University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Riley Roberts

Former chief speech writer

Attorney general’s office

Ryan Marzolph

Post-production lead

Snapchat

Latifah Al-Hazza

Social media manager

Frommer’s Travel Guides

Tina Akouris

Digital news editor

Chicago Tribune

Adam Lashinsky

Executive editor

Fortune magazine

George Paulin

Chairman, CEO

Frederic West Cook & Co.

James Holderman

Former chief judge

U.S. District Court

Bob Epstein

NBC News executive

Emmy, Peabody winner

Mary McDowell

Polycom CEO

Distinguished Alumni Award

Rich Strasser

Senior attorney

Library of Congress

Arnyce Pock

Colonel (retired)

U.S. Air Force

Jason Adams

Former executive editor

Entertainment Weekly

Todd Fischer

Senior VP

GMR Marketing

Blake Hoerr

Director, fields/grounds

New York Jets

Auggie Sandri

Major league video coordinator

Milwaukee Brewers

Beto Guajardo

President, Schlotzsky's

Former Starbucks senior VP/global strategy

Betty Smith

Executive director

Indy Motor Speedway Fndtn.

Frank Lunn

Entertainment attorney

Repped Dreamworks, Disney

Daniel Dias

Senior economist

Federal Reserve Board

Donald Johanson

Paleoanthropologist

Discovered Lucy skeleton

Joseph Steven

Character actor

Romulan in ‘Star Trek’

Jeff Innis

Former MLB pitcher

New York Mets, 1987-93

Russell Dupuis

Chair, Electro-Optics

Georgia Tech

David Goldberg

Founder, Threejoy Associates

UI professor emeritus