University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Adrian Hochstadt

Deputy CEO

American Veterinary Medical Association

Phil Hockberger

Associate VP/research

Northwestern University

Glenn Howatt

Pulitzer-winning reporter

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Beverly Huss

President/CEO

Qool Therapeutics

Petros Ioannou

USC Professor of Electrical Engineering Systems

Director, Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies

Kenneth Jaconetty

Retired intellectual property attorney, 2024 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award winner

2022's chemical and biomolecular engineering convocation speaker

Dale Kempf

Abbvie distinguished research fellow

Director of Neglected Diseases Research

Randy Klimpert

Design director

Hasbro

John Locallo

Chicago law partner

Amari & Locallo

Ann McBrien

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

Started UIAA Comeback program, Illini Pride founding board member

Robert McKirgan

Phoenix law partner

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie

Stephen Moore

Heritage Foundation fellow

Former Trump advisor

Michelle Moreno

Managing director

Dresner Partners, Chicago

Allan Mustard

U.S. ambassador

Country of Turkmenistan

Chris Myers

VP/Advanced Technology

John Deere

Dan Naiman

Professor of applied math, statistics

Johns Hopkins

Deb Neubek

Human systems engineering

NASA

Karin (Dommermuth) O'Connor

Clinical Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Northwestern U

Executive Director, Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital

Margaret Oakes

English professor

Furman University

Craig Paull

Director, Image Lab

Bed Bath & Beyond

Chuck Reifsteck

Principal

Reifsteck Reid & Company Architects of Champaign

David Robertson

Senior lecturer

MIT

Jay Rosenstein

Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker

UI Professor, Media and Cinema Studies

Donna Ross Daniels

Fraud investigations

Ernst & Young