People
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Entrepreneur
Mannie Jackson
Basketball Hall of Famer
CEO, Harlem Globetrotters
Todd Atkinson
Ex-external affairs director
USDA Farm Service Agency
Bill Smith
Champaign-born Huffy Corp. CEO
Died in 2019
Jeremy Stoppelman
Yelp CEO
Ex-PayPal VP/engineering
Steve Chen
YouTube co-founder
Class of 2022, Grainger College of Engineering Hall of Fame
Jered Thorp
Director, Nike
Global sportswear comms.
Francine Parham
Author, speaker
‘Ultimate Career Pocket Guide’
Kimberly Kemper
U.S. Loyalty Manager
ExxonMobil
Rachel McClellan
Volleyball star, 2002-05
Co-owner, FIT4MOM
Ron Ferrari
Super Bowl-winning linebacker
Captain on Mike White teams
Aimee Trottier
Reality show contestant
‘The Apprentice’
Clark Benson
CEO/founder
Ranker
Bob Monti
Owner, founder
Papa Del’s Pizza Factory
Sherwin Pomerantz
Jerusalem-based consultant
President, Atid EDI
Suze Orman
Financial guru
CNBC show host, 2002-15
Richard Keene
3 NCAA trips as Illini
Director, MRC Global
Bill McKay
Director, business operations
Ellington & French LLC
Ron Popeil
Infomercial king
Ronco CEO
John Hass
CEO/President
Rosetta Stone
Julie Hines
VP, AOL
Strategy/Development
Rex Miller
Award-winning author
Principal, mindSHIFT
Kris McMasters
Former CEO
CliftonLarsonAllen
Grace Woo
Pixels.IO founder
Graduated at age 19
Diane Pearse
Hickory Farms CEO
Ex-Crate & Barrel CFO
