University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Kishor Trivedi

Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Duke University

Lynn Barnett Morris

UI associate professor

Recreation, Sport and Tourism

Fil Agusti

Partner

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Michael Rosenbaum

Chief ‘Dadblogger,’ dadwrites.com

President, Quadrant Five

Kendra Smiley

Author, speaker, host

2001 Illinois Mother of the Year

Carolyn Primus

Founder, Avalon Biomed

Owns 13 patents

Perry Beaumont

Lecturer, Columbia U

Head of data and actuarial science, Distinguished Programs

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Ray Mentzer

Retired from ExxonMobil

Purdue visiting professor

Larry Samuelson

Professor of economics

Yale University

Charles Shields

Literary biographer, playwright

New York Times best-seller

Kathy Pherson

President

Globalytica

Jay Brown

Chairman, CEO

Vetgate Global

Michael Strom

Staff attorney

Cook Co. circuit court

Joyce Reitman

CEO

Motionloft

Lon Ballard

China-based CEO

Spira4u Co.

Joel Coats

Professor of entomology

Iowa State

Paul Merrion

Senior correspondent

White House Watch

Brian Holding

CEO emeritus

Human Kinetics

John Schlitt

Original lead vocalist

Head East

Pam Strobel

Former Exelon CAO

UI trustee, 2009-14

Bob Work

Dep. Sec. of Defense, 2014-17

Navy Under Secretary, 2009-13

Sue Treiman

Associate director

KPMG Corporate Communications

Rick Cattell

Database systems whiz

7 patents, 5 books

Larry Ingrassia

Managing editor

Los Angeles Times

Mike Muhney

Software entrepreneur 

Co-founder, ACT!