University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Monica Eng

Chicago reporter, Axios

Five-time James Beard Award nominee

Karle Flanagan

UI Senior Instructor of Statistics

2019 recipient of Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Joan Mahon

Named in 2020 to UI Alumni Association Board

Steelcase

Steve Johns

President and founder

Confluence Pharmaceuticals

Susan Tjarksen

Managing director

Cushman & Wakefield

Stacy Walton Long

Indianapolis law partner

Krieg DeVault LLP

Josh Whitman

Illini athletic director

2017 Central Illinois Business Magazine Forty Under 40 Man of the Year

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Jacob Ambrose

Co-founder, managing partner

Armory Capital

Lori Goldstein

Employment lawyer

Based in Northfield

Brendan McGinty

Director of Industry

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Lance Landeck

Oakland schools superintendent

Illini football manager, 1987-89

Elizabeth Pittelkow Kittner

Head of Finance

International Legal Technology Association

Dr. Luke Sewall

Hinsdale physician

Played on ’83 Rose Bowl team

B.J. Ogata

Former Illini tight end

2000 Academic All-Big Ten pick

Kendra Smiley

Author, speaker, host

2001 Illinois Mother of the Year

Justi Rae Miller

Associate general counsel, State Farm

2-time All-Big Ten golfer

Nancy Suchomski

Director of resource development

United Way of Champaign County

Laura Ewan

Manager of membership services

McLean Co. Chamber of Commerce

Doug Erhard

Wealth management advisor

Northwest Mutual of Champaign

Mike Bass

Award-winning journalist

Former DI editor-in-chief

Stanley Eisenstein

Chicago attorney

Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein, Johnson & Bareck

Ron Turner

Football coach, 1997-2004

Took ’01 Illini to Sugar Bowl

Ralph Cooper

Sports director

NewsChannel 10, Amarillo, Texas

Julie Peoples

Assistant executive director

Hart Felt Ministries

Reilly O’Toole

Former Illini quarterback

No. 8 all-time in pass efficiency