University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Emily Santiago

Lead naturalist

NW Trek Wildlife Park

Lyndsay Gant

Program director

Northwestern Medicine

Eric Heisig

Federal courts reporter

Cleveland.com

Peg Ross

VP, global HR

Project Concern International

John Norkus

Managing director

Chicago consulting firm

Megan Abraham

Executive director

The Goldie Initiative

Yvette Mayorga

Artist

Art Design Chicago

Leah Furman

Freelance copywriter

Chanel

Petrea Burchard

Actor, author

Audiobook narrator, ACX.com

Ellen Greaves

Mediator, consultant, attorney

Raleigh-Durham, N.C.

Chris Gersch

Founder/CEO

Verde Solutions LLC

Danny Reiter

Desk asst./ticker operator

NFL Network

Jess Brown

Senior VP

Carollo Engineers

Lily Katz

Staff writer

Android Authority

Eric Jackson

CEO

Pipeline Foods

Jill Robinson

EVP, CFO

Atlanta Braves

Bryan Terry

Vice chancellor

UNC-Greensboro

Margaret Kosal

Associate professor

Georgia Tech

David Citrin

Engineering professor

Georgia Tech

Mike Bertrand

President/CEO

Lutheran Child/Fam. Services

Mei-Mei Chan Kirk

Retired media executive

Started at USA Today

Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan

Professor, human sciences

Ohio State

Rebecca Bilbro

Lead data scientist

ByteCubed, Inc.

Blair Sheppard

Dean emeritus

Duke School of Business