University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Dr. Michael Adkesson

President/CEO

Chicago Zoological Sociey

Kelly Loeffler

U.S. senator (2020-21)

Former WNBA team owner, Bakkt CEO

Janet Hoffman Mathis

2021 ACES Award of Merit recipient

President/CEO, Elevate Illinois

Amber McReynolds

CEO, National Vote At Home Institute and Coalition

Co-author, ‘When Women Vote’

Angela Sinickas

2020 Alumni Achievement Award

International corporate communication researcher

Craig Virgin

1975 NCAA Cross-Country champion

Illinois Athletics Hall of Famer

Bruna Romero-Melgar

Managing director

Girls in Tech of Bolivia

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Julie Freischlag

CEO, Wake Forest Baptist Health

Dean, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Don Edwards

Flexpoint Ford CEO

Chair, UI board of trustees

Sandeep Pandya

CEO

Everguard

Marty Welch

CEO

Hawaii Employers Mutual Insurance Company

Dave Cocagne

President/CEO, Vermilion Development

Chairman, Silver Birch Living

Sonny Tai

CEO/co-founder, Actuate

Marine Corps veteran

Shondra Clay

Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions

Northern Illinois U

Justin Breen

Founder, BrEpic Communications LLC

Journalism Chair, College of Media Alumni Board

Irving Azoff

2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee

CEO, Azoff MSG Entertainment

Dr. Luke Sewall

Hinsdale physician

Played on ’83 Rose Bowl team

Stephanie Rosa

Festivate CEO & business dev. director

Festival Squad founder

Phil DeRuntz

Board chairman

iPrime Fund

Dan Gusanders

Founder, CEO

Pure Processing LLC

Lothar Soliwon

President, CEO

ZG Worldwide Consultants

April Warren-Grice

Founder/CEO

Liberated Genius, LLC

Cary McMillan

CEO, True Partners Consulting

2004 Chicago Illini of Year

Jake Becraft

Co-founder, CEO

Strand Therapeutics

Rich Stanbaugh

President/CEO

NuArx, Inc.