University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Marissa Sutera

Founder

Little Things Travel of Chicago

Michael Svec

Professor of education

Furman University

Deon Thomas

UI's career scoring leader

Basketball radio analyst

Latasha Thomas

Senior counsel

Clark Hill of Chicago

Cheryl W. Thompson

NPR investigative reporter

Shared 2002 Pulitzer at Washington Post

Jim Thompson

Illinois’ 37th governor (1977-91)

Died in 2020 at age 84

Susan Tjarksen

Managing director

Cushman & Wakefield

Jaime Torres

General manager/sports attorney

International Baseball Sports Management, Inc.

Aimee Trottier

Reality show contestant

‘The Apprentice’

Katie Tryon

Senior specialist

Mars Wrigley Confectionery

Ron Turner

Football coach, 1997-2004

Took ’01 Illini to Sugar Bowl

Chris Tutor

Kellogg Co. VP

Strategy/Bus. Development

Ugur Uygur

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

Loyola University of Chicago

Anna Valencia

Chicago city clerk

Gamma Phi Beta president

Steve Van Arsdell

Retired senior partner

Deloitte & Touche

Michael Van Valkenburgh

Award-winning architect

Hired for Obama library

Kim Vandenbroucke

Game inventor/developer

Brainy Chick Inc.

Mary VanDeVelde

Traffic/news reporter

WGN Radio

Sarah Vargo

Artist, life coach, author

‘Life Is Your Party ... With A Little Pixie Dust’

Paul Veith

Litigation partner

Sidley Austin

Jim Vermette

CEO, UI Alumni Association (1967-84)

Executive VP, Cozad Asset Management

Tom Vodick

Creative director

WGN-TV, CLTV

Carol Voronyak

ESPN director

Talent recruitment

John Walden

President/CEO

FTD Companies