University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Ben Brownback

Principal, executive producer, The B2Group

Past president, Las Vegas Illini Alumni Club

Janis (Lee) Buesching

Sr. design program manager

Microsoft

Beth Bugdaycay

Former Rebecca Taylor CEO

Co-founded Foundrae jewelry line

Luke Bujarski

Founder, CEO

LUFT Global Research

Petrea Burchard

Actor, author

Audiobook narrator, ACX.com

Deb Busey

40 years in local government

Champaign County administrator, 1998-2016

Cathy Bushman

Senior director

Tiffany & Co.

Kesha Butler

Operations officer

Administration for Children and Families

Lisa Butler

Communications director

CVS Caremark Corp.

Orazio Buzza

Founder/CEO

Fooda, Inc.

Jeff Carter

Manager

West Loop Ventures

Ankit Chandra

Analytics director

Foot Locker

Sydney Chinchanachokchai

Assistant professor of marketing

University of Akron

Kim Clark

VP/events strategy

NBA

Margaret Clay

Manager, U.S. Navy

Antiterrorism Program

Dave Cocagne

President/CEO, Vermilion Development

Chairman, Silver Birch Living

Brett Coffee

COO, general counsel

CSCI of Washington

Matt Coldagelli

Senior VP

Edelman

Jessica Conroy

Associate Geology Professor

2013 Arnold O. Beckman Award winner

Nicole Cottle

Deputy chief counsel

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

John Creech

Chief Illiniwek 31

Johnson & Johnson Vision

Naya Crittenden

Right side hitter, UI volleyball, 2015-16

Top scorer in Swiss pro league, 2019-20

Brad Dean

CEO

Visit Myrtle Beach

Richard DeBowes

2017 President’s Award

American Vet Med Assn.