frontman of Ministry; attended the Circle Campus Ronnie Kroell, fashion model and former contestant on Bravo television's reality series Make Me a Supermodel Mike Nawrocki (BS 1992), co-creator, writer and director of the computer animated series VeggieTales; voice of Larry the Cucumber Lucas Neff (BFA 2008), actor best known for his starring role as James "Jimmy" Chance in Fox's sitcom Raising Hope Christopher Sperandio, (MFA 1991), artist known for his collaborative work with British artist Simon Grennan Kenny Techstepper (2006), co-host and technical producer for Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a nationally syndicated talk radio show Azhar Usman, comedian, lecturer, community activist and lawyer Alexa Viscius (BFA), multi-disciplinary artist and bassist for Bnny Mary-Scott Welch, writer and magazine editor Business Anuradha Acharya, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ocimum Bio Solutions Cary Kochman, Co-Head of Global M & A Group at Citi Marc J. Lane, 1967, business and tax attorney, entrepreneur and founder of the Marc J. Lane Wealth Group Robert Anthony Mariano, BS 1971, chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Roundy's, Inc. Leo Melamed, attended in 1940s, former chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME); current board member, CME Group; chairman, CME Group Foundation Tony Podesta, class of '67, prominent Washington lobbyist, founder of the Podesta Group Mary Dillon- current Chief Executive Office, Ulta Beauty and former Chief Executive Office, US Cellular Nirmalya Kumar - currently teaching at Singapore Management University and Chief Strategist, Tata Group James E. Compton, BS 1978 Economics, MA 1983 Economics, Former Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer United Airlines, Board Chair American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Government, politics, and service Carol Moseley Braun, 1969, politician and lawyer and the first African-American woman elected to the US Senate John H. Cox, lawyer, accountant, businessman, broadcaster, and aspiring politician Sharon Denise Dixon, 1985, Democratic alderman representing the 24th Ward on the Chicago City Council Radovan Jelasic, former Governor of the National Bank of Serbia Freddrenna Lyle, alderman of the 6th ward of the City of Chicago Iris Martinez, Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 20th district Jim McDermott, MD 1963, Democratic US Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district (1989–present). Michael Noland, BA 1991, MBA 2001, Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 22nd District Milton Patterson, MPA, former two-term Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 32nd District Tony Peraica 1980, Cook County Commissioner Louanner Peters, MA 1973, former deputy governor of Illinois Bobby