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Richard Hanus
Chicago immigration attorney
Inspiration for the 2019 NYC play ‘The Courtroom’
Michael Gunderson
Professor/Director, Center for Food & Agricultural Business
Purdue University
John Matras
Automotive writer, photographer
Owner, John Matras Media LLC
Justin Breen
Founder, BrEpic Communications LLC
Journalism Chair, College of Media Alumni Board
Brendan McGinty
Director of Industry
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
John Williams III
Assistant Professor, Multicultural Education
Texas A&M University
George Buchanan
Executive VP, Risk Management
Regions Bank
Jason Davis
Director of Astronomy
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Keith Westcott
2010 LAS Distinguished Service Award
Retired scientist, visiting UI scholar
Bria Purdiman
Account supervisor, Marketing
Burrell Communications
Jim Misener
Principal/President
50,000feet
Lance Landeck
Oakland schools superintendent
Illini football manager, 1987-89
Bryan Thomas Jr.
Associate Director, EDGE Doctoral Fellowship Program
Stanford University
Leslie Erganian
Artist and author
Co-author, 2019 release 'NEW WEST: Innovating at the Intersection’
Evan Glazer
Head of school
The Avenues: The World School
Sylvia Ronsvalle
Executive VP
empty tomb, inc.
Christian Bryant
Garden & Gun VP, publisher
1995-96 cheerleading co-captain
Chirantan ‘CJ' Desai
Chief product officer
ServiceNow
Aisha Conner-Gaten
Instructional design librarian
Loyola Marymount University
Ashley Morgan
Development and events coordinator
Crisis Nursery
Jim Schlueter
Retired Boeing communications director
Lead donor for UI’s Media Innovation Fund
Deborah Paul
Pioneering researcher, biochemist
34-plus years at Abbott Laboratories
Elizabeth Pittelkow Kittner
Head of Finance
International Legal Technology Association
Brian Courtney Wilson
Gospel & contemporary Christian singer
2015 Traditional Gospel Album Of Year
