Her job these days — president of American Family Insurance — has taken Telisa Yancy to the Super Bowl and beyond.
She was named to Ebony magazine’s 2016 Power 100 (among her company: the Obamas, Beyonce and Michael Jordan) and one of Advertising Age’s 2017 Women to Watch.
But every now and again, she still misses that part-time gig she landed as a freshman and kept throughout her four years at Illinois — working the front door at IMPE.
“Getting to meet so many different people was the common theme to my entire collegiate career,” Yancy says. “No matter what major, what issue I was facing, my job at IMPE was the consistent theme of my college days. I learned to balance work and school, meet new people and make the most of every moment.
“My favorite memory of IMPE — watching the members of our then-fabulous Flyin’ Illini work out and talk trash in the gym.”
