University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Charlie Meyerson

VP/editorial

ChicagoPublicSquare.com

Karen Mitchell Wilcher

DC-area consultant

Hospitality industry

Ashley Morgan

Development and events coordinator

Crisis Nursery

Bill Nagel

Publisher

San Francisco Chronicle

Chelsea Norton

Director of marketing, communications

Champaign Park District

Jackie Orozco

TV news reporter

WOFL, Orlando

Cordell Overgaard

President

Overgaard Broadcasting

Anna Patterson

Founder, Gradient Ventures

Google

Kathleen Piche

Mental health spokeswoman

Los Angeles County

Brian Pollina

Vice president

United Stations Radio Networks

Ian Punnett

‘Coast to Coast AM’ weekend host

K-State professor

Stephanie Rosa

Festivate CEO & business dev. director

Festival Squad founder

Jennifer Roscoe

WCIA-TV anchor

2024 homecoming parade grand marshal

Josh Rubenstein

Public information director

Los Angeles PD

Michelle Smallmon

Co-host, "Unsportsmanlike"

ESPN Radio

Kendra Smiley

Author, speaker, host

2001 Illinois Mother of the Year

Mariam Sobh

Anchor/reporter

CBS Radio Chicago

Christina (Crawford) Steed

Executive VP

Flowers Communications Group

Joel Sucherman

Senior digital director

NPR

Deon Thomas

UI's career scoring leader

Basketball radio analyst

Jack Trudeau

10-year NFL quarterback

llini career-best 8,725 passing yards

Spencer Turkin

Play-by-play announcer

North Carolina A&T

Mary VanDeVelde

Traffic/news reporter

WGN Radio

Emily West

New York media personality

WNBC TV, WNEW Radio