Berkeley Haas always brings distinguished speakers to give the commencement keynote address. In recent years these speakers have been some of the school’s own distinguished alumni.
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2015
MBA Program
John Stroup, MBA 95 Video
CEO & President, Belden Inc.
Kevin Brown, MBA 96 Video
CEO & Founder, Innit
Linda Lang, BS 80 Video
Former CEO, Jack-in-the-Box
2014
MBA Program
Suni Harford
Managing Director, Regional Head of Markets, North America, Citigroup
Cathie Lesjak, MBA 86 Video
CFO, Hewlett-Packard
Mark DiPaola, BS 99 Video
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, inMarket
2013
MBA Program
Arun Sarin, MBA 78, MS 78 Video
Former CEO, Vodafone
Marc Singer, BS 86 Video
Director of McKinsey & Co.’s Marketing and Sales Practice in the Americas
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program
Kathryn Hall, MBA 08
Vintner, Hall Wines
Masters In Financial Engineering Program
Robert Litzenberger
Professor Emeritus, Wharton School
2012
MBA Program
Shantanu Narayen, MBA 93 Video
CEO, Adobe
Margo Alexander, BS 68 Video
Chairman Emeritus, the Acumen Fund
Former Chairman and CEO, UBS Global Asset Management
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program
Maura O’Neill, MBA 04
Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Counselor to the Administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Masters in Financial Engineering Program
Michael Sternberg, AB 86 (Econ.)
Managing Director and Co-Head of Morgan Stanley Strats and Modeling Group