University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Leanna Barcelona

Archivist

Baylor University

Craig Paull

Director, Image Lab

Bed Bath & Beyond

Lee Reichert

Deputy general counsel

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

Beth Dupuis

Director, specialty libraries

Cal-Berkeley

Malia Andrus

Data scientist

Facebook

Justin Hsia

Flight test engineer

Sierra Nevada Corp.

Diane Kovacs

Web teacher/librarian

Alumni Leadership Award

Frederick Marx

Oscar-nominated filmmaker

Made 1994’s ‘Hoop Dreams’

Mike Reagen

Retired president/CEO

Greater Naples (Fla.) Chamber

Jon Lee Brody

LA-based filmmaker

Iron Will Productions

Saiid Saiidi

Nevada engineering professor

Outstanding Alumni Award

Jim Thompson

Illinois’ 37th governor (1977-91)

Died in 2020 at age 84

John Creech

Chief Illiniwek 31

Johnson & Johnson Vision

Raed Elkhatib

President/CEO

Atlantic-Pacific Capital

Misha Rezvi

Emmy/Outstanding research

PBS' ‘Outlawed in Pakistan'

Clark Wen

Game sound designer

Exile Sound of LA

Bob Falato

Senior VP

Northern Trust

Steve Wise

Systems engineer

Sierra Nevada Corp.

Victoria (Fan) Azalde

Global assistant controller

Uber

Josey Miller

Actress, singer, writer

WCIA alum

Michael Aiken

UI chancellor, 1993-2001

Retired in Wyoming

Larry Smith

President

Entrepreneurs in Education

Andy Richardson

Chairman/CEO

Greeley and Hansen

David Petr

President/CEO

Montgomery Co. EDC