University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Randy Whitecotton

Emergency management chief

Department of Defense

Michael Layman

VP/regulatory affairs

International Franchise Assn.

Chinonye Nnakwe

Molecular biologist

National Science Foundation

John Aravosis

AMERICAblog founder

Democratic consultant

Jordan Morris

Communications director

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks

Jack Kornfeind

Corporate counsel

Century 21 New Millennium

Aran Hegarty

President

Hegarty Research LLC

Whitney Wyckoff

Assistant editor

U.S. News and World Report

Steve Austin

Asst. Chief/Army Reserve

The Pentagon

Stuart Umpleby

Past president

American Cybernetics Society

Theodore Boone

Assistant general counsel

Ernst & Young

Emily Sexton

Associate general counsel

Kennedy Center

Riley Roberts

Former chief speech writer

Attorney general’s office

Rich Strasser

Senior attorney

Library of Congress

Arnyce Pock

Colonel (retired)

U.S. Air Force

Daniel Dias

Senior economist

Federal Reserve Board

Tom Lamont

Assistant Army Secretary

Obama Administration

Nicole Cottle

Deputy chief counsel

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Jason Christensen

Military aide

Office of Naval Secretary

Joshua Gorman

Smithsonian registrar

American History Museum

Samuel Skinner

Chief of staff

White House, 1991-92

Ashley Predith

Senior technical advisor

U.S. Department of Energy

Julie Hines

VP, AOL

Strategy/Development

Beth Jones

COO, Hillary for America

Ex-White House director