Business Alumni
Charles (Chuck) Bay '79
Retired CEO of KANA Software Inc. in Menlo Park, California.
Craig Bouchard '75, M.S. '77
Retired senior vice president and corporate partner, First Chicago Bank. Now chairman and CEO at Real Industry, Inc.
Brad Brown '83
Founder/CEO of InteliVideo. Recently held positions as ace director for Oracle Corporations and an executive vice president for Rolta.
Paul Flessner '81
Retired senior vice president for the Microsoft Corporation in the Server Platform Division.
Tricia Griffith '86
Chief executive officer for The Progressive Corporation. The first woman named as Fortune Magazine's Businessperson of the Year in 2018.
Patti S. Hart '78
Vice chairman of International Game Technology. She was named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" in 1998 by Fortune magazine.
Patrick Huffman '70, M.S. '73
Retired president and COO of The Warrell Corporation, a manufacturer of a broad array of confectionary products for Pennsylvania Dutch Candies and Katharine Beecher Candies.
Karen Jensen, MBA '86
President and CEO of Farnsworth Group, Inc.
Daphne Jones '77, M.B.A. '78
Chief information office and senior vice president of Hospira, Inc.
Kerry Kalus '87, M.S. '89
Selected as the official Walt Disney World Ambassador in 1991. Now an independent professional leadership, development, and training consultant.
Dan Kelley '70
Retired president and chairman of the board for Growmark, Inc. Board member of Nationwide Foundation and owner of Kelley Farms
Joseph Kinney '72
Founder and Executive Director of the National Safe Workplace Institute.
Jawanza Kunjufu '74
Founder and president of African American Images, a Chicago firm that helps black children develop self-awareness and a sense of pride in their heritage.
Duane Livingston '70
Retired vice president of Caterpillar, Inc.
Charles Martin '58, M.S. '62
Former director of corporate affirmative action for Time, Inc., director of Peace Corps in Liberia, and White House Fellow.
Duane Miller, M.S. '72
Retired CEO of COUNTRY Insurance and Financial Services.
Scott Mitchell '92
Currently CEO of Organic Color Systems. Former president of Think Partnership Inc (AMEX:THK), a publicly traded interactive advertising company.
Stan Ommen '63
Retired president and CEO of State Farm Bank and appointed member of the Board of Trustees for Illinois State University.
Joe Reynolds '03
CEO and founder of Red Frog Events.
Mike Richard '75
Retired senior vice president and treasurer for McDonald's Corporation. Now serves on Board of Trustees for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Dan Sullivan '73
Retired executive vice president for Human Relations for QUALLCOM Inc.
Vince Trosino, M.S. '73
Retired vice president/COO of State Farm Insurance.