University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jared Tomaszewski

Instructor of architecture/planning

Air Force Institute of Technology

Sandy Miarecki

Assistant professor

Air Force Academy

Valerie Hague

Implementation project manager

SAS

Bill Meyer

Natural resource specialist

U.S. Army ERDC

Patti Blagojevich

Financial advisor

Former Illinois first lady

Jaylin McClinton

Community organizer

Obama Foundation

Michael Strom

Staff attorney

Cook Co. circuit court

Jeff Tarte

State senator

North Carolina

David Eldridge

Springfield attorney

Worked in governor’s office

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Former U.S. Congressman

Served from 1995-2012

Dan Di Santo

Oswego village administrator

4-year Kam’s doorman

Dontae Skywalker

Staff sergeant

U.S. Army

Chris Lung

All-American gymnast

Department of Defense

Nichola Greenblatt

Deputy press secretary

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth

Luther Lemon

D.C. architect

Architect of the Capitol

Michael Martella

Economic dev. coordinator

Village of Winnetka

Andy Lowery

CEO, RealWear

U.S. Navy veteran

Don Elmore

Director, Champaign County

Small Business Development Center

Feniosky Peña-Mora

NYC commissioner

Design/Construction Dept.

Leslie Munger

Illinois deputy governor

2015-16: State comptroller

Michelle Fraser-Page

Safety engineer

NASA’s Johnson Space Ctr.

Andre Williams

Unit chief

FBI

Jason Barickman

State senator, R-Bloomington

Meyer Capel attorney

George Symeonides

Vice-consul/foreign service

U.S. State Department