University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Leslie Munger

Illinois deputy governor

2015-16: State comptroller

Michael Munie

Founder, stealth AI company

Former Google software engineer

Jim Neckopulos

Executive director/banking

Ernst & Young

Marley Nelson

Assistant public defender

State of Ohio

Malik Nevels

Executive project manager

Safer Foundation

John Norkus

Managing director

Chicago consulting firm

Matt O’Connor

Staff veterinarian

Shedd Aquarium

Bob O’Dekirk

Joliet mayor

Former police officer

Heidi Opdyke

Senior writer/editor

Carnegie Mellon University

Cory Overstreet

Principal

Kellogg Elementary, Chicago

Donn Pall

Former MLB pitcher

VP, Morgan Stanley

Roman Paluta

Ret. partner, business development director

Solve of Minneapolis

June Panagakos Podagrosi

Founder, executive director

Child’s Play Touring Theatre

Tony Pashos

11 seasons in NFL

2-time All-Big Ten lineman

Vivian Payton

Co-executive producer

‘Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta’

Tom Penn

ESPN NBA analyst

Los Angeles FC owner

Dan Petrella

Business source editor

Chicago Tribune

Lauren Petty

TV reporter

NBC Chicago

JJ Polk

Assistant general manager

Chicago Bulls

Sherwin Pomerantz

Jerusalem-based consultant

President, Atid EDI

Daisy Porter-Reynolds

Executive director

Aurora Public Library

KarenLee Poter

Dating coach, Internet talk show host

‘The KarenLee Poter Show’

Ian Punnett

‘Coast to Coast AM’ weekend host

K-State professor

Cheryl Quinn

LAS Alumni Achievement Award

QnA Pharma Consulting, LLC