University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Nick Offerman

Actor, comedian

NBC's 'Parks and Recreation'

Ron Popeil

Infomercial king

Ronco CEO

Donna Ross Daniels

Fraud investigations

Ernst & Young

Linda Birnbaum

NIEHS director

Distinguished Alumni Award

Tim Lambert

Senior VP/general counsel

Caesars Entertainment

Parisa Mazaheri

VP/law, North America

Johnson & Johnson

Vivian Payton

Co-executive producer

‘Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta’

Beth Jones

COO, Hillary for America

Ex-White House director

Allan Mustard

U.S. ambassador

Country of Turkmenistan

Carol Ross Barney

Pioneering architect

Thomas Jefferson Award

Joel Poloney

Senior software engineer

Google

Tom Cartwright

Bank advisor

Formerly of JP Morgan Chase

Ray Ozzie

Lotus Notes creator

Ex-Microsoft executive

Alan Dysert

Soap opera actor

‘All My Children’

Terry Lavin

Appellate judge

Illinois First District

Bill Vainisi

Deputy general counsel

Allstate Insurance

Larry McCarren

Packers Hall of Famer

All-Big Ten center

Jeri Weinstein

Retired commander

LA Police Department

Jenna Foster

Talent intelligence

Google

Genevieve Thoris

Founder & CEO

We Do Hair of Paris

Michelle Hodges

VP and chief HR officer

Curves Jenny Craig

Julie Bensman

Host, writer, producer

Created BBC’s ‘RSVP Abroad’

Madhu Southworth

Senior VP/legal

AMC Entertainment

David Schmidly

President at 3 universities

Texas Tech, Okla. St., UNM