University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Emil Javier

Former minister of science

The Philippines

Anna Valencia

Chicago city clerk

Gamma Phi Beta president

Bill Baker

Structural engineer

Alumni Achievement Award

Mohamed El-Ashry

Senior fellow

United Nations Foundation

Parisa Mazaheri

VP/law, North America

Johnson & Johnson

Allan Mustard

U.S. ambassador

Country of Turkmenistan

Erin Concors

Consular officer

U.S. State Department

Leslie ‘Cap’ Dean

Foreign-service worker

Ex-General Dynamics analyst

Mark Brandl

Switzerland-based artist

Curator, Collapsible Kunsthalle

Genevieve Thoris

Founder & CEO

We Do Hair of Paris

Ilina Scott

Lead creative strategist

Google of Northern Europe

Katy Clark

Executive director, Kornfeld Foundation

Past president, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Omar Yaghi

Award-winning scientist

Cal-Berkeley professor

Craig Tiley

Tennis Australia CEO

Coached 2003 NCAA champs

Michele Steele

Anchor/reporter

ESPN

Kyung Lah

National correspondent

CNN

Julia Gouw

Retired banking COO

California’s East West Bank

Dan O’Connor

Video coordinator, International Player Development

New York Yankees

Summer Xia

Manager, global partnerships

Cleveland Cavaliers

Ang Lee

Movie maker

3 Oscar wins with 3 movies