MBA Commencement 2026

Saturday, May 23, 2026
2:00 pm
The Greek Theatre

Welcome
Jennifer Chatman, PhD 88, Bank of America Dean, Haas School of Business

Commencement Address
Yamini Rangan, MBA 03, CEO, HubSpot

Evening & Weekend MBA Program | Academic Achievement Award
Aaron Roe

Full-time MBA Program | Academic Achievement Award
Benek Reyhan Bolohan

Evening & Weekend MBA | Program Defining Leadership Principles Award Winners
Timothy Nguyen – Confidence Without Attitude
Jennifer Woo – Beyond Yourself
Ruth Boyd – Students Always
Divine Adesida – Question the Status Quo
Wyatt Middleton – Berkeley Leader Award

Full-time MBA Program | Defining Leadership Principles Award Winners
Esa Tilija – Confidence Without Attitude
James Wang – Beyond Yourself
Colton Hess – Students Always
Scout O’Beirne – Question the Status Quo
Gonzalo Vásquez Neyra – Berkeley Leader Award

Evening & Weekend MBA | Program Speaker
Michele Obermeyer

Full-time MBA | Program Speaker
Sabrina (Bean) Rodriguez

Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching
Wichinpong “Park” Sinchaisri – Operations (EWMBA – Evening)
Gautam Rao – Microeconomics (EWMBA – Weekend)
Omri Even-Tov – Financial Accounting, AI Entrepreneurship and Extreme Leadership (FTMBA)

Inclusive Teaching Award
Srikant Gokhale – Winning Business in Emerging Markets (EWMBA)
Jon Metzler – Strategy for the Networked Economy (FTMBA)

Graduate Student Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching
Chiara Motta – Microeconomics (EWMBA)
Jacob Moore – Macroeconomics in the Global Economy (FTMBA)

Conferring of Degrees

Closing Message
Jennifer Chatman, PhD 88, Bank of America Dean, Haas School of Business