University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Kelly Loeffler

Former U.S. senator for Georgia (2020-21)

Former WNBA team owner, Bakkt CEO

Phil Coady

President, Microgroove

Former Air Force Band member

Rasheda Ali Walsh

Speaker, author

Daughter of Muhammad Ali

Auditi Chakravarty

Senior VP, Learning, Evaluation and Research

The College Board

David Tomasko

Associate dean and professor

Ohio State College of Engineering

Sandeep Pandya

CEO

Everguard

Michael Martella

Economic dev. coordinator

Village of Winnetka

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Phil DeRuntz

Board chairman

iPrime Fund

Devi Laskar

Author, poet, photographer

Debut novel: ‘The Atlas of Reds and Blues’

Grace Hou-Ovnik

Secretary

Illinois Dep't of Human Services

Michelle (Zasi) Amazeen

Assistant professor of mass communication

Boston University

Tim Van Alstine

Associate VP, athletics director

Cardinal Stritch University

Mike Linksvayer

Policy director, GitHub

Bitzi co-founder, ex-Creative Commons VP

Marilyn Joy Coles

Professor emerita

Eastern Illinois University

Carl Johnson

Retired Navy captain

Grove Street Fiduciary CEO

Dave Briglio

Leadership trainer

Athletic Legacy Gameplan

Matthew Jones

Actor with 50+ credits

Appeared on ‘Scandal,’ ‘General Hospital’

Eugene Morozov

CEO

Icobox Hub

Tim Simpson

4-year football starter

1992 Dike Eddleman Award

Eberhard Kornotzki

CEO

Bridge Innovation Capital

Don Gillies

Site reliability engineer

Google Search

Jill Robinson

EVP, CFO

Atlanta Braves

Selim Unlu

Engineering professor

Boston University

Art Markman

Psychology professor

University of Texas

Laura Bush

1990 Dike Eddleman Award

2 Final Fours at UI