University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Cynthia Oliver

Professor of dance

2015 Doris Duke Impact Award nominee

Alison Osterbur

VP/Human Resources

NBCUniversal Media

Florence Pak

Design director

Conde Nast Wired

June Panagakos Podagrosi

Founder, executive director

Child’s Play Touring Theatre

Francine Parham

Author, speaker

‘Ultimate Career Pocket Guide’

Crystal Park

Journalism and mass media instructor

Pierce College

Ankit Patel

Senior manager

American Express

Feniosky Peña-Mora

NYC commissioner

Design/Construction Dept.

Leslie Picker

Business reporter

New York Times, CNBC

Alan Poeppel

VP/senior associate

Langan Engineering

Titus Potter

Assistant district attorney

NY Narcotics and Gangs Bureau

Zenobia Ravji

NY-based writer, journalist

Spent 2 years as reporter/producer in Israel

Jamila Reeves

Managing director

Teach For America

Misha Rezvi

Emmy/Outstanding research

PBS' ‘Outlawed in Pakistan'

Reshma Saujani

Founder/CEO

Girls Who Code

Craig Scott

President

Zodiac Arresting Systems

Allison Semmes

Broadway performer

Starred as Diana Ross in ‘Motown the Musical’

Steve Skiena

Professor of computer science

Stony Brook University

Michelle Smallmon

Co-host, "Unsportsmanlike"

ESPN Radio

Madhu Southworth

Senior VP/legal

AMC Entertainment

Lauren Spieller

Novelist, literary agent

TriadaUS

Jeff Stute

Managing director

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Koushalya Subramanian

Revenue research

Twitter

Robert Swieringa

Accounting prof. emeritus

Cornell University