University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Lou Liay

Director, UI Alumni Association (1983-98)

Namesake of UIAA's Lou Liay Spirit Award

Don Edwards

Flexpoint Ford CEO

Chair, UI board of trustees

Julie Rodrigues Widholm

Director and chief curator

DePaul Art Museum

Rebecca (Diaz) Luebbert

Director of career and business engagement

University of Minnesota Alumni Association

Amber (Jenne) Hankins

Emmy-nominated co-host

WISH-TV’s 'Indy Style'

Justin Thompson

Senior associate dean, COO

University of Virginia Curry School of Education

Linda Hamilton

Executive vice president, COO

Iroquois Federal

Erin McNary

Assistant professor, sport administration

University of Miami

Sandeep Pandya

CEO

Everguard

Marty Welch

CEO

Hawaii Employers Mutual Insurance Company

Mike Cassidy

Lead storyteller, Signifyd

Former columnist, San Jose Mercury News

Carol Shuman Portman

President

Taxpayers Federation of Illinois

Larry Harris Jr.

Foreign service officer

U.S. State Department

Chris Petersen

Co-founder

Futurexecs Accelerators

Mary Ellen Wuellner

Executive director

Champaign County Forest Preserve District

Cesar Escalante

Professor, University of Georgia

Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Jack Trudeau

10-year NFL quarterback

llini career-best 8,725 passing yards

Nick Anderson

11th pick in 1989 NBA Draft

1,172 points in two seasons

Priya Harjani

Associate VP, deputy general counsel

Northwestern University

Michelle Johnson

Associate professor of anthropology

Bucknell University

Dowoo Lee

Global strategy associate director

MediaCom of London

Stacy Walton Long

Indianapolis law partner

Krieg DeVault LLP

Perry Beaumont

Lecturer, Columbia U

Head of data and actuarial science, Distinguished Programs

Sara Hays

Market development manager

Starbucks