University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Neal Kitchen

Chief operating officer

HydroPeptide

Kent Politsch

Ret. public affairs chief

USDA Farm Service Agency

Bruce Boruszak

Executive VP

Pine Tree Commercial Realty

Erika Harold

Miss America 2003

Champaign attorney

Lise Dominique

Broadcaster, author

HarveyDoodle Productions

Gene Cross

College hoops scout

NBA’s Sacramento Kings

Janea Hawkins

Assistant attorney general

District of Columbia

Ronald Marcuson

Retired tax partner

Ernst & Young

Stephen Katz

North American director

Jews for Jesus

Dontae Skywalker

Staff sergeant

U.S. Army

Ron Sipiora

Senior VP

BPI Group

Jim Fessler

Chicago attorney

Illinois Leadership Institute

Susanne Stoll

District brand leader

Anthropologie

Paul Sledd

Snap Inc. senior manager

Talent research and outreach

Amy Liu

Planner

Juneau, Alaska

Richard Vedder

Professor emeritus

Ohio University

Allison Buckley

Manager, Learfield

Client relations, nat’l sales

Chris Lung

All-American gymnast

Department of Defense

Gennaro Marino

President

Marino Engineering

Bob Wilson

Data science director

Mammoth Media

Nichola Greenblatt

Deputy press secretary

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth

Nick Ciffone

Creative director

2 Cannes Lion award wins

Bobby True

2000 Liberian Olympian

8-time Big Ten champ

Vivian Zapata

Visual artist

Teaches at Governors State