University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Vicki Ku

Senior product manager

Airbnb

Damien Howard

Director of education initiatives

Together Chicago

Farva Jafri

New York entrepreneur

PondHop CEO

Gagan Bhatia

Founder

DataStride Solutions

Jordan Batt

CEO, co-founder

Endurance Direct, Northbrook

Zeba Parkar

Founder, CEO

Materius, Inc.

Megan Abraham

Executive director

The Goldie Initiative

Chris Gersch

Founder/CEO

Verde Solutions LLC

Nik Lapin

Sr. manager/partnerships

EZLinks Golf LLC

Madelin Woods

CEO, Hello Walden

NYC designer, artist

Indira Saladi

Intellectual property attorney

Endowed UI scholarship

Jeff Carter

Manager

West Loop Ventures

Sonia Kazarova

California bakery CEO

Gluten Free Goddess

Rodney Anderson

Founder/President

Pancheros Mexican Grill

Creg McDonald

Owner

The McDonald Group

Reshma Saujani

Founder/CEO

Girls Who Code

John Galante

President

AE Ventures

Lester McKeever

Former chairman

Federal Reserve of Chicago

Ellen Dickson

President

Bailey Edward Design

Bo Batchelder

All-American defensive end

Food service entrepreneur

Ray Lantz

President

Carpet Advantage, Urbana

Larry Clinton

President

Internet Security Alliance

Pam Strobel

Former Exelon CAO

UI trustee, 2009-14

Larry Smith

President

Entrepreneurs in Education