University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Riley Kerestes

Technical group manager

Caterpillar of Germany

William Cyrus Garrett

Executive director

NYC Young Men’s Initiative

Jim Eichhorst

Maryland state director

Farm Service Agency

Sheela Raja

Clinical psychologist

HuffPost Live blogger

Andrew Friedman

Executive director

Center for Legal Reform and Good Governance

Lisa Dieker

Lockheed Martin scholar

Distinguished Alumni Award

Felischa Marye

Staff writer, Netflix

‘13 Reasons Why’

Steve Gray

CEO

Asteri Networks

Ash-har Quraishi

TV news reporter

NBC Chicago

Lorraine Devon Wilke

Actress/singer

Huff Post contributor

John Andrews

Population biologist

Lincoln Park Zoo

Carey Radebaugh

Product manager

Google

Michelle Bassett

VP/digital media

Bassett & Bassett

Adam Hoeflich

Chicago law partner

Northwestern professor

Keleigh Gibbs

TV anchor/reporter

KMBC-TV, Kansas City

Mark Pelczarski

Software developer

Obama for America, 2011-12

Katie Thompson

Amazon VP

Associate general counsel

Matt George

CEO

Children’s Home Assn.

Judi Schindler

Speaker, actor, author

‘Husbands: An Owner’s Manual’

Tianyi Zhu

Co-founder/partner

SmartHealth Ventures

Anna Catalano

Former BP executive

Global marketing head

Noah Spiegel

Managing director

Nashville Children’s Theatre

Tom Koch-Weser

Former manager, advance information

Houston Astros

Michelle Lenzen

Researcher/writer

Humans at Heart