University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Roger Dickey

Founder/CEO

Gigster

David Olsen

State representative

Former BP analyst

Chantelle Kelly

Customer development mgr.

PepsiCo

Bob Sarkar

President/CEO

Arkansas Health Network

Marra Gad

Director, president

Egad! Productions

Chinonye Nnakwe

Molecular biologist

National Science Foundation

Octavian Cheung

Hong Kong-based CEO

Immersive Education Academy

Jennifer Card

Senior counsel

McDonald's

Jenny McGaffigan

Former UI tennis star

John Deere

Richard DeBowes

2017 President’s Award

American Vet Med Assn.

Jordan Morris

Communications director

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks

Aran Hegarty

President

Hegarty Research LLC

Nathan Hale Williams

President

iN-Hale Entertainment

Luvvie Ajayi

Best-selling Nigerian author

'16 LAS Young Alum of Yr.

Theodore Boone

Assistant general counsel

Ernst & Young

Ehsan Bokhari

Senior analyst

Los Angeles Dodgers

Jennifer Ollie

STEM program manager

Chicago Public Schools

Britney Robbins

Founder/CEO, Gray Matter Experience

No. 2 on CS Magazine's 2020 Most Influential Chicagoans list

Emily Sexton

Associate general counsel

Kennedy Center

Tina Akouris

Digital news editor

Chicago Tribune

Donald Johanson

Paleoanthropologist

Discovered Lucy skeleton

Joseph Steven

Character actor

Romulan in ‘Star Trek’

Peter Marzek

Chief Illiniwek 23

Florida plastic surgeon

Tonise Paul

President/CEO

Energy BBDO