University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Ron Popeil

Infomercial king

Ronco CEO

Vivian Payton

Co-executive producer

‘Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta’

Holley Fain

Actress

Julia on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

Alan Dysert

Soap opera actor

‘All My Children’

John Thibodeaux

Comedy writer

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

Lee Marek

Letterman show regular

High school science teacher

Roger Young

Emmy-winning director

Did ‘Magnum P.I.’ pilot

Michael Kosta

Stand-up comedian

Illini tennis star

Larry McCarren

Packers Hall of Famer

All-Big Ten center

Carol Voronyak

ESPN director

Talent recruitment

John Axness

Picture editor

Showtime’s ‘Ray Donovan’

Julie Bensman

Host, writer, producer

Created BBC’s ‘RSVP Abroad’

Robyn Neal

Digital marketing coordinator

Boston Celtics

Madhu Southworth

Senior VP/legal

AMC Entertainment

Andrea Evans

Soap opera actress

Tina on ‘One Life To Live'

Marty Weiss

Writer/director

Formerly of Amazon Studios

Amanda Drinkall

Actress

On ‘Chicago Med’ in 2016

Emma Miller

Scripted programs director

AMC Network

Meghann Wu

TV executive

Former VP, Viacom, MTV

Leslie Picker

Business reporter

New York Times, CNBC

Karyn Greer

Investigative reporter

CBS 46, Atlanta

Michele Steele

Anchor/reporter

ESPN

Prashanth Venkatramanujam

Comedian/writer

‘Bill Nye Saves the World’

Kyung Lah

National correspondent

CNN