University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Yoshi Hayasaki

USA Gymnastics HOF

Won ’89 NCAA title

Xuming He

Professor of statistics

University of Michigan

Jeff Huber

CEO, Grail

Former Google exec

Sharon Hwang

Chicago law partner

McAndrews, Held & Malloy

Paul Johnson

Executive VP/International

PGA Tour

Tony Kim

Project manager

NASA

Catherine Koerner

Orion program manager

NASA

David Kopacz

Puget Sound VA psychiatrist

U of Washington asst. professor

Adam Lashinsky

Executive editor

Fortune magazine

Cheryl Lentz

Award-winning author

Dissertation coach

Thomas Leslie

Professor of architecture

Iowa State

Mike Lorber

Helicopter reporter

NBC 5 Chicago

John Mackovic

Illini football coach

30-16-1 record, 1988-91

Janet Hoffman Mathis

2021 ACES Award of Merit recipient

President/CEO, Elevate Illinois

Peter McDowell

Development director

American Friends of Louvre

Brian Murphy

Chief operating officer

Navy Pier

John Norkus

Managing director

Chicago consulting firm

Larry Pearlman

Senior VP

Marsh Risk Consulting

Angie Rieger

Senior VP

Lands’ End

Mike Schag

Shareholder

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen

Paul Silver

Former CEO

Basswood Group

Susan Standiford

Chief technology officer

IKEA Group

Jeff Stute

Managing director

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Mary Eggers Tendler

Illini Athletics HOF

Volleyball coach, Elon