University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

John Aikens

Inventor

President, Mesodynamics, Inc.

Michael Albert

Sign language interpreter

Chicago Hearing Society

Emelyn Baker

Interaction designer

Google

Ken Baker

Regional managing principal

Gensler

Joe Bankoff

Chair, Georgia Tech

School of International Affairs

Cynthia Barrett

‘Stranger Things’ actress

Plays Mrs. Holland

Jeff Johnson

President, Hearst newspaper division

Former San Francisco Chronicle publisher

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Norman Beamer

Administrative patent judge

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Rachel Behrens

Polymer technical director

UCSB Materials Research Lab

Larry Beyah

Stand-up comedian

Gotham Comedy Club

Mark Brandl

Switzerland-based artist

Curator, Collapsible Kunsthalle

Betsy Brandt

Actress

Marie on 'Breaking Bad'

Jason Brett

Entertainment executive

Co-produced ‘About Last Night’

Carol Brighton

Owner

CSBrighton Consulting

Diana Browne

Senior director

Evoque Consulting

Aaron Buckley

Microsoft director

Revenue and monetization

Petrea Burchard

Actor, author

Audiobook narrator, ACX.com

Andreas Cangellaris

Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

M.E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Timothy Carhart

Actor

‘Thelma & Louise,’ ‘Witness’

Anne Carpenter

Scientist, imaging platform senior director

Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT

Javier Cevallos

University president

Framingham State

Katy Clark

Executive director, Kornfeld Foundation

Past president, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Marilyn Joy Coles

Professor emerita

Eastern Illinois University

John Conrad

Actor/talent coach

‘Oceans 13,’ ‘Meet Dave’

Maureen Cormack

U.S. ambassador

Bosnia and Herzegovina