People
409
Sports
Anjali Forber-Pratt
2-time Paralympian
Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research
Jaime Torres
General manager/sports attorney
International Baseball Sports Management, Inc.
Kelly Loeffler
Former U.S. senator for Georgia (2020-21)
Former WNBA team owner, Bakkt CEO
Jack Groppel
Former Illini men’s tennis coach (1978-81)
Co-founder, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute
Jason Bohm
Judge, Champaign County Circuit Court
Adjunct Professor, UI College of Law
Alan Kessler
Senior data scientist
St. Louis Cardinals
Andy Szabo
Senior manager, partnerships
Oakland Athletics
Erica Bauer
Director of community relations , Chicago Bulls
Founder, Girl Power Songs
Matt Kolb
Executive VP, chief operating officer
Carle Health
Naya Crittenden
Right side hitter, UI volleyball, 2015-16
Top scorer in Swiss pro league, 2019-20
Joan Mahon
Named in 2020 to UI Alumni Association Board
Steelcase
Craig Virgin
1975 NCAA Cross-Country champion
Illinois Athletics Hall of Famer
Dee Dlugonski
Assistant Professor
Sports Medicine Research Institute, University of Kentucky
Kevin Jackson
Hematology program manager
Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute
Doniel Sutton
Co-owner, Commercial Aquatic Services
Former Senior VP/People, PayPal
Steve Johns
President and founder
Confluence Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Christopher Hicks
Clinical Associate of Orthopeadic Surgery/Rehabilitation, University of Chicago
Team physician, WNBA’s Chicago Sky
Scott Brown
CFO/VP/Treasurer
Carpet Weaver’s of Champaign
Ben Brownback
Principal, executive producer, The B2Group
Past president, Las Vegas Illini Alumni Club
Scott Spiezio
Two-time World Series champ
Played on 2002 Angels, 2006 Cardinals
Dr. Garth Walker
Emergency physician
Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs
Justin Bozarth
Basketball coach, guidance counselor
Tuscola High
Erik Dane
Associate professor of management
Rice University
Anna Benjamin
Associate judge
Champaign County
