University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jonathan Sweedler

James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry

Director, UI School of Chemical Sciences

Andreas Cangellaris

Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

M.E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Karle Flanagan

UI Senior Instructor of Statistics

2019 recipient of Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Richard Bobowski

Attorney

Friedman & Feiger, LLP

Merrill Thompson

Attorney

Created Merrill and Emma Thompson Endowment Fund

Gayle (Gomberg) Brim

Managing director

Grant Thornton LLP

Karin (Dommermuth) O'Connor

Clinical Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Northwestern U

Executive Director, Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital

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Mike Santana

Assistant professor of mathematics

Grand Valley State

Shannon Beranek

Transportation engineer

City of Urbana

Justi Rae Miller

Associate general counsel, State Farm

2-time All-Big Ten golfer

Laura Fernandez-Alvarez

Asst. dean for international/graduate affairs

Ohio State College of Law

Stanley Eisenstein

Chicago attorney

Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein, Johnson & Bareck

Jaclyn Vinson

Executive director

Housing Authority of the City of Danville

Rachyl Stephenson

Assistant instructor

University of Texas

Bayo Ojikutu

Award-winning author

‘47th Street Black,’ ‘Free Burning’

George Sakas

Director of economic development/strategic planning

Chicago Executive Airport

Marc Williams

Principal product manager

Walmart Labs

Steve Skiena

Professor of computer science

Stony Brook University

Lynn Schmit

Retired director

Mahomet Public Library

Diana Dionisio

Director, sponsorship solutions

WGN-TV, CLTV, Antenna TV

Melissa McKillip

Vice dean for advancement

Rutgers University

Jill Mazurek

Head of finance

The Mom Project

Wei Wei Jeang

Texas attorney

Grable Martin Fulton PLLC

Vic Zimmerman

Superintendent

Monticello school district

Gagan Bhatia

Founder

DataStride Solutions