University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Mike LaCassa

Director, minor league ops

Los Angeles Angels

Kimberly Kemper

U.S. Loyalty Manager

ExxonMobil

Colleen Callahan

Director, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Distinguished Service Award recipient

John Holecek

No. 5 in tackles at UI

IHSA title-winning coach

Matt Lackey

NCAA wrestling champion

Orthopedics sales rep

Sarah Hartwell

Women’s hoops, 2013-16

3-time Academic All-Big Ten

Curt Lovelace

Former UI football captain

Starter on '90 Big Ten champs

Rachel McClellan

Volleyball star, 2002-05

Co-owner, FIT4MOM

Paul Lisnek

WGN TV host

‘Politics Tonight’

Jackie Orozco

TV news reporter

WOFL, Orlando

Yemaya Bordain

Pioneering Ph.D. student

Intel Corp. engineer

Aimee Trottier

Reality show contestant

‘The Apprentice’

Evan Zeder

Tennis marketing manager

New Balance

Emily West

New York media personality

WNBC TV, WNEW Radio

Eric Gardner

Senior engineering director

Golf Channel

Tom Lopinski

Music licensing director

Disney/ABC TV Group

Kristine Kazanovski

Finance director

McDonald’s

Clark Benson

CEO/founder

Ranker

Josh Rubenstein

Public information director

Los Angeles PD

Rob Kennedy

President

C-SPAN

Corinne Wood

Lt. governor, 1999-2003

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa

Jerrance Howard

Illini guard, coach

Now on Bill Self’s Kansas Jayhawks staff

Anna Patterson

Founder, Gradient Ventures

Google

Sri Raman

Associate producer

Big Ten Network