University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Michael Leach

Labor operations manager

NFL Management Council

Paul Nick

Executive director

Ohio Ethics Commission

Luvvie Ajayi

Best-selling Nigerian author

'16 LAS Young Alum of Yr.

Margaret Clay

Manager, U.S. Navy

Antiterrorism Program

Janet Gannon

Corp. development director

Transcendia

Mark Huddle

Senior counsel

Ice Miller

Jeff George

VP, Americas R&D

Campbell Soup Co.

Kate Munson

Communications coordinator

Texas Rangers

Juan Uribe

Deputy head of mission

Colombian Embassy, Spain

Stuart Umpleby

Past president

American Cybernetics Society

Jill Estey Mark

Career assists leader

UI women’s basketball

Tyler Nester

NASA manager

Integrated Flight Certification

Jim Morrill

Political writer

Charlotte Observer

Gail Storey

Award-winning author

National Outdoor Book Award

Theodore Boone

Assistant general counsel

Ernst & Young

Aaron Buckley

Microsoft director

Revenue and monetization

Robert Swieringa

Accounting prof. emeritus

Cornell University

Jim McNeely

Won 2001 Grammy

Jazz pianist, composer

Ed Cupp

World-renowned entomologist

Auburn professor emeritus

Andy Kortkamp

VP, Supply Chain

General Mills

Brian Jeselnick

Corporate brand development

Walt Disney Co.

Ehsan Bokhari

Senior analyst

Los Angeles Dodgers

Carter O'Brien

Sustainability manager

Field Museum, Chicago

Lindsay McFarlane

CEO/founder

Working Girl Inc.