Career Influencer Award

This award honors faculty and staff who have made a significant and lasting impact on students’ academic journeys, career development, and post-graduation goals. This award recognizes faculty/staff who have been mentioned ten or more times in the Illini Success Survey. Honorable mention is given to those who were mentioned five to nine times.

Awardees

  • James Bertram, Finance
  • Bryan Buckley, Economics
  • Andrew Dahle, Accountancy
  • Richard Excell, Finance
  • Ashish Khandelwal, Business Administration
  • Shachar Meron, Advertising
  • Marisa Peacock, Advertising
  • Sterling Raskie, Finance
  • Edward Rogowski, Accountancy
  • Mark Wolters, Business Administration
  • EJ Ignacio, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Honorable Mentions

NameDepartmentYear
Abdussalam Alhadi AlawiniSiebel School of Computing and Data Science2026
David AlbouyEconomics2026
Mandi AltAccountancy2026
Gopesh AnandBusiness Administration2026
Phillip J AnsellAerospace Engineering2026
Arijit BanerjeeElectrical & Computer Engineering2026
Aimee BarbeauBusiness Administration2026
Seth BriggsFinance2026
Zuofu ChengElectrical & Computer Eng2026
Susan CurtisAccountancy2026
Sarah DahlenSchool of Information Science2026
Isaac DiIanniEconomics2026
Stefan DjordjevicHistory2026
Karle FlanaganStatistics2026
Stefanie Flores-FreemanEconomics2026
Victor Font BasMedia & Cinema Studies2026
Elizabeth FrascaHealth and Kinesiology2026
Grace GiorgioCommunication2026
Jeremy S GuestCivil & Environmental Engineering2026
Indranil GuptaSiebel School of Computing and Data Science2026
Steven HallAdvertising2026
Vidya HaranBusiness Administration2026
Geoffrey HermanSiebel School of Computing and Data Science2026
Emily HurthHuman Develpoment & Family Studies2026
Anton IvanovBusiness Administration2026
Nickvash KaniElectrical & Computer Engineering2026
Kari H KeatingBusiness Administration2026
Kathryn Kennealy – PierczynskiEconomics2026
Nam Sung KimElectrical & Computer Engineering2026
Volodymyr KindratenkoNCSA2026
Dawn KinkAccountancy2026
Elias KourpasBusiness Administration2026
George KruegerFinance2026
David LariviereIndustrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering2026
Cecilia LealMaterials Science & Engineering2026
Avital LivnyPolitical Science2026
Steven LumettaElectrical & Computer Engineering2026
Jason M MerretAerospace Engineering2026
Olga MironenkoElectrical & Computer Engineering2026
Cory J OhmsOffice of Undergraduate Affairs, Gies Business2026
Susan PacheraAccountancy2026
Vishal SachdevBusiness Administration2026
Nehemiah ScottBusiness Administration2026
Joshua SheaEconomics2026
Peter SheldonAdvertising2026
Corey SnyderElectrical & Computer Engineering2026
Andrew StillwellElectrical & Computer Enginneering2026
Heather SwenddalBusiness Administration2026
Ali ToossiEconomics2026
Cihang WangEconomics2026
Melissa WongSchool of Information Science2026
Gary WszalekPsychology2026
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