University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Nadia Ibrahim

Senior policy advisor

U.S. Dept. of Labor

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Former U.S. Congressman

Served from 1995-2012

Emil Javier

Former minister of science

The Philippines

Beth Jones

COO, Hillary for America

Ex-White House director

Tim Kabat

Mayor

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Neel Kashkari

President, Minneapolis Fed

Administrator, TARP, 2008-09

Margaret Kealy-Machella

Chief of public affairs

U.S. Air Force

Rob Kennedy

President

C-SPAN

Bob Kustra

Boise State president

Led E. Kentucky, 1998-2001

Tom Lamont

Assistant Army Secretary

Obama Administration

Avis (Sampson) LaVelle

Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly

Executive director, Business Leadership Council

Luther Lemon

D.C. architect

Architect of the Capitol

Amy Liu

Planner

Juneau, Alaska

Chris Lung

All-American gymnast

Department of Defense

Marty Malloy

M3 Insurance director

Education & Gov't Practice

Bob Martinez

Florida governor, 1987-91

U.S. Drug Czar, 1991-93

Janet Hoffman Mathis

2021 ACES Award of Merit recipient

President/CEO, Elevate Illinois

Morgan McClain-McKinney

Foreign service officer

USAID

Jaylin McClinton

Community organizer

Obama Foundation

John McDonald

U.S. ambassador

Died in May 2019

Brendan McGinty

Director of Industry

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Audrey (Butkus) Merlone

Planner, legislative affairs

City & county of San Francisco

Bill Meyer

Natural resource specialist

U.S. Army ERDC

Elizabeth Milnarik

Adjunct professor

University of Virginia