University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jeff Legwold

Senior writer

ESPN

Jay Vroom

CEO

CropLife America

Kozo Yabe

Patent attorney

Yuasa & Hara, Tokyo

Taeyun Paik

Creative strategist

Google of Singapore

Sherwin Pomerantz

Jerusalem-based consultant

President, Atid EDI

Jason Christensen

Military aide

Office of Naval Secretary

Phillip Sharp

Renowned geneticist, biologist

Shared 1993 Nobel Prize

Charlie Meyerson

VP/editorial

ChicagoPublicSquare.com

Mark Sherbin

Content manager

Google

Jeff Kramer

Technical adviser

Vulcan Inc.

Joshua Gorman

Smithsonian registrar

American History Museum

Walter Young

Illini receiver, 1998-2002

2,382 yards 4th all-time

Emil Javier

Former minister of science

The Philippines

Suze Orman

Financial guru

CNBC show host, 2002-15

Judi Nash

Miss America 1969

Delta Gamma alumna

Gretchen Hall

Software developer

Google

John Giannini

College basketball coach

508–375 career mark

Jason Febery

Product manager

Google

Paul Stanton

Senior strategist

Google

Dan Capron

Big Ten football official

Chicago attorney

Tom Trone

Retired director/sales

John Deere

Richard Keene

3 NCAA trips as Illini

Director, MRC Global

Josh Nizzi

Entertainment designer

Designed ‘Iron Man 3’ robots

Bill McKay

Director, business operations

Ellington & French LLC