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Trevor Bates

VP, academic affairs

Mercy College of Ohio

Marni Boppart

Professor of Kinesiology and Community Health

Beckman Vision and Spirit Award winner

Randy Buhr

Director of championships and alliances

NCAA

Immanuel Chu

Georgia pastor, public speaker

Prized Ron Zook football recruit

Jessica (Galli) Cloy

7-time Paralympic medal winner

Holds three world records

Bhibha Das

Assistant professor, East Carolina

3-time Jeopardy! contestant

Shaleen Aghi Title

Distinguished Cannabis Policy Practitioner in Residence, Ohio State

Former Cannabis Control Commissioner, State of Massachusetts

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Dee Dlugonski

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Sports Medicine Research Institute, University of Kentucky

Jack Groppel

Former Illini men’s tennis coach (1978-81)

Co-founder, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute

Erin McNary

Assistant professor, sport administration

University of Miami

Ryan Neiswender

Basketball Paralympian

Plays professionally in Germany

Deirdre O’Sullivan

Associate professor

Penn State

Kendra Smiley

Author, speaker, host

2001 Illinois Mother of the Year

Rachyl Stephenson

Assistant instructor

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Gretchen Thompson

Owner, managing partner

IMPACT Physical Therapy of Champaign

Adam Tirapelle

2001 NCAA wrestling champ

Fresno financial consultant

Amy Mays Woods

UI professor

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