University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

CeCe (Marizu) Cooper

Swimming star turned senior content producer for Apple Fitness+

Earned UI degrees in broadcast journalism (2010), education policy studies (2012)

Chris Althoff

Associate director, branding

Big Ten Conference

Karina Anglada

Strategic development manager for video

Adobe

Erica Bauer

Director of community relations , Chicago Bulls

Founder, Girl Power Songs

Rachel Behrens

Polymer technical director

UCSB Materials Research Lab

Samarth Bhaskar

Senior editor

The New York Times

Jordan Batt

CEO, co-founder

Endurance Direct, Northbrook

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Kesha Butler

Operations officer

Administration for Children and Families

Josie Chambers

Postdoctoral fellow in geography

University of Cambridge

Nick Ciffone

Creative director

2 Cannes Lion award wins

Jessica (Galli) Cloy

7-time Paralympic medal winner

Holds three world records

Manuel Colón

Program specialist

Peace Corps

Aisha Conner-Gaten

Instructional design librarian

Loyola Marymount University

Elitsa Dimitrova

Corporate associate

Freeborn & Peters LLP

Bethany Dohleman

Director, Nike

Workforce development

Daissy Dominguez

Chicago immigration attorney

Dominguez Legal Justice Ctr.

Andrew Friedman

Executive director

Center for Legal Reform and Good Governance

Yolopattli Hernández-Torres

Associate professor of Spanish

Loyola University, Maryland

Laura Hettiger

TV anchor, host, reporter

KMOV, St. Louis

Elaine Ricketts Hicks

Research support, education and public health librarian

Tulane University

Bryana Holcomb

Editor

BlackDoctor, Inc.

Shaina Humphries

Des Moines TV anchor

KCCI 8 News

Anterio Jackson

Founder, CEO

Credit Honor

Royel Johnson

Assistant professor

Penn State

Alexandra Jones

Director of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Undergraduate Program, University of Maryland

Earned two UI degrees in atmospheric sciences and meteorology (master’s in 2010, Ph.D. in 2015)