University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

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

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

Craig Hella Johnson

Grammy-winning conductor, composer​

Artistic director, Conspirare​

Dr. Erik Antonsen

Assistant Director, Human Systems Risk Management

NASA

Jay Rosenstein

Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker

UI Professor, Media and Cinema Studies

Kathryn Cataldo

Assistant city attorney

City of Champaign

Pat Fitzgerald

Attorney

Meyer Capel of Champaign

Diane Wolfe Marlin

Urbana mayor since 2017

Coordinator, UI Family Resiliency Program (2000-10)