University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Reggie Brown

Barack Obama impersonator

Comedian, speaker

Jennifer Ollie

STEM program manager

Chicago Public Schools

Julia Azari

American presidency expert

Author, Marquette professor

Brand Fortner

Software visionary

Distinguished Alumni Award

Emily Sexton

Associate general counsel

Kennedy Center

Felicia Wong

Emmy-winning director

Showtime Networks

Beto Guajardo

President, Schlotzsky's

Former Starbucks senior VP/global strategy

Betty Smith

Executive director

Indy Motor Speedway Fndtn.

Tonya Williams

2-time All-American

1995-96 Dike Eddleman Award

Craig Vodnik

Co-founder

Cleverbridge

Nicole Cottle

Deputy chief counsel

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Alex Hedlund

Film and TV producer

Urbana High grad

Angie Rieger

Senior VP

Lands’ End

Bill Smith

Champaign-born Huffy Corp. CEO

Died in 2019

Stan Ikenberry

UI’s 14th president, 1979-95

Longest-serving president

Jerrance Howard

Illini guard, coach

Now on Bill Self’s Kansas Jayhawks staff

Dan Johnson

Senior innovator

Nike

Anna Valencia

Chicago city clerk

Gamma Phi Beta president

Hillary Tennant

Illini volleyball setter

3rd-team All-American, 2010

Carolina Van Moorsel

Senior program officer

Heartland Alliance Inernational

Fiona Soderberg

Program manager

Google

Linda Birnbaum

NIEHS director

Distinguished Alumni Award

Kim Clark

VP/events strategy

NBA

Debby Goldsberry

Co-founder

United Cannabis Collective