University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Deb Busey

40 years in local government

Champaign County administrator, 1998-2016

Kiah Morris

Former Vermont state representative

Women’s Leadership Fellow

Maureen Cormack

U.S. ambassador

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jim Thompson

Illinois’ 37th governor (1977-91)

Died in 2020 at age 84

Joe Williams

Aerospace technologist

NASA

Bob Holmes

Hydrodynamics chief

U.S. Geological Survey

Jon Pyatt

Chief of staff

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos

Jennifer Ramirez

Weather officer, Air Force

Hickam AFB, Hawaii

Bob Work

Dep. Sec. of Defense, 2014-17

Navy Under Secretary, 2009-13

Mike Halpin

State representative

D-Rock Island

Doug Isbell

Communications specialist

NASA

Jim Eichhorst

Maryland state director

Farm Service Agency

Tony Kim

Project manager

NASA

Kelly Burke

State representative

D-Oak Lawn

Robert Blons

Special agent

NCIS

Jackie Waldman

Judge advocate general

U.S. Air Force

Debra Berg

Author, speaker

CEO, NICE Network

Loida Tapia

Senior advisor

U.S. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Scott Turner

9-year NFL cornerback

Former Texas state rep.

Randy Whitecotton

Emergency management chief

Department of Defense

Tim Kabat

Mayor

La Crosse, Wisconsin

David Olsen

State representative

Former BP analyst

Kerry Rogier

Budget analyst

State Department

Bruce Powers

Test/evaluation engineer

U.S. Navy