University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

John Kim

Pulitzer-winning photographer

Chicago Tribune

David Krugler

History professor

Wisconsin-Platteville

Debra Laefer

NYU urban informatics professor

Director of Citizen Science

Andy Lowery

CEO, RealWear

U.S. Navy veteran

Kevin Monk

Farmer, ag tech consultant

The Monk Approach

Bob Nanna

Singer/guitarist

Braid, Hey Mercedes

Evan Parke

Founder, Parke PLLC

Former FCC executive

Amanda Peterson

Milwaukee Art Museum

Former Google exec

Ash-har Quraishi

TV news reporter

NBC Chicago

Michael Redington

Finance director

The Walt Disney Co.

Seamus Reilly

President

Carl Sandburg College

Reshma Saujani

Founder/CEO

Girls Who Code

David Schwartz

Table games analytics

MGM Resorts

Scott Spellmon

Chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2024 Grainger College of Engineering Alumni Award for Distinguished Service

Noah Spiegel

Managing director

Nashville Children’s Theatre

Troy Strader

Professor of information systems

Drake College of Business & Public Administration

Rich Surles

Lieutenant, Criminal Investigations Division

Urbana Police Department

Doniel Sutton

Co-owner, Commercial Aquatic Services

Former Senior VP/People, PayPal

Ron Turner

Football coach, 1997-2004

Took ’01 Illini to Sugar Bowl

Aaron Walz

Director, Ag Data Services

Purdue College of Agriculture

Cam Wesson

Professor of sociology and anthropology

Lehigh University

Julie Rodrigues Widholm

Director and chief curator

DePaul Art Museum

Nathan Hale Williams

President

iN-Hale Entertainment

Hale Pinar Zengingonul

Math professor

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology