University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Avis (Sampson) LaVelle

Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly

Executive director, Business Leadership Council

Doniel Sutton

Co-owner, Commercial Aquatic Services

Former Senior VP/People, PayPal

Susan Tjarksen

Managing director

Cushman & Wakefield

Julie Rodrigues Widholm

Director and chief curator

DePaul Art Museum

Dr. Jim Enderle

Emergency medicine physician

Carle Foundation Hospital

Leslie Erganian

Artist and author

Co-author, 2019 release 'NEW WEST: Innovating at the Intersection’

David Olsen

State representative

Former BP analyst

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Christian Bryant

Garden & Gun VP, publisher

1995-96 cheerleading co-captain

Irving Azoff

2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee

CEO, Azoff MSG Entertainment

Michelle (Zasi) Amazeen

Assistant professor of mass communication

Boston University

Todd Salen

Champaign County 2018 Realtor of Year

RE/MAX broker

Larry Deutsch

Chief innovation officer

Blue Chip Marketing Worldwide

Bob Gibson

Associate judge

DuPage County

Mike Lorber

Helicopter reporter

NBC 5 Chicago

KarenLee Poter

Dating coach, Internet talk show host

‘The KarenLee Poter Show’

Lisa Blimling

Director, Global Intelligence

Caterpillar

Deirdre O’Sullivan

Associate professor

Penn State

Sunil Benimadhu

CEO

Stock Exchange of Mauritius

Kirk Stephens

President

Marker InfoComm

Vic Zimmerman

Superintendent

Monticello school district

Karen Frame

CEO

Makeena, Inc.

Megan Abraham

Executive director

The Goldie Initiative

Petrea Burchard

Actor, author

Audiobook narrator, ACX.com

John Fanning

Director of college access

Aspire Public Schools

Jeff Tarte

State senator

North Carolina