University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Rachel Behrens

Polymer technical director

UCSB Materials Research Lab

Petrea Burchard

Actor, author

Audiobook narrator, ACX.com

Sydney Jarrett Williams

Project/portfolio manager

Syngenta

Ruth Wuorenma

President

Neighborhood Capital Institute

Margaret Kosal

Associate professor

Georgia Tech

Deb Sokolow

Artist, writer

Northwestern professor

Jo Major

CEO, SensThys

Partner, InSite Partners

Diana Browne

Senior director

Evoque Consulting

Niel Galen

Sr. lighting designer

Formerly of HBO, CNN

Peter McDowell

Development director

American Friends of Louvre

Ken Baker

Regional managing principal

Gensler

Jon Creyts

Managing director

Rocky Mountain Institute

Charles Traub

Acclaimed photographer

NY School of Visual Arts

Frank Jennings

Atlanta-based actor

‘Selma,’ ‘Primary Colors’

Cynthia Barrett

‘Stranger Things’ actress

Plays Mrs. Holland

Barbara Suggs Mason

Retired superintendent

Matteson elementary district

Veletta Forsythe-Lill

Ret. executive director

Dallas Arts District

Vikram Jandhyala

VP, innovation strategy

University of Washington

Qiana Woodard

Consultant, strategist, author

Based in Chicago

Bruce Drolen

Senior technical fellow

37 years at Boeing

Carol Brighton

Owner

CSBrighton Consulting

Cris Graves

Producer/writer

Primetime Emmy winner

Angel Rivera

Research microbiologist

CDC

Maureen Cormack

U.S. ambassador

Bosnia and Herzegovina