University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Terren Peterson

VP/platform engineering

Capital One

Bruce Lederman

President/CEO

Smith Life Communities

Rachel Caulfield

Video editor

ESPN alumna

Amanda Wright

Senior counsel

TD Ameritrade

Paul Silver

Former CEO

Basswood Group

Tom Sun

Software engineer

Twitter

Brian Ludmer

Manager/tech production

Universal Studios Hollywood

Ethan Henderson

Curator, Main Library

Georgetown University

Samarth Bhaskar

Senior editor

The New York Times

Ed McGregor

Content integration director

ESPN

Joe Martinez

Structural design engineer

Boeing

Christy Marx

Noted TV screenwriter

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’

Kiel Lauer

Principal trombonist

San Juan Symphony

Tim Lavery

Illini QB/pitcher

Twice drafted by Cubs

Karen Totaro

Executive VP/GM

San Diego Convention Center

Melissa Tombro

Associate professor

Fashion Institute of Tech.

Junior Burke

Professor, novelist

‘Something Gorgeous’ (2005)

Carmel Witte

Epidemiologist

San Diego Zoo Institute

Chelsey Coombs

Writer, producer

The Weather Channel

Scott Baer

Sr. electrical engineer

General Dynamics

Stuart Lieberman

Manager, media/PR

New York Road Runners

Ravin Gandhi

CEO/co-founder

GMM Nonstick Coatings

Scott Fosler

NCAA assistant director

Brand strategies/events

Dennis Cronin

Microsoft alum

Software developer