University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Margaret Ahrweiler

VP/marketing director

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Julia Azari

American presidency expert

Author, Marquette professor

Brent Brotine

Chicago advertising creative director

Current freelance copywriter

Sue Byrne

Writer/editor

Consumer Reports (2003-16)

Mike Cassidy

Lead storyteller, Signifyd

Former columnist, San Jose Mercury News

Erin Concors

Consular officer

U.S. State Department

Aaron Mobarak

’91 Academic All-American

Investment firm president

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Vida Cornelious

Group creative director

The Walt Disney Co.

Dena Craig

Emmy-winning TV producer

Formerly of Sony, TV One

Diana Dionisio

Director, sponsorship solutions

WGN-TV, CLTV, Antenna TV

Angelica Duria

TV anchor/reporter

WITI, Milwaukee

Pat Embry

Nonprofit executive

Nashville, Tenn.

Martin Fackler

Former assistant Asia editor

The New York Times

Mike Freedman

Chief communications officer

Stanford engineering school

Bryan Freres

Assistant U.S. attorney

Degrees in history, law

John Galante

President

AE Ventures

Tamara Gibbs

Senior content strategist

919 Marketing

Sharony Green

Associate professor of history

University of Alabama

Larry Ingrassia

Managing editor

Los Angeles Times

Emily Jaenson

Former general manager

Reno Aces

Terry Kasdan

Founder

atCommunications, LLC

Sandra Hughes Kazarian

Correspondent

CBS News

Gary Kebbel

Ex-AOL news director

Now a Nebraska professor

Colleen Keough Wagner

Fiction author, editor

aka ‘Rumer Haven’

Jeff Legwold

Senior writer

ESPN