University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

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)

Eric Swenson

Strategy specialist, Carle Health

Earned two degrees in natural resources/conservation (2013, '15)

Kathryn Cataldo

Assistant city attorney

City of Champaign

Lyanne Alfaro

Supervising producer, social media content director

Nasdaq

Larry Harris Jr.

Foreign service officer

U.S. State Department

Ross Guignon

Global client strategy

Creative Artists Agency

Jeff Badu

2018 Lester McKeever Award

Chicago CPA

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Liesel Sharabi

Assistant Professor, Communication Studies

West Virginia University

Anna Hecht

Money reporter

CNBC

Xin Wang

Assistant professor, U of Wisconsin

Civil and environmental engineering

Armando Espinal

Senior financial analyst

Disney Television Animation

Jacob Calvert

Chief scientist, Dascena

Pursuing Ph.D. at Cal-Berkeley

Manuel Colón

Program specialist

Peace Corps

Kevin Monk

Farmer, ag tech consultant

The Monk Approach

Ralph Cooper

Sports director

NewsChannel 10, Amarillo, Texas

Jeff Badu

2018 Lester McKeever Award

Chicago CPA

Reilly O’Toole

Former Illini quarterback

No. 8 all-time in pass efficiency

Alex Burge

Agent

Excel Sports Management

Elizabeth Engele

Co-founder, executive director

MakerGirl

Julia Haried

MakerGirl co-founder

Deloitte audit, assurance senior

Avinash Kumar

Research scientist

Intel Labs

Farva Jafri

New York entrepreneur

PondHop CEO

Kyle Mays

Assistant professor

UCLA

Cassandra Cushman

Actress, storyteller

Owner, The Freaky Witch

Harvey Yu

Data scientist

GIC of Singapore