University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Deirdre O’Sullivan

Associate professor

Penn State

Janis (Lee) Buesching

Sr. design program manager

Microsoft

Scott Slimmer

Laboratory manager

Harvard University

Chris Johnson

President

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Nidia Holiday

Management analyst

Defense Health Agency

Eric Heisig

Federal courts reporter

Cleveland.com

Nora Wang

Senior engineer

Pacific NW Nat’l Lab

Madelin Woods

CEO, Hello Walden

NYC designer, artist

Rachel Endo

Education dean

U of Washington-Tacoma

Janea Hawkins

Assistant attorney general

District of Columbia

Chris Lung

All-American gymnast

Department of Defense

Jeff Osuji

Co-founder, Eventnoire

Past president, UI Black Alumni Network

Katie Foody

Denver-based reporter

The Associated Press

Tarita Preston

‘Chief coach’

The Curated Coach

Ruchika Prakash

Psychology professor

Ohio State

Jordan Abdel-Haq

Mortgage loan oficer, Homeside Financial

Former executive director, Illinois Junior Golf Association

Arthur Baker

VP/asst. general counsel

Savills Studley

Melissa Tombro

Associate professor

Fashion Institute of Tech.

Megan Coffey

Assoc. director/video services

U of Cincinnati athletics

Ingrid Black

Training center coordinator

U.S. Olympic Committee

Ankit Patel

Senior manager

American Express

David Boduch

Senior financial analyst

Boeing

Keleigh Gibbs

TV anchor/reporter

KMBC-TV, Kansas City

Octavian Cheung

Hong Kong-based CEO

Immersive Education Academy