University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Samuel Skinner

Chief of staff

White House, 1991-92

Rick George

Colorado athletic director

Former Illini cornerback

Ashley Predith

Senior technical advisor

U.S. Department of Energy

Hillary Tennant

Illini volleyball setter

3rd-team All-American, 2010

Carolina Van Moorsel

Senior program officer

Heartland Alliance Inernational

John Hass

CEO/President

Rosetta Stone

Donna Ross Daniels

Fraud investigations

Ernst & Young

Michael Strautmanis

Vice president

Barack Obama Foundation

Fiona Soderberg

Program manager

Google

Constantine Curris

President at 3 universities

Clemson, Murray St., N. Iowa

Linda Birnbaum

NIEHS director

Distinguished Alumni Award

Will Leitch

Deadspin founder

NY Magazine, MLB.com

Tim Lambert

Senior VP/general counsel

Caesars Entertainment

Mohamed El-Ashry

Senior fellow

United Nations Foundation

Shadia Haddad

Senior investment analyst

Former UI volleyball star

Susan RoAne

Best-selling author

‘How to Work A Room’

Parisa Mazaheri

VP/law, North America

Johnson & Johnson

Kim Clark

VP/events strategy

NBA

Vivian Payton

Co-executive producer

‘Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta’

Julie Hines

VP, AOL

Strategy/Development

Nicole White

Public affairs chief

U.S. Air Force

Beth Jones

COO, Hillary for America

Ex-White House director

Rex Miller

Award-winning author

Principal, mindSHIFT

Erin Virtue

Associate head coach

Northwestern volleyball