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Nichola Greenblatt
Deputy press secretary
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth
Donna Greene
Former CEO
Busey Wealth Management
Nancy Greenwalt
Executive director
Promise Healthcare
Karyn Greer
Investigative reporter
CBS 46, Atlanta
Sue Grey
President/CEO
United Way of Champaign County
Drew Griffin
Peabody-winning reporter
Died in December 2022 at age 60
Peter Griffin
Director, Marching Illini
2006-11
Mary Grisolano
Sr. resident general manager
Blue Man Group
John Groce
95-75 as Illini coach (2012-17)
Now coaching Akron Zips
Neal King Groothuis
Software engineer, Troops
Google alum
Jack Groppel
Former Illini men’s tennis coach (1978-81)
Co-founder, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute
Arielle Gross
Global Business Marketing
Facebook
Zach Groth
Sports director
WPTA-TV, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Jennifer Grubb
Senior producer
CNN Special Projects
Kurt Gruben
Chief Illiniwek 28
Specialist, Ossur Americas
Seth Gruen
National baseball columnist
Bleacher Report
Paula Gruttadauria
Director, retail marketing
Skechers USA
Gretchen Gscheidle
Former design director
Herman Miller, Inc.
Beto Guajardo
President, Schlotzsky's
Former Starbucks senior VP/global strategy
Darren Guccione
Distinguished alumni award
CEO, Keeper Security, Inc.
Eric Guenther
Former Illini linebacker
State Farm
Ross Guignon
Global client strategy
Creative Artists Agency
Michael Gunderson
Professor/Director, Center for Food & Agricultural Business
Purdue University
Dan Gusanders
Founder, CEO
Pure Processing LLC
