University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Cathy Bushman

Senior director

Tiffany & Co.

Mark Adams

Best-selling author

‘Turn Right at Machu Picchu’

James Adams

CEO/founder

Strong Leader

Feniosky Peña-Mora

NYC commissioner

Design/Construction Dept.

Ronald Filler

NY Law School professor

Gave $200,000 for band tower

Jeanne Harris

Business analytics lecturer

Columbia University

Marcus Minifee

VP/team marketing

Brooklyn Nets/NY Islanders

Stephan Wiet

Research director/fellow

McNeil Consumer Healthcare

Reshma Saujani

Founder/CEO

Girls Who Code

Brent McDonald

Senior video journalist

The New York Times

Elina Furman

Founder

Elfin Marketing of NYC

Bianca Flowers

Multimedia consultant

Investopedia

Paul Ward

Coordinator, disabled services

New York Yankees

Jon Burr

Renowned bassist

Founded arrangerforhire.com

Raed Elkhatib

President/CEO

Atlantic-Pacific Capital

Misha Rezvi

Emmy/Outstanding research

PBS' ‘Outlawed in Pakistan'

Josey Miller

Actress, singer, writer

WCIA alum

Samarth Bhaskar

Senior editor

The New York Times

Melissa Tombro

Associate professor

Fashion Institute of Tech.

Chelsey Coombs

Writer, producer

The Weather Channel

Stuart Lieberman

Manager, media/PR

New York Road Runners

Kenneth Chang

Science reporter

The New York Times

Jose Martinez

Cornell professor

Distinguished Alumni Award

Pramod Varshney

Syracuse professor

Distinguished Alumni Award