University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

John Zeglis

Telecommunications exec

Former AT&T president

Ryan Hoch

Forbes 30-under-30

Overgrad CEO

Pedro Cevallos-Candau

President/CEO

Primera Engineers

Tom Hogan

Kony CEO

Ex-Hewlett-Packard VP

Sheila Johnson

BET founding partner

WNBA team president

John Cioffi

‘The father of DSL’

Internet Hall of Famer

Jeff Huber

CEO, Grail

Former Google exec

Genevieve Thoris

Founder & CEO

We Do Hair of Paris

Marty Weiss

Writer/director

Formerly of Amazon Studios

John Walden

President/CEO

FTD Companies

Irl Engelhardt

Energy executive

Peabody CEO, 1990-2005

Tom Siebel

Software entrepreneur

Donated $157 million-plus

Bill Aubrey

CEO

Gertrude Hawk Chocolates

Michael Kelly

Media executive

Ex-Weather Channel CEO

Ayala Donchin

New York restaurant owner

Founded Evelyn’s Kitchen

Roxanne Decyk

Former oil industry executive

Held top posts at Shell, Amoco

Cheryl Berman

Award-winning ad exec

Past chairman, Leo Burnett

Jack Welch

Former CEO, General Electric

Died in 2020 at age 84

Sylvia Puente

Leads Latino Policy Forum

Alumni Achievement Award

Robert Johnson

Billionaire businessman

BET founder