University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Mansi Shah

Author, 'The Taste of Ginger’

Senior VP/Legal, Warner Bros. Entertainment

Yakaira Nunez

VP/Research & Insights Platform

Salesforce

Kim Kidwell

Associate Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives

Dean, College of ACES, 2016-21

Preeti Ghuman

Civil engineer

Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County

Matt Kramer

Assistant general counsel

Jimmy John’s

Darnell Leatherwood

Founder, Black Boys Shine!

Founding member, My Brother's Keeper Alliance Action Team

Pat Fitzgerald

Attorney

Meyer Capel of Champaign

Diane Wolfe Marlin

Urbana mayor since 2017

Coordinator, UI Family Resiliency Program (2000-10)

Sarah Seiler Watson

Executive director

Looking for Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area

Angela Sinickas

2020 Alumni Achievement Award

International corporate communication researcher

Ann McBrien

First woman to serve as VP/sales at Procter & Gamble

Started UIAA Comeback program, Illini Pride founding board member

Chuck Reifsteck

Principal

Reifsteck Reid & Company Architects of Champaign

Sheila Repeta

Head of People

TeamSnap

Dr. Christopher Hicks

Clinical Associate of Orthopeadic Surgery/Rehabilitation, University of Chicago

Team physician, WNBA’s Chicago Sky

Michael Albert

Sign language interpreter

Chicago Hearing Society

Susan Tjarksen

Managing director

Cushman & Wakefield

Danielle Patterson

Associate attorney, Spiros Law

UI Law Alumni Professional Development Award winner

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

Linda Hamilton

Executive vice president, COO

Iroquois Federal

Erin McNary

Assistant professor, sport administration

University of Miami

Sandeep Pandya

CEO

Everguard

Erik Henriksen

Made 3 Olympic teams

1999 U.S. Speedskating Hall of Famer

Jovan Jovanovic

Patent attorney

Founding partner, Watson IP Group