University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

David Adeleye

Policy specialist

Obama White House

Sameena Aghi

Senior VP of managed care

Illinois Primary Health Care Assn.

Scott Altman

NASA astronaut

Flew 4 shuttle missions

Lee Archambault

NASA astronaut

Flew 2 shuttle missions

Todd Atkinson

Ex-external affairs director

USDA Farm Service Agency

Steve Austin

Asst. Chief/Army Reserve

The Pentagon

Jennifer Gover Bannon

Assistant city attorney

City of Champaign

Jason Barickman

State senator, R-Bloomington

Meyer Capel attorney

Norman Beamer

Administrative patent judge

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Debra Berg

Author, speaker

CEO, NICE Network

Patti Blagojevich

Financial advisor

Former Illinois first lady

Robert Blons

Special agent

NCIS

Drew Bohan

Executive director

California Energy Commission

Chuck Bowsher

U.S. comptroller general

Reagan appointee (1981-96)

Jeff Brown

Dean, Gies College of Business

Margot Lakonishok Professor of Business

Lisa Brown

Former majority leader

Washington state Senate

Kelly Burke

State representative

D-Oak Lawn

Deb Busey

40 years in local government

Champaign County administrator, 1998-2016

Kesha Butler

Operations officer

Administration for Children and Families

Colleen Callahan

Director, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Distinguished Service Award recipient

Dorothy Capers

Senior VP, general counsel

National Express LLC

Jason Christensen

Military aide

Office of Naval Secretary

Margaret Clay

Manager, U.S. Navy

Antiterrorism Program

Erin Concors

Consular officer

U.S. State Department