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Emily Berman
Director, product management/innovation
Medline Industries
Dorothy Capers
Senior VP, general counsel
National Express LLC
Rachyl Stephenson
Assistant instructor
University of Texas
Suzanne Bates
Longtime TV anchor
Bates Communications CEO
Rochelle Funderburg
Shareholder
Meyer Capel
Yeerik Moy
VP, Labor Relations
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Beth Bugdaycay
Former Rebecca Taylor CEO
Co-founded Foundrae jewelry line
Graeme McGufficke
3-time Big Ten champ
N.C. political operative
Bob O’Dekirk
Joliet mayor
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Natasha Samreny
Standup comedian
Head writer, Florida Studio Theatre
Robert Kravets
Associate professor, food science & nutrition
Cal Poly University
Jessica (Galli) Cloy
7-time Paralympic medal winner
Holds three world records
Lisa Ligon
Nat’l sales/marketing manager
AeroPress, Inc.
Paul Steely White
Director, safety policy/advocacy
Bird scooter sharing company
Jeff Badu
2018 Lester McKeever Award
Chicago CPA
Jim Stone
Chair, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
Christine ‘LadyBee’ Kristen
Archivist, art collection manager
Burning Man Project
Jim Vermette
CEO, UI Alumni Association (1967-84)
Executive VP, Cozad Asset Management
Carolyn Primus
Founder, Avalon Biomed
Owns 13 patents
David Prosperi
Senior VP, communications
The Options Clearing Corp. (OCC)
Reilly O’Toole
Former Illini quarterback
No. 8 all-time in pass efficiency
Bayo Ojikutu
Award-winning author
‘47th Street Black,’ ‘Free Burning’
Tom Dowling
UI’s 10th Rhodes scholar
Lightfoot for Chicago advisor
Jerry Elliott
Portland law firm president
Elliott, Ostrander & Preston