University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Former U.S. Congressman

Served from 1995-2012

Carl Johnson

Retired Navy captain

Grove Street Fiduciary CEO

Beth Jones

COO, Hillary for America

Ex-White House director

Brandon Jones

Brigade judge advocate

Based in Wiesbaden, Germany

Enesta Jones

Senior press officer

Environmental Protection Agency

Tim Kabat

Mayor

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Neel Kashkari

President, Minneapolis Fed

Administrator, TARP, 2008-09

Margaret Kealy-Machella

Chief of public affairs

U.S. Air Force

Chris Kennedy

Chair, UI trustees

2009-15

Tony Kim

Project manager

NASA

Matt Kolb

​Executive VP, chief operating officer

Carle Health

Tom Lamont

Assistant Army Secretary

Obama Administration

Avis (Sampson) LaVelle

Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly

Executive director, Business Leadership Council

Luther Lemon

D.C. architect

Architect of the Capitol

Doug Litteken

Structural engineer

NASA

Kelly Loeffler

Former U.S. senator for Georgia (2020-21)

Former WNBA team owner, Bakkt CEO

Betsy Dirksen Londrigan

Development officer

Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

Andy Lowery

CEO, RealWear

U.S. Navy veteran

Chris Lung

All-American gymnast

Department of Defense

Kilby Cantwell Macfadden

Assistant U.S. attorney

District of Nevada

Mike Malsch

Legal attaché

FBI

Michael Martella

Economic dev. coordinator

Village of Winnetka

Bob Martinez

Florida governor, 1987-91

U.S. Drug Czar, 1991-93

Janet Hoffman Mathis

2021 ACES Award of Merit recipient

President/CEO, Elevate Illinois