University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jenna Hall

Illinois Athletics HOF

Ohio State assistant coach

Priya Harjani

Associate VP, deputy general counsel

Northwestern University

Larry Harris Jr.

Foreign service officer

U.S. State Department

Jayda Imanlihen

Director of Multimedia Design & Production, Bovard College, University of Southern California

Executive Director, Black Girl Film School

Greg Jasinski

Assistant dean

University of Chicago

Brandie Jefferson

Senior news director

Washington University

Ann Lee Joe

Climate change secretariat

UN’s German campus

Nicole Jorwic

Director of rights policy

The Arc of the United States

Gary Kebbel

Ex-AOL news director

Now a Nebraska professor

Eric Klinker

CEO/co-founder

Resilio Inc.

Chene Lawson

Actress

'Entourage' among credits

Paul Lisnek

WGN TV host

‘Politics Tonight’

Ryan McPartlin

LA-based actor

‘Captain Awesome’ Woodcomb on ‘Chuck’

Scott Mehaffey

Executive director

Farnsworth House

Leslie Munger

Illinois deputy governor

2015-16: State comptroller

Paul Nick

Executive director

Ohio Ethics Commission

Jim Nowlan

Author, columnist, publisher

Former state representative

Bayo Ojikutu

Award-winning author

‘47th Street Black,’ ‘Free Burning’

Donn Pall

Former MLB pitcher

VP, Morgan Stanley

Mark Palmer

Chief Counsel

Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism

Brad Pavone

Executive producer, OWN

On Team Oprah since ’05

Len Phillips

Founder

Online Seminars for Municipal Arborists

Kent Politsch

Ret. public affairs chief

USDA Farm Service Agency

Jon Pyatt

Chief of staff

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos