People 311 Award winners
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.
Larry Woiwode
N. Dakota’s poet laureate
Award-winning novelist
Nancy Farrell
Reg. dietitian nutritionist
Farrell Dietitian Services
Mei-Mei Chan Kirk
Retired media executive
Started at USA Today
Judson Todd Allen
Chicago chef
‘Architect of flavor’
Colleen Keough Wagner
Fiction author, editor
aka ‘Rumer Haven’
John David Mooney
Chicago-based artist
Mooney Studio
Laura Bush
1990 Dike Eddleman Award
2 Final Fours at UI
Ken Baker
Regional managing principal
Gensler
Rachel Endo
Education dean
U of Washington-Tacoma
Charles Traub
Acclaimed photographer
NY School of Visual Arts
Laura Niklason
Yale professor
Alumni Achievement Award
Deon Thomas
UI's career scoring leader
Basketball radio analyst
Drew Griffin
Peabody-winning reporter
Died in December 2022 at age 60
Erika Harold
Miss America 2003
Champaign attorney
Nick Ciffone
Creative director
2 Cannes Lion award wins
Anne Valente
Acclaimed author
Professor, Hamilton College
