University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

John Foreman

News-Gazette editor, publisher

2006 Illinois Journalist of Year

Grace Hou-Ovnik

Secretary

Illinois Dep't of Human Services

Michelle (Zasi) Amazeen

Assistant professor of mass communication

Boston University

Brandie Jefferson

Senior news director

Washington University

Matt Fishman

President, Fishman Solutions

Former Sirius XM college sports programming director

Laura Ewan

Manager of membership services

McLean Co. Chamber of Commerce

Mike Bass

Award-winning journalist

Former DI editor-in-chief

Dan Caterinicchia

Assistant VP, Strategy & Administration

Office of Advancement, Ohio State

Victoria Johnson

Professor of film and media studies

University of California-Irvine

Ian Punnett

‘Coast to Coast AM’ weekend host

K-State professor

Kurt Greenbaum

Director of communications

Washington U’s Olin Business School

David McCraw

Sr. VP, deputy general counsel

The New York Times Co.

Ralph Cooper

Sports director

NewsChannel 10, Amarillo, Texas

Spencer Turkin

Play-by-play announcer

North Carolina A&T

Suzanne Bates

Longtime TV anchor

Bates Communications CEO

Sarah Vargo

Artist, life coach, author

‘Life Is Your Party ... With A Little Pixie Dust’

Cheryl W. Thompson

NPR investigative reporter

Shared 2002 Pulitzer at Washington Post

Ed Sherman

Longtime Chicago sportswriter

President, ShermanReport.com

Chris Jenkins

Director of communications

Metropolitan Milwaukee Assn. of Commerce

Kristy Green

Business director

ASTRO Studios

Mike Lorber

Helicopter reporter

NBC 5 Chicago

Chelsea Norton

Director of marketing, communications

Champaign Park District

Paul Booth

DePaul associate professor

Media and cinema studies

Bob Frump

Acclaimed investigative reporter

Won Polk, Loeb awards