University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Michael Pratt

Boston College

UI professor, 1994-2008

Anastasia Randle

Development coordinator

MATTER

Steve Raquel

Chief Illiniwek 29

President, IOVMedia

Andy Regal

Senior consultant

The Wall Street Journal

Jeff Roberts

Global product manager

GE Healthcare

Michael Rooney

Executive director

IICLE

George Sakas

Director of economic development/strategic planning

Chicago Executive Airport

Auggie Sandri

Major league video coordinator

Milwaukee Brewers

Philip Sarnecki

Managing partner

RPS Financial Group, Inc.

Rick Schwerdtfeger

Program director

National Science Foundation

Bill Self

3 seasons, 3 NCAA tournaments

78-24 as Illini basketball coach (2000-03)

Rajiv Shah

Data scientist

DataRobot

Kendra Smiley

Author, speaker, host

2001 Illinois Mother of the Year

Jenna Smith

3-time all-Big Ten forward

2,160 career points

Amanda Sonneborn

Chicago law partner

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Mark Steinberg

Tiger Woods’ agent

Excel Sports partner

Joel Sucherman

Senior digital director

NPR

Nancy Suchomski

Director of resource development

United Way of Champaign County

Doniel Sutton

Co-owner, Commercial Aquatic Services

Former Senior VP/People, PayPal

Jeff Tarte

State senator

North Carolina

Deon Thomas

UI's career scoring leader

Basketball radio analyst

Jim Thompson

Illinois’ 37th governor (1977-91)

Died in 2020 at age 84

Susan Tjarksen

Managing director

Cushman & Wakefield

Karen Totaro

Executive VP/GM

San Diego Convention Center