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Campustown
Ross Cavitt
Former Emmy-winning Atlanta TV reporter
Cobb (Ga,) County communications director
Kelvin Droegemeier
Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Professor of meteorology, University of Oklahoma
Ann McBrien
First woman to serve as VP/sales at Procter & Gamble
Started UIAA Comeback program, Illini Pride founding board member
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Avis (Sampson) LaVelle
Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly
Executive director, Business Leadership Council
Art Kramer
Beckman Institute director, 2010-16
Professor/center director, Northeastern University
David Tomasko
Associate dean and professor
Ohio State College of Engineering
Meg Bates
U of Chicago senior research and evaluation scientist
Director of digital teacher learning research
Sally Smith
Former Alaska legislator, 1977-83
Juneau mayor, 2000-03
Doniel Sutton
Co-owner, Commercial Aquatic Services
Former Senior VP/People, PayPal
Steve Johns
President and founder
Confluence Pharmaceuticals
Miranda Sanford-Terry
Chair, Applied Health Sciences
Murray State University
Matt Brickman
Meteorologist
WNBC-TV
Scott Brown
CFO/VP/Treasurer
Carpet Weaver’s of Champaign
Michael Albert
Sign language interpreter
Chicago Hearing Society
Chris Cramer
VP of research
University of Minnesota
Ben Brownback
Principal, executive producer, The B2Group
Past president, Las Vegas Illini Alumni Club
Scott Spiezio
Two-time World Series champ
Played on 2002 Angels, 2006 Cardinals
Linda Blumberg
Health economist and institute fellow
The Urban Institute
Greg Jasinski
Assistant dean
University of Chicago
Susan Tjarksen
Managing director
Cushman & Wakefield
Danielle Patterson
Associate attorney, Spiros Law
UI Law Alumni Professional Development Award winner
Anna Benjamin
Associate judge
Champaign County
Mark Stryker
Author, ‘Jazz from Detroit’
Award-winning arts reporter/critic
Sarah Holst Schryer
Assistant state’s attorney
Tazewell County
