University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jodi Kawada Page

Spokeswoman

Uber

Margaret Kealy-Machella

Chief of public affairs

U.S. Air Force

Marc Lapides

Vice president

National Restaurant Assn.

Avis (Sampson) LaVelle

Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly

Executive director, Business Leadership Council

Stuart Lieberman

Manager, media/PR

New York Road Runners

Sheri Masters

Corporate comm. manager

Volvo North America

Mark Mathewson

Communications director

Illinois State Bar Assn.

Janet Hoffman Mathis

2021 ACES Award of Merit recipient

President/CEO, Elevate Illinois

Ambar Mentor-Truppa

VP/Communications

Sgt. Shriver National Center

Jordan Morris

Communications director

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks

Kate Munson

Communications coordinator

Texas Rangers

Chelsea Norton

Director of marketing, communications

Champaign Park District

Kathleen Piche

Mental health spokeswoman

Los Angeles County

Kent Politsch

Ret. public affairs chief

USDA Farm Service Agency

David Prosperi

Senior VP, communications

The Options Clearing Corp. (OCC)

Bria Purdiman

Account supervisor, Marketing

Burrell Communications

Jon Pyatt

Chief of staff

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos

Anastasia Randle

Development coordinator

MATTER

Jamila Reeves

Managing director

Teach For America

Josh Rubenstein

Public information director

Los Angeles PD

Judi Schindler

Speaker, actor, author

‘Husbands: An Owner’s Manual’

Jim Schlueter

Retired Boeing communications director

Lead donor for UI’s Media Innovation Fund

Angela Sinickas

2020 Alumni Achievement Award

International corporate communication researcher

Christina (Crawford) Steed

Executive VP

Flowers Communications Group