University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jennifer Waldinger

Central management COO

State of Illinois

Angie Rieger

Senior VP

Lands’ End

Dan Jensen

Engineering manager

Rolls-Royce

Michael Strautmanis

Vice president

Barack Obama Foundation

Mohamed El-Ashry

Senior fellow

United Nations Foundation

Susan RoAne

Best-selling author

‘How to Work A Room’

Debby Goldsberry

Co-founder

United Cannabis Collective

Katharine Hayhoe

Climate scientist

One of Time’s 'Most influential'

Stephen Elliott

Author, activist

Editor-in-chief, The Rumpus

King Alexander

Former president at Oregon State, LSU, Long Beach State, Murray State

UI professor, 1997-2001

Frankie Sturm

Foreign service officer

U.S. State Department

Meghann Wu

TV executive

Former VP, Viacom, MTV

Bill Nack

Sports Illustrated legend

Died in April 2018

Amanda Peterson

Milwaukee Art Museum

Former Google exec

Sylvia Puente

Leads Latino Policy Forum

Alumni Achievement Award