University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Mohammad R. Haghighat

Intel Fellow

Intel Corp.

Andrea Darlas

Anchor/reporter/host

WGN Radio, Chicago

Clark Wen

Game sound designer

Exile Sound of LA

David Petr

President/CEO

Montgomery Co. EDC

Anjali Dooley

General counsel

Forefront TeleCare, Inc.

Ravin Gandhi

CEO/co-founder

GMM Nonstick Coatings

Jon Pyatt

Chief of staff

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos

Kenneth Chang

Science reporter

The New York Times

Sheela Raja

Clinical psychologist

HuffPost Live blogger

Lisa Dieker

Lockheed Martin scholar

Distinguished Alumni Award

Barb Markoff

Investigative producer

ABC 7 News, Chicago

Carter O'Brien

Sustainability manager

Field Museum, Chicago

Tina Akouris

Digital news editor

Chicago Tribune

John Holecek

No. 5 in tackles at UI

IHSA title-winning coach

Kozo Yabe

Patent attorney

Yuasa & Hara, Tokyo

Andrew Hibel

Co-founder, COO

HigherEdJobs

Michael Strautmanis

Vice president

Barack Obama Foundation

Jason DeHaan

Chief information officer

Gildan

Stephen Elliott

Author, activist

Editor-in-chief, The Rumpus

Dominic Fumusa

Actor

‘Nurse Jackie,’ ‘Homeland’