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Jared Green
Senior associate/VP
Langan Engineering and Environmental Services
Kristy Green
Business director
ASTRO Studios
Sharony Green
Associate professor of history
University of Alabama
Kurt Greenbaum
Director of communications
Washington U’s Olin Business School
Nichola Greenblatt
Deputy press secretary
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth
Donna Greene
Former CEO
Busey Wealth Management
Nancy Greenwalt
Executive director
Promise Healthcare
Karyn Greer
Investigative reporter
CBS 46, Atlanta
Theresa Grentz
Led Illini women's basketball to 5 NCAA tournament berths
Inducted into Naismith, Illini and Women's Basketball halls of Fame
Sue Grey
President/CEO
United Way of Champaign County
Drew Griffin
Peabody-winning reporter
Died in December 2022 at age 60
Peter Griffin
Director, Marching Illini
2006-11
Mildred Barnes Griggs
UI College of Education's first Black dean
Died in 2025
Mary Grisolano
Sr. resident general manager
Blue Man Group
John Groce
95-75 as Illini coach (2012-17)
Now coaching Akron Zips
Neal King Groothuis
Software engineer, Troops
Google alum
Jack Groppel
Former Illini men’s tennis coach (1978-81)
Co-founder, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute
Arielle Gross Samuels
Chief marketing and communications officer
General Catalyst
Zach Groth
Sports director
WPTA-TV, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Jennifer Grubb
Senior producer
CNN Special Projects
Kurt Gruben
Chief Illiniwek 28
Specialist, Ossur Americas
Seth Gruen
National baseball columnist
Bleacher Report
Paula Gruttadauria
Director, retail marketing
Skechers USA
Gretchen Gscheidle
Former design director
Herman Miller, Inc.
