University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Mike Bass

Award-winning journalist

Former DI editor-in-chief

Emily (Kline) Bucarich

Director of learning and development content

National Restaurant Association

Shawna Cooper-Gibson

VP, student services

Seton Hall University

Dan Farris

Director, athletic bands

Northwestern University

Aja Favors

Associate general counsel

Evangelical Lutheran Church

Nikitta Foston

Content, multimedia producer

American Osteopathic Assn.

Myles Gage

COO and co-founder

Rapunzl Investments

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Lyndsay Gant

Program director

Northwestern Medicine

Gretchen Gscheidle

Former design director

Herman Miller, Inc.

Richard Hanus

Chicago immigration attorney

Inspiration for the 2019 NYC play ‘The Courtroom’

Priya Harjani

Associate VP, deputy general counsel

Northwestern University

Donald Harris

Stanford professor emeritus

Kamala Harris’ dad

Mark Hersam

Won 2014 ‘Genius’ grant

Northwestern professor

Phil Hockberger

Associate VP/research

Northwestern University

Adam Hoeflich

Chicago law partner

Northwestern professor

Nisa (Agrawal) Johnson

Brand manager

Modelo Especial/Constellation Brands

Kieran Kelliher

Head of finannce, Chicago Bulls

Adjunct lecturer, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Der-Tsai Lee

President emeritus

National Chung Hsing U

Donald Nally

Award-winning conductor

The Chicago Bach Project

Karin (Dommermuth) O'Connor

Clinical Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Northwestern U

Executive Director, Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital

Margaret Oakes

English professor

Furman University

Sandeep Pandya

CEO

Everguard

Anisha Ismail Patel

Education consultant

CEO, InnovusED

Daisy Porter-Reynolds

Executive director

Aurora Public Library

John Rogers

Bioelectronics pioneer

Held Swanlund chair at UI