University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Howie Japlon

VP/general counsel

Ace Hardware

Curt Lovelace

Former UI football captain

Starter on '90 Big Ten champs

Paul Lisnek

WGN TV host

‘Politics Tonight’

Corinne Wood

Lt. governor, 1999-2003

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa

Kozo Yabe

Patent attorney

Yuasa & Hara, Tokyo

Dan Capron

Big Ten football official

Chicago attorney

Samuel Skinner

Chief of staff

White House, 1991-92

Carolina Van Moorsel

Senior program officer

Heartland Alliance Inernational

Michael Strautmanis

Vice president

Barack Obama Foundation

Tim Lambert

Senior VP/general counsel

Caesars Entertainment

Parisa Mazaheri

VP/law, North America

Johnson & Johnson

Greg Paw

New Jersey attorney

Former deputy U.S. attorney

Terry Lavin

Appellate judge

Illinois First District

Mike Lufrano

General counsel/senior VP

Chicago Cubs

Bill Vainisi

Deputy general counsel

Allstate Insurance

Sam Banayan

Legal director

Redbox

Jason DeHaan

Chief information officer

Gildan

Keith Kizer

Nevada Athletic Commission

Executive director, 2006-14

Richard Dunsworth

President

University of the Ozarks

Debra Walker

Circuit court judge

Cook County

Jill Wine-Banks

Watergate prosecutor

Led American Bar Assn.

Madhu Southworth

Senior VP/legal

AMC Entertainment

Kanya Bennett

Legislative counsel

ACLU

Kimball Anderson

Law firm partner

Winston & Strawn, Chicago