University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jason Barickman

State senator, R-Bloomington

Meyer Capel attorney

George Symeonides

Vice-consul/foreign service

U.S. State Department

Larry Werries

Former state ag director

UIAA Loyalty Award

Deb Busey

40 years in local government

Champaign County administrator, 1998-2016

Kiah Morris

Former Vermont state representative

Women’s Leadership Fellow

Maureen Cormack

U.S. ambassador

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ricca Slone

Former state representative

Northwestern lecturer

Jim Thompson

Illinois’ 37th governor (1977-91)

Died in 2020 at age 84

Bob Holmes

Hydrodynamics chief

U.S. Geological Survey

Jon Pyatt

Chief of staff

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos

Bob Work

Dep. Sec. of Defense, 2014-17

Navy Under Secretary, 2009-13

Mike Halpin

State representative

D-Rock Island

Jim Eichhorst

Maryland state director

Farm Service Agency

Katie Thompson

Amazon VP

Associate general counsel

Kelly Burke

State representative

D-Oak Lawn

Robert Blons

Special agent

NCIS

Debra Berg

Author, speaker

CEO, NICE Network

Loida Tapia

Senior advisor

U.S. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Tony Baylis

Director, diversity/inclusion

Livermore National Lab

Danielle DuMerer

VP of technology

Shedd Aquarium

Scott Turner

9-year NFL cornerback

Former Texas state rep.

Tim Kabat

Mayor

La Crosse, Wisconsin

David Olsen

State representative

Former BP analyst

Kerry Rogier

Budget analyst

State Department