University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Arnyce Pock

Colonel (retired)

U.S. Air Force

Kent Politsch

Ret. public affairs chief

USDA Farm Service Agency

Ashley Predith

Senior technical advisor

U.S. Department of Energy

Jon Pyatt

Chief of staff

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos

Trevor Riggen

Senior VP, Disaster Cycle Services

American Red Cross

Mike Rizzo

GM, president of baseball operations

Washington Nationals

Riley Roberts

Former chief speech writer

Attorney general’s office

Rick Schwerdtfeger

Program director

National Science Foundation

Jose Seligmann-Silva

Chief advisor

Inter-American Development Bank

Emily Sexton

Associate general counsel

Kennedy Center

Scott Shearer

Bockorny Group VP

USDA deputy ass’t secretary (1993-96)

Samuel Skinner

Chief of staff

White House, 1991-92

Dontae Skywalker

Staff sergeant

U.S. Army

Janine Smith

VP, The Hershey Co.

Global government relations

Erica Knievel Songer

Chief counsel

United States Senate

Rich Strasser

Senior attorney

Library of Congress

Keith Stroup

Marijuana reform advocate

Founder, NORML

Frankie Sturm

Foreign service officer

U.S. State Department

George Symeonides

Vice-consul/foreign service

U.S. State Department

Kandice Tanner

Investigator

National Cancer Institute

Loida Tapia

Senior advisor

U.S. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Karleton Thomas

Director of entrepreneurship

Urban League of D.C.

Katie Thompson

Amazon VP

Associate general counsel

Merrill Thompson

Attorney

Created Merrill and Emma Thompson Endowment Fund