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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)
Markita Landry
2020 UI Young Alumni Award winner
Assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Cal-Berkeley
Matt Kolb
Executive VP, chief operating officer
Carle Health
Ivory M. Berry
Assistant Dean, College of Education and Human Development
George Mason University
Ross Cavitt
Former Emmy-winning Atlanta TV reporter
Cobb (Ga,) County communications director
Sarah Seiler Watson
Executive director
Looking for Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
Kelvin Droegemeier
UI atmospheric sciences professor and special advisor to the chancellor
Former director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Naya Crittenden
Right side hitter, UI volleyball, 2015-16
Top scorer in Swiss pro league, 2019-20
Myles Gage
COO and co-founder
Rapunzl Investments
Joan Mahon
Named in 2020 to UI Alumni Association Board
Steelcase
Angela Sinickas
2020 Alumni Achievement Award
International corporate communication researcher
Ann McBrien
First woman to serve as VP/sales at Procter & Gamble
Started UIAA Comeback program, Illini Pride founding board member
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Avis (Sampson) LaVelle
Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly
Executive director, Business Leadership Council
Dee Dlugonski
Assistant Professor
Sports Medicine Research Institute, University of Kentucky
Norman Beamer
Administrative patent judge
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Adrian Hochstadt
Deputy CEO
American Veterinary Medical Association
Adrienne Washington
Leadership coach and consultant, AA3 Solutions LLC
Former HR senior manager, Lockheed Martin
Gretchen Thompson
Owner, managing partner
IMPACT Physical Therapy of Champaign
Art Kramer
Beckman Institute director, 2010-16
Professor/center director, Northeastern University
