People
46
Florida
Peter Marzek
Chief Illiniwek 23
Florida plastic surgeon
Erin McNary
Assistant professor, sport administration
University of Miami
Katarina Mescal-Pevzner
VP, marketing
Panoply Media
Tayler Onion
Assistant athletic director for development
Western Illinois University
Jackie Orozco
TV news reporter
WOFL, Orlando
Julie Peoples
Assistant executive director
Hart Felt Ministries
Carolyn Primus
Founder, Avalon Biomed
Owns 13 patents
Chathapuram ‘Ram’ Ramanathan
2020-21 Community Achievement Award, UI School of Social Work
Associate Professor,University of West Florida
Mike Reagen
Retired president/CEO
Greater Naples (Fla.) Chamber
Natasha Samreny
Standup comedian
Head writer, Florida Studio Theatre
John Sapora
Attorney
VP, First Tee
Sala Sims
Founder
STEMSpring Academy
Larry Smith
President
Entrepreneurs in Education
Lou Sola
Trump-appointed Federal Maritime Commissioner
Miami mega-yacht salesman
Holly Stenger
Senior architect
Walt Disney World
Kirk Stephens
President
Marker InfoComm
Adam Swiatek
Manager, corporate marketing
Carnival Corp.
Tricia Taliaferro
Women’s soccer coach, 1999-2001
Coached Illini to 1st 2 NCAA tourney berths
Scott Tess
Sustainability and resiliency officer
City of Urbana
Jaime Torres
General manager/sports attorney
International Baseball Sports Management, Inc.
Mark Weinstein
President/CEO
ICUBA
Brian Wilson
World Series of Poker
$700,000-plus in winnings
