University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Mary McDowell

Polycom CEO

Distinguished Alumni Award

David Goldberg

Founder, Threejoy Associates

UI professor emeritus

Michael Coates

Former Twitter chief information security officer

Co-founder & CEO, Altitude Networks

Craig Vodnik

Co-founder

Cleverbridge

Tonise Paul

President/CEO

Energy BBDO

Don Scifres

Laser physics pioneer

UI Engineering HOF

Chris Gandy

3-year basketball starter

CEO, Midwest Legacy Group

Mannie Jackson

Basketball Hall of Famer

CEO, Harlem Globetrotters

Bill Smith

Champaign-born Huffy Corp. CEO

Died in 2019

Jeremy Stoppelman

Yelp CEO

Ex-PayPal VP/engineering

Tom Penn

ESPN NBA analyst

Los Angeles FC owner

Heather Pink

Co-founder, CEO

PinkDear LLC

Clark Benson

CEO/founder

Ranker

Rob Kennedy

President

C-SPAN

Jay Vroom

CEO

CropLife America

Sherwin Pomerantz

Jerusalem-based consultant

President, Atid EDI

David Eichhorn

Retired major general

U.S. Air Force

Pat Basu

CEO

Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Andrew Hibel

Co-founder, COO

HigherEdJobs

Ron Popeil

Infomercial king

Ronco CEO

John Hass

CEO/President

Rosetta Stone

Mohamed El-Ashry

Senior fellow

United Nations Foundation

Kris McMasters

Former CEO

CliftonLarsonAllen

Diane Pearse

Hickory Farms CEO

Ex-Crate & Barrel CFO