University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Lynette Tan

Chief executive

Singapore Space & Technology Limited

Larry Gies

$150 million donor

Gies College of Business namesake

Jasmine Joda

Senior consulting analyst

Accenture

Cathy Bushman

Senior director

Tiffany & Co.

Vinay Hiremath

Founder/head of engineering

Loom, San Francisco

Ritu Raman

Forbes’ 30 under 30

MIT postdoctoral fellow

Symone Young

Clinical study coordinator

UNC-Chapel Hill

Hing-Yan Lee

Executive VP

Cloud Security Alliance

Tiana Tozer

2-time Paralympian

Consultant, speaker

Barbara Suggs Mason

Retired superintendent

Matteson elementary district

Holly Stenger

Senior architect

Walt Disney World

Amanda Sonneborn

Chicago law partner

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Celene Peurye

Executive director

Hunter Family Foundation

Lauren Lee

Market manager

FanBank, Inc.

Mark Adams

Best-selling author

‘Turn Right at Machu Picchu’

Andy Lowery

CEO, RealWear

U.S. Navy veteran

Mike Lichodziejewski

Sr. mgr., preschool gaming

Hasbro Games

Chuck Vermillion

CEO/founder

AccountabilIT of Arizona

Paul Koch

Chicago-based consultant

Distinguished Alumni Award

Ryan Suffern

Head of documentaries

Kennedy/Marshall Co.

Jim Solari

Led G&W Electric Co.

Distinguished Alumni Award

Jeff Carter

Manager

West Loop Ventures

Joel Coats

Professor of entomology

Iowa State

Jack Van Leer

Sr. marketing mgr., Hasbro

Global Brand Strategy