University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Julia Gouw

Retired banking COO

California’s East West Bank

Ryan Gower

President

Lincoln Trail College

Brian Grady

Chemical engineering professor

University of Oklahoma

Graham Grady

Chicago law partner

Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Meg Graham

Business reporter

CNBC

Cris Graves

Producer/writer

Primetime Emmy winner

Steve Gray

CEO

Asteri Networks

Ellen Greaves

Mediator, consultant, attorney

Raleigh-Durham, N.C.

Andrew Green

Technical director

Management Systems International

Jared Green

Senior associate/VP

Langan Engineering and Environmental Services

Kristy Green

Business director

ASTRO Studios

Sharony Green

Associate professor of history

University of Alabama

Kurt Greenbaum

Director of communications

Washington U’s Olin Business School

Nichola Greenblatt

Deputy press secretary

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth

Donna Greene

Former CEO

Busey Wealth Management

Nancy Greenwalt

Executive director

Promise Healthcare

Karyn Greer

Investigative reporter

CBS 46, Atlanta

Sue Grey

President/CEO

United Way of Champaign County

Drew Griffin

Peabody-winning reporter

Died in December 2022 at age 60

Mildred Barnes Griggs

UI College of Education's first Black dean

Died in 2025

Mary Grisolano

Sr. resident general manager

Blue Man Group

Neal King Groothuis

Software engineer, Troops

Google alum

Jack Groppel

Former Illini men’s tennis coach (1978-81)

Co-founder, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute

Arielle Gross Samuels

Chief marketing and communications officer

General Catalyst