University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Allan Mustard

U.S. ambassador

Country of Turkmenistan

Erin Concors

Consular officer

U.S. State Department

Deb Neubek

Human systems engineering

NASA

Kris McMasters

Former CEO

CliftonLarsonAllen

Carol Ross Barney

Pioneering architect

Thomas Jefferson Award

Holley Fain

Actress

Julia on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

Paola Boivin

Selection committee member

College Football Playoff

Grace Woo

Pixels.IO founder

Graduated at age 19

Debby Goldsberry

Co-founder

United Cannabis Collective

Diane Pearse

Hickory Farms CEO

Ex-Crate & Barrel CFO

Joel Poloney

Senior software engineer

Google

Bruce Goodwin

National security expert

Engineering alumni award

Jean Driscoll

8 Boston Marathon wins

USOC Hall of Famer

John Zeglis

Telecommunications exec

Former AT&T president

Tom Cartwright

Bank advisor

Formerly of JP Morgan Chase

Tonja Buford-Bailey

3-time Olympian

1992 NCAA hurdles champ

Ray Ozzie

Lotus Notes creator

Ex-Microsoft executive

Alan Dysert

Soap opera actor

‘All My Children’

Greg Paw

New Jersey attorney

Former deputy U.S. attorney

John Thibodeaux

Comedy writer

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

Lee Marek

Letterman show regular

High school science teacher

Barry Bearak

Pulitzer-winning reporter

The New York Times

Leslie ‘Cap’ Dean

Foreign-service worker

Ex-General Dynamics analyst

Ryan Hoch

Forbes 30-under-30

Overgrad CEO