University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jonathan Kite

Actor, comedian

CBS' ‘2 Broke Girls’

Kurt Kittner

Managing director

JLL of Chicago

Michael Kosta

Stand-up comedian

Illini tennis star

Nik Lapin

Sr. manager/partnerships

EZLinks Golf LLC

Qilin Li

Civil and environmental engineering professor

Rice University

Stephanie Majewski

Associate professor of physics

University of Oregon

Jose Martinez

Cornell professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Jill Mazurek

Head of finance

The Mom Project

Lesley Millar-Nicholson

MIT director

Technology Licensing Office

Yeerik Moy

VP, Labor Relations

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Thyaga Nandagopal

Program director

National Science Foundation

Jason Niermann

R&D executive

PepsiCo, Inc.

Daniel Oerther

President-elect, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Professor of environmental health engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Michael Osacky

President

Baseballintheattic.com

David Otunga

Lawyer, wrestler, actor

WWE tag-team champ

Florence Pak

Design director

Conde Nast Wired

Kristina Parsons

Assistant propmaster

Warner Brothers TV

Reese Reynolds

Director, Human Resources

Lockheed Martin Space

Keith Schacht

Co-founder

Mystery Science

Bill Self

3 seasons, 3 NCAA tournaments

78-24 as Illini basketball coach (2000-03)

Alan Shahtaji

San Diego physician

U.S. Soccer Federation

Sheri Shaw

Asst. dean/student success

UNC-Wilmington

Mariam Sobh

Anchor/reporter

CBS Radio Chicago

Lynette Tan

Chief executive

Singapore Space & Technology Limited