University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Cheryl Berman

Award-winning ad exec

Past chairman, Leo Burnett

Petrea Burchard

Actor, author

Audiobook narrator, ACX.com

Alex Burge

Agent

Excel Sports Management

Steve Chicoine

Former oilman

Management consultant

Craig Cinotto

Executive adjuster

Litigation Adjusters

Joel Coats

Professor of entomology

Iowa State

Ken Macur

President

Medaille College

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Naya Crittenden

Right side hitter, UI volleyball, 2015-16

Top scorer in Swiss pro league, 2019-20

Neal Doughty

Founding member

REO Speedwagon

Robert Falls

Tony-winning director

Goodman Theatre, Chicago

Dwight Garrels

Engineering project mgr.

Benham Breweries

Bill Geist

Author, columnist, humorist

Won Emmys in 1992, 2005

Erik Henriksen

Made 3 Olympic teams

1999 U.S. Speedskating Hall of Famer

Eric Jackson

CEO

Pipeline Foods

Frank Jennings

Atlanta-based actor

‘Selma,’ ‘Primary Colors’

Sam Kellerhals

Healthcare consultant

SJK Consulting, Denver

Avis (Sampson) LaVelle

Former press secretary to Chicago Mayor Richard Daly

Executive director, Business Leadership Council

Megan Meline

Interational strategic partnerships

Boeing

Ray Mentzer

Retired from ExxonMobil

Purdue visiting professor

Mark Michelson

Chairman

Asia CEO Forum

Molly Nagle

Segment producer

ABC News

Ray Ozzie

Lotus Notes creator

Ex-Microsoft executive

KarenLee Poter

Dating coach, Internet talk show host

‘The KarenLee Poter Show’

John Schlitt

Original lead vocalist

Head East

Michael Smeltzer

Photojournalist

Former UI professor