People
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2001
Amber McReynolds
CEO, National Vote At Home Institute and Coalition
Co-author, ‘When Women Vote’
B.J. Ogata
Former Illini tight end
2000 Academic All-Big Ten pick
Adria Olmi
Supervisory librarian
Army Logistics University Library
Alison Osterbur
VP/Human Resources
NBCUniversal Media
Michael Pan
Founder
Panco Foods
Brad Pavone
Executive producer, OWN
On Team Oprah since ’05
Dino Pollock
Associate AD/Compliance
Cal-Santa Cruz
Carey Radebaugh
Product manager
Google
Jonathan Sadowski
Actor/Producer
‘Live Free or Die Hard'
Bill Self
3 seasons, 3 NCAA tournaments
78-24 as Illini basketball coach (2000-03)
Mansi Shah
Author, 'The Taste of Ginger’
Senior VP/Legal, Warner Bros. Entertainment
Scott Slimmer
Laboratory manager
Harvard University
Buzz Spector
Professor of art
Washington University
Darius Spieth
Professor of art history
LSU
Jennifer Chochola Tan
PR manager
Newport Aquarium
Karleton Thomas
Director of entrepreneurship
Urban League of D.C.
Gretchen Thompson
Owner, managing partner
IMPACT Physical Therapy of Champaign
Jered Thorp
Director, Nike
Global sportswear comms.
Adam Tirapelle
2001 NCAA wrestling champ
Fresno financial consultant
Ron Turner
Football coach, 1997-2004
Took ’01 Illini to Sugar Bowl
Libby Tyler
Planning manager, City of San Pablo, Calif.
Former Urbana community development director
Seth Wessels
Finance manage
Dow Chemical
Josh Whitman
Illini athletic director
2017 Central Illinois Business Magazine Forty Under 40 Man of the Year
Amanda Wright
Senior counsel
TD Ameritrade
