University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jeanne Gang

World-renowned architect

Designed Chicago’s Aqua Tower

Wei Wei Jeang

Texas attorney

Grable Martin Fulton PLLC

Dave Briglio

Leadership trainer

Athletic Legacy Gameplan

Pam Lins

Director, accounting/reporting

McDonald’s

Ken Macur

President

Medaille College

Joshua Finnell

Head of research/instruction

Colgate Case Library and Geyer Center

Ryan Neiswender

Basketball Paralympian

Plays professionally in Germany

Lisa Blimling

Director, Global Intelligence

Caterpillar

Heidi Opdyke

Senior writer/editor

Carnegie Mellon University

Lauren Spieller

Novelist, literary agent

TriadaUS

Ariel Avila

General manager

Sonder of Montreal

Chris Althoff

Associate director, branding

Big Ten Conference

Marley Nelson

Assistant public defender

State of Ohio

Jim Tenzillo

Director

Invest Michigan

Ted Pretty

Chief meteorologist

Fox 5, Las Vegas

Stephen Steinhaus

Principal

Solihull Academy of the UK

Laura Hettiger

TV anchor, host, reporter

KMOV, St. Louis

Bridie Kean

Two-sport Aussie Paralympian

Public health lecturer

Noelle LoConte

Medical oncologist

University of Wisconsin

Venus Evans-Winters

Associate professor

Illinois State University

Darius Spieth

Professor of art history

LSU

Richard Lutz

Professor of marketing

University of Florida

Bonner Denton

Professor of chemistry, biochemistry

University of Arizona

Vicki Ku

Senior product manager

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