18 Notable alumni of
DeVry University - Illinois
DeVry University - Illinois is 2161st in the world, 729th in North America, and 687th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from DeVry University - Illinois sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
-
George Weah
- Occupations
- politicianassociation football player
- Biography
-
George Manneh Oppong Weah is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who is serving as the president of Liberia, in office since 2018. Prior to his election to the presidency, Weah served as Senator from Montserrado County. He played as a striker in his prolific 18-year professional football career, which ended in 2003. He is the first African former professional footballer to become a head of state.
-
Chris Mazdzer
- Occupations
- luger
- Biography
-
Christopher Mazdzer is an American luger. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 13th on both occasions. At the 2018 Winter Olympics Mazdzer won the silver medal in the Men's Single Luge, becoming the first U.S. men's singles luge medalist and the first and currently only non-European to win a medal in that event.
-
Adeline Gray
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
-
Adeline Maria Gray is an American freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 76 kilograms. She is a six-time world champion (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021) and a two-time Olympian (2016, 2020), with the silver medal in her event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the first American woman to win back-to-back wrestling world titles since Tricia Saunders in 1998 and 1999. She is also the first American wrestler to win six world championships.
-
Kevin Bickner
- Occupations
- ski jumper
- Biography
-
Kevin Bickner is an American ski jumper. He is the current national record holder, with 244.5 metres (802 ft) set in Vikersund on 19 March 2017.
-
Modupe Ozolua
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
-
Modupe Ozolua is an American-Nigerian philanthropist and entrepreneur. She served as the CEO of Body Enhancement Ltd, and is the founding president of Empower 54 Project Initiatives (Empower 54) formerly known as Body Enhancement Annual Reconstructive Surgery (BEARS) Foundation.
-
J. D. Mesnard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Javan Daniel "J.D." Mesnard is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 17 since 2019.
-
Michael A. Jackson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Michael Angelo Jackson is a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 27 in Calvert, Charles and Prince George's counties. Jackson was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 27B in Calvert and Prince George's counties from January 2015 to January 2021. Jackson is also the former Sheriff of Prince George's County, Maryland.
-
Dave Bennett
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
-
Dave Bennett is an American software engineer. Most recently, he was the CTO of Axway, as well as a board member of Axway NA.
-
Sean Wiley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Sean David Wiley is a Pennsylvania Democratic politician who served as the State Senator for the 49th district from 2013 to 2016.
-
Susan Ralston
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Susan Bonzon Ralston, is the President of SBR Enterprises, LLC, a government affairs, public relations and business consulting firm, which assists businesses with strategic partnership development, public affairs and public relations activities. Ralston was formerly Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and a deputy to Karl Rove, the Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor at the White House, from 2001 until her resignation in 2006.
-
Mavis Nkansah Boadu
- Enrolled in DeVry University - Illinois
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration in business management
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
-
Mavis Nkansah Boadu is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of parliament for Afigya Sekyere East constituency in the Ashanti Region in the 7th and 8th parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
-
Alice McKennis
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
-
Alice McKennis Duran is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specializes in the speed events of downhill and Super-G.
-
Keaton McCargo
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
-
Keaton McCargo is an American freestyle skier. She has been selected to compete in moguls for the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
-
Ken Mora
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- animatorfilm producerfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
-
Kenneth Oscar Mora is an American graphic novel publisher, screenplay writer, director, producer, and voice actor. In film, he is best known for creating the computer-animated shorts entitled Magnum Farce: (2009, 2011) and the mixed-media Your Face Global Jam (2017). In publishing, Mora is creator/producer of the serialized Comic Book and subsequent Graphic Novel biography of Caravaggio Caravaggio: A Light Before The Darkness (2015,2019). Mora is also executive producer of Adventures in Plymptoons (2012) the official biographical documentary of animator Bill Plympton, and associate producer of Revengeance (2017) the feature animated film by Plympton and Jim Lujan.
-
Dean Fisher
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Dean C. Fisher is the Iowa State Representative from the 72nd District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2013.
-
Adam Loomis
- Occupations
- Nordic combined skier
- Biography
-
Adam Loomis is an American Nordic combined skier. He was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He competed in the World Cup 2015 season.
-
Alys Williams
- Occupations
- water polo player
- Biography
-
Alys Nicole Williams is an American water polo player. She is a member of the United States women's national water polo team, and participated in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal.
-
Detrick DeBurr
- Enrolled in DeVry University - Illinois
- 1993-1997 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- writerentrepreneur
- Biography
-
Detrick DeBurr is an entrepreneur, author, and computer/website specialist. He rose to prominence with Deal Us In! How Black America Can Play and Win in the Digital Economy and Build Gamified Websites with PHP and JQuery. He serves as a co-founder of Game Time Giving. Prior to this, he was Founder/CEO of Digital Rhythm Inc., an information technology services provider based in Dallas, Texas, USA.
