University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Ashley Valentine

Co-founder and president

Washington, D.C.-based Sick Cells

Mary Schubauer-Berigan

Senior epidemiologist, International Agency for Research on Cancer

World Health Organization

Shaowen Wang

Professor and Head

Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science

Mark Wolters

Teaching Associate Professor of Business Administration; Academic Director, Marketing Major

Globetrotting host of 'Wolters World' YouTube channel

Raul Gouvea

Professor, International Management

University of New Mexico

Jennifer Lewis

Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering

Harvard University

Amber McReynolds

CEO, National Vote At Home Institute and Coalition

Co-author, ‘When Women Vote’

Trevor Riggen

Senior VP, Disaster Cycle Services

American Red Cross

Alexandra Turcios

Strategy and consulting, Accenture

Founder, Built-in Detroit

Angela Sinickas

2020 Alumni Achievement Award

International corporate communication researcher

Craig Virgin

1975 NCAA Cross-Country champion

Illinois Athletics Hall of Famer

Gabe Walder

Executive director

Alliance for Children Everywhere

Lyanne Alfaro

Supervising producer, social media content director

Nasdaq

Scot Hollonbeck

Gold medal-winning Paralympian

Sustainable residential property developer

Mike Malsch

Legal attaché

FBI

Emily (Kline) Bucarich

Director of learning and development content

National Restaurant Association

Lou Liay

2023 honorary doctorate recipient

Namesake of UIAA's Lou Liay Spirit Award

Rebecca (Diaz) Luebbert

Director of career and business engagement

University of Minnesota Alumni Association

Carol Menassa

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Michigan

Zenobia Ravji

NY-based writer, journalist

Spent 2 years as reporter/producer in Israel

Cara Maurizi

Music, drama, dance teacher

Urbana school district

Michael Munie

Founder, stealth AI company

Former Google software engineer

Ruth Wyman

Champaign County attorney

2020 Circuit Judge candidate

Kishor Trivedi

Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Duke University