University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

John Hass

CEO/President

Rosetta Stone

Michael Strautmanis

Vice president

Barack Obama Foundation

Mohamed El-Ashry

Senior fellow

United Nations Foundation

Vivian Payton

Co-executive producer

‘Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta’

Tonja Buford-Bailey

3-time Olympian

1992 NCAA hurdles champ

Katharine Hayhoe

Climate scientist

One of Time’s 'Most influential'

Ben Allen

University president

Northern Iowa, 2006-12

Jenna Foster

Talent intelligence

Google

Scott Atlas

Stanford’s Hoover Institution

Alumni Achievement Award

Katy Clark

Executive director, Kornfeld Foundation

Past president, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Joe DiPietro

Former president (2011-18)

University of Tennessee

Kimball Anderson

Law firm partner

Winston & Strawn, Chicago

John Walden

President/CEO

FTD Companies

Nicole Kulovany

Runway model

2015 Miss New York USA

Matt O’Connor

Staff veterinarian

Shedd Aquarium

Don Wilmeth

Brown professor

Alumni Achievement Award

Sue Bostrom

Former executive VP

Cisco Systems

Jeff Anderson

Director of global gaming

Hasbro

Dan Balz

Chief correspondent

The Washington Post

Colleen Glaser-Allen

Criminal appeals judge

Navy-Marine Corps Court

Rob Judson

Basketball guard, coach

Now on Marquette staff

Clifford Saper

Harvard professor

Groundbreaking neuroscientist

Bryan ‘Flea’ Engel

Head athletic trainer

Green Bay Packers

Donn Pall

Former MLB pitcher

VP, Morgan Stanley