University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Kent Politsch

Ret. public affairs chief

USDA Farm Service Agency

Nichola Greenblatt

Deputy press secretary

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth

Tony Halmos

Director

King’s Commission on London

Marc Lapides

Vice president

National Restaurant Assn.

Kelsey Sutherland

LA-based publicist

PMK•BNC

Haylie Choi

Former RNC analyst

Secretary, DC Illini Club

Sheri Masters

Corporate comm. manager

Volvo North America

Mike Freedman

Chief communications officer

Stanford engineering school

Bob Axelrod

Senior VP

FleishmanHillard

Ryan Johnson

Communications director

American Heart Association

Karen Totaro

Executive VP/GM

San Diego Convention Center

Stuart Lieberman

Manager, media/PR

New York Road Runners

Jon Pyatt

Chief of staff

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos

Jodi Kawada Page

Spokeswoman

Uber

Judi Schindler

Speaker, actor, author

‘Husbands: An Owner’s Manual’

Adam Swiatek

Manager, corporate marketing

Carnival Corp.

Roger Hacker

Corporate comm. director

San Francisco 49ers

Tiasha Stevenson

Vice president

MSL Group

Joan Cetera

Senior director/PR

Frito-Lay

Danielle DuMerer

VP of technology

Shedd Aquarium

Mark Mathewson

Communications director

Illinois State Bar Assn.

Matt Coldagelli

Senior VP

Edelman

Jordan Morris

Communications director

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks

Ambar Mentor-Truppa

VP/Communications

Sgt. Shriver National Center