Best MBA Commencement Speakers: Class of 2019

Graduation Date: May 18, 2019

Graduation Speaker: William B. Harrison, Jr., Former Chairman and CEO, JP Morgan Chase

Graduation Information: 2019 Kenan-Flagler MBA Graduation

Additional Note: MBAs can also participate in the full school graduation, which will be held on May 12th. Jonathan T.M. Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity, will deliver the commencement address. To learn about this ceremony, click here.

Notre Dame (Mendoza)

Graduation Date: May 18, 2018

Graduation Speaker: John Affleck-Graves, Executive V.P. of the University of Notre Dame

Additional Note: Notre Dame’s university commencement ceremony will be held on May 19th. The keynote speaker will be Peggy Noonan, author and speechwriter for Ronald Reagan.

Babson College

Graduation Date: May 18, 2019

Graduation Speaker: Akio Toyoda (’82), President of Toyota Motor Corporation

Graduation Information: 2019 Commencement Ceremony

Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

Graduation Date: May 18, 2019

Graduation Speaker: Eric Butler CEO, Aswani-Butler Investment Associates, LLC

Graduation Information: CMU Commencement Weekend

Additional Note: The all-school commencement will also take place on May 19th, with David Tepper (’82 MBA) delivering the keynote address.

University of Virginia (Darden)

Graduation Date: May 19, 2019

Graduation Speaker: Dean Scott Beardsley and elected students

Graduation Information: 2019 Darden Graduation Basics

Wharton School (Penn)

Graduation Date: May 19, 2019

Graduation Speaker: Jonathan Gray, President and COO of Blackstone

Graduation Information: Wharton 2019 Graduation

The San Francisco MBA for Executives ceremony, which will be held on May 5th, features Anthony Noto, CEO of SoFi as the speaker.

Oracle CEO Safra Catz as the speaker. The Philadelphia MBA for Executives ceremony, which takes places on May 18, will be addressed by David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and CO-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group.

Columbia Business School

Graduation Date: May 19, 2019

Graduation Speaker: To Be Announced

Graduation Information: 2019 Columbia Business School Recognition

Additional Note: The school will be making its accouncement on April 20th. Last year, the school hosted Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR).

University of Minnesota (Carlson)

Graduation Date: May 20, 2019

Graduation Speaker: Jim Weber, Chairman and CEO of Brooks Running Company

Graduation Information: 2019 Carlson Graduation and Commencement Ceremony Details

Yale School of Management

Graduation Date: May 20, 2019

Graduation Speaker: To be announced.

Graduation Information: 2019 Yale SOM Diploma Ceremony

Additional Note: Yale SOM always has student speakers for class day. The students have not yet been who the speakers will be for the all-school class day and commencement ceremonies.