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Karin (Dommermuth) O'Connor
Clinical Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Northwestern U
Executive Director, Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital
Pam Kuforiji
Past president, UI Black Alumni Network
AVID coordinator, Tefft Middle School of Streamwood
Catherine Koerner
Orion program manager
NASA
Elaine Ricketts Hicks
Research support, education and public health librarian
Tulane University
Allison Semmes
Broadway performer
Starred as Diana Ross in ‘Motown the Musical’
Carol Marin
Peabody Award-winning Chicago broadcast journalist
1997 Chicago Illini of Year
Safiya Noble
2020 iSchool Distinguished Alumna Award
UCLA Associate Professor, Information Studies and African American Studies
Alexandra Turcios
Strategy and consulting, Accenture
Founder, Built-in Detroit
Newton Cheng
Global health and performance lead
Google
Darnell Leatherwood
Founder, Black Boys Shine!
Founding member, My Brother's Keeper Alliance Action Team
Dr. Joel Geiderman
Co-chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
2020 LAS Alumni Humanitarian Award
Craig Hella Johnson
Grammy-winning conductor, composer
Artistic director, Conspirare
Dr. Erik Antonsen
Assistant Director, Human Systems Risk Management
NASA
Jay Rosenstein
Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker
UI Professor, Media and Cinema Studies
Kathryn Cataldo
Assistant city attorney
City of Champaign
Pat Fitzgerald
Attorney
Meyer Capel of Champaign
Diane Wolfe Marlin
Urbana mayor since 2017
Coordinator, UI Family Resiliency Program (2000-10)
Markita Landry
2020 UI Young Alumni Award winner
Assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Cal-Berkeley
Matt Kolb
Executive VP, chief operating officer
Carle Health
Ivory M. Berry
Assistant Dean, College of Education and Human Development
George Mason University
Ross Cavitt
Former Emmy-winning Atlanta TV reporter
Cobb (Ga,) County communications director
Sarah Seiler Watson
Executive director
Looking for Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
Kelvin Droegemeier
UI atmospheric sciences professor and special advisor to the chancellor
Former director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Naya Crittenden
Right side hitter, UI volleyball, 2015-16
Top scorer in Swiss pro league, 2019-20
