Tech

Charles Shields

Literary biographer, playwright

New York Times best-seller

Dan O’Neill

VP of corporate partnerships

Tepper Sports & Entertainment

Tim Simpson

4-year football starter

1992 Dike Eddleman Award

Kathy Pherson

President

Globalytica

Tom Starr

AT&T Labs

Distinguished Engineering Alum

Arielle Gross Samuels

Chief marketing and communications officer

General Catalyst

Rachel Holbrook

Co-founder, president

Katana of San Francisco

Rajeev Ram

ATP Tour pro

On ’03 national title team

Jannelle Flaws

All-Big Ten soccer forward

Now playing in Germany

Gary Hack

Professor, dean emeritus

Penn (1996-present)

Jenna Smith

3-time all-Big Ten forward

2,160 career points

Bill Heinz

Law partner

Jenner & Block

Amir Isfahani

President/CEO

Flow Science, Inc.