University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Tina Akouris

Digital news editor

Chicago Tribune

Beto Guajardo

President, Schlotzsky's

Former Starbucks senior VP/global strategy

Betty Smith

Executive director

Indy Motor Speedway Fndtn.

Donald Johanson

Paleoanthropologist

Discovered Lucy skeleton

Joseph Steven

Character actor

Romulan in ‘Star Trek’

Tonya Williams

2-time All-American

1995-96 Dike Eddleman Award

Craig Vodnik

Co-founder

Cleverbridge

Nicole Cottle

Deputy chief counsel

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Tonise Paul

President/CEO

Energy BBDO

Jennifer Waldinger

Central management COO

State of Illinois

Alex Hedlund

Film and TV producer

Urbana High grad

Mannie Jackson

Basketball Hall of Famer

CEO, Harlem Globetrotters

Angie Rieger

Senior VP

Lands’ End

Bill Smith

Champaign-born Huffy Corp. CEO

Died in 2019

Stan Ikenberry

UI’s 14th president, 1979-95

Longest-serving president

Jerrance Howard

Illini guard, coach

Now on Bill Self’s Kansas Jayhawks staff

Paul Stanton

Senior strategist

Google

Dan Jensen

Engineering manager

Rolls-Royce

Dan Johnson

Senior innovator

Nike

Anna Valencia

Chicago city clerk

Gamma Phi Beta president

Hillary Tennant

Illini volleyball setter

3rd-team All-American, 2010

Carolina Van Moorsel

Senior program officer

Heartland Alliance Inernational

Michael Strautmanis

Vice president

Barack Obama Foundation

Fiona Soderberg

Program manager

Google