University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Ellen Dickson

President

Bailey Edward Design

Dan Farris

Director, athletic bands

Northwestern University

Der-Tsai Lee

President emeritus

National Chung Hsing U

Eric Nash

Artist, painter

Moved to LA in 2000

Victoria (Fan) Azalde

Global assistant controller

Uber

Jessie Ann Foley

Novelist

HarperCollins

Clair Brendel

Disaster program manager

American Red Cross

Arthur Baker

VP/asst. general counsel

Savills Studley

Grace Walsh

Senior analyst

United Airlines

Seth Gruen

National baseball columnist

Bleacher Report

Terren Peterson

VP/platform engineering

Capital One

Paul Silver

Former CEO

Basswood Group

Tim Lavery

Illini QB/pitcher

Twice drafted by Cubs

Chelsey Coombs

Writer, producer

The Weather Channel

Ananth Avva

CFO/COO

Wrike software

Pramod Varshney

Syracuse professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Paul Zinnes

Digital asset supervisor

Lucasfilm Animation

Andrew Friedman

Executive director

Center for Legal Reform and Good Governance

Mitch Altman

Inventor, hacker

Cornfield Electronics CEO

Rick Cattell

Database systems whiz

7 patents, 5 books

Kathleen Kayse

Chief media strategy/partnerships officer

Ad Council

Barbara Singer

ESPN VP

Sports/Fan Intelligence

Larry Ingrassia

Managing editor

Los Angeles Times

DeVaris Brown

CEO

Floodgate Academy, Oakland