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Alumni
Bob Liebeck
Pioneering Boeing aerodynamicist, aerospace engineer
Grainger College of Engineering Hall of Famer
Dr. Julie Morita
Executive VP, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health (2015-19)
Kristen Ball
Executive director, American Society of Pharmacy Law
Associate manager, Illinois Council of Convention & Visitor Bureaus
Trevor Riggen
Senior VP, Disaster Cycle Services
American Red Cross
Nancy Moran
Assistant professor, USDA-ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Rosanna Marquez
Illinois state president
AARP
Stu Werner
Multiplatform editor
The Washington Post
Erica Bauer
Director of community relations , Chicago Bulls
Founder, Girl Power Songs
Saira Anwer
Two-time Emmy-nominated reporter
WPLG-TV, Miami
Matt Kramer
Assistant general counsel
Jimmy John’s
Toccara Castleman
Senior editor/writer, Syfy.com and USANetwork.com
NBC Universal
Auditi Chakravarty
Senior VP, Learning, Evaluation and Research
The College Board
Nisha Chittal
Director of audience and engagement
Vox.com
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Karin (Dommermuth) O'Connor
Clinical Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Northwestern U
Executive Director, Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital
Pam Kuforiji
Past president, UI Black Alumni Network
AVID coordinator, Tefft Middle School of Streamwood
Catherine Koerner
Orion program manager
NASA
Elaine Ricketts Hicks
Research support, education and public health librarian
Tulane University
Allison Semmes
Broadway performer
Starred as Diana Ross in ‘Motown the Musical’
Carol Marin
Peabody Award-winning Chicago broadcast journalist
1997 Chicago Illini of Year
Safiya Noble
2020 iSchool Distinguished Alumna Award
UCLA Associate Professor, Information Studies and African American Studies
Alexandra Turcios
Strategy and consulting, Accenture
Founder, Built-in Detroit
Newton Cheng
Global health and performance lead
Google
Darnell Leatherwood
Founder, Black Boys Shine!
Founding member, My Brother's Keeper Alliance Action Team
Dr. Joel Geiderman
Co-chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
2020 LAS Alumni Humanitarian Award
