University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Brent Brotine

Chicago advertising creative director

Current freelance copywriter

Avis (Sampson) LaVelle

Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly

Executive director, Business Leadership Council

Jack Trudeau

10-year NFL quarterback

llini career-best 8,725 passing yards

Ashley Morgan

Development and events coordinator

Crisis Nursery

Stephanie Rosa

Festivate CEO & business dev. director

Festival Squad founder

Kendra Smiley

Author, speaker, host

2001 Illinois Mother of the Year

Patti Blagojevich

Financial advisor

Former Illinois first lady

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Michelle (Zasi) Amazeen

Assistant professor of mass communication

Boston University

Matt Fishman

President, Fishman Solutions

Former Sirius XM college sports programming director

Ian Punnett

‘Coast to Coast AM’ weekend host

K-State professor

Spencer Turkin

Play-by-play announcer

North Carolina A&T

Dorothy Capers

Senior VP, general counsel

National Express LLC

Mike Lorber

Helicopter reporter

NBC 5 Chicago

Chelsea Norton

Director of marketing, communications

Champaign Park District

Christina (Crawford) Steed

Executive VP

Flowers Communications Group

Jayne Turpin DeLuce

President, CEO

Visit Champaign County

Dave Briglio

Leadership trainer

Athletic Legacy Gameplan

Maury Fertig

Co-founder, CIO

Relative Value Partners

Karen Mitchell Wilcher

DC-area consultant

Hospitality industry

Brian Pollina

Vice president

United Stations Radio Networks

Lisa Wolf

Co-host

WGN Radio Theatre

Kurt Kittner

Managing director

JLL of Chicago

Mary VanDeVelde

Traffic/news reporter

WGN Radio

Bruce Bloom

CEO

Cures Within Reach

Courtney Yuen

TV reporter

NBC4 (Columbus, Ohio)