University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

John Norkus

Managing director

Chicago consulting firm

Petrea Burchard

Actor, author

Audiobook narrator, ACX.com

Luiz Mendes

Software engineering manager

Google

Jennifer Kuechler

COO

Strategic Link Consulting

Jeff Tarte

State senator

North Carolina

Brian Costello

Marketing and communications

Loyola Law School

Steve Chicoine

Former oilman

Management consultant

Michael Pratt

Boston College

UI professor, 1994-2008

Bob Cesarone

Asst. program manager

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

Preston Pearson

14-year NFL veteran

5 Super Bowls

Deon Thomas

UI's career scoring leader

Basketball radio analyst

Rick Schwerdtfeger

Program director

National Science Foundation

Chris George

Chicago attorney

Intellectual property

Monique Carswell

Director, NBCUniversal

Corp. Social Responsibility

Amanda Sonneborn

Chicago law partner

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Celene Peurye

Executive director

Hunter Family Foundation

Michael Rooney

Executive director

IICLE

Don Elmore

Director, Champaign County

Small Business Development Center

Pablo Acosta

Senior economist

The World Bank

Robert Falls

Tony-winning director

Goodman Theatre, Chicago

Marcus Liberty

’87 Illinois Mr. Basketball

Now coaching in Florida

Paul Merrion

Senior correspondent

White House Watch

Eric Mathis

VP/global sourcing

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp.

Marcus Minifee

VP/team marketing

Brooklyn Nets/NY Islanders