University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Philip Sarnecki

Managing partner

RPS Financial Group, Inc.

Kam Buckner

Illinois State representative

D-Chicago

Jason Anderson

2000 Big Ten pitcher of year

Eastern Illinois head coach

Lester McKeever

Former chairman

Federal Reserve of Chicago

Kelsey Sutherland

LA-based publicist

PMK•BNC

Patricia Brown Holmes

Former Cook County judge

UI trustee

Keith Kinsey

Former CEO

Portillo’s

Jessica Whitham

Animal welfare biologist

Chicago Zoological Society

Larry Werries

Former state ag director

UIAA Loyalty Award

Cordell Overgaard

President

Overgaard Broadcasting

April Chou

Co-founder

Zawgyi Children Foundation

Robert Steigmann

Appellate court judge

Fourth District

Susan Johnson

ACES Award of Merit

U of Colorado professor

Mike VanBlaricum

Research engineer

‘14 Lou Liay Spirit Award

Bob Nanna

Singer/guitarist

Braid, Hey Mercedes

Jim Neckopulos

Executive director/banking

Ernst & Young

Frederick Marx

Oscar-nominated filmmaker

Made 1994’s ‘Hoop Dreams’

Misha Rezvi

Emmy/Outstanding research

PBS' ‘Outlawed in Pakistan'

Anjali Dooley

General counsel

Forefront TeleCare, Inc.

Portland Reed

Global solutions head

Vita Global, Inc.

Amanda Wright

Senior counsel

TD Ameritrade

Brian Ludmer

Manager/tech production

Universal Studios Hollywood

Joe Martinez

Structural design engineer

Boeing

Kiel Lauer

Principal trombonist

San Juan Symphony