Commencement + Convocation Speakers

Whether you are booking a speaker for your commencement or convocation, these speakers inspire students and the wider college community alike, offering advice and words of encouragement.

Bill Burnett

Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

Dave Evans

Co-founder of Electronic Arts and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

Physician, scientist and activist who exposed the Flint water crisis

Bina Venkataraman

Author of The Optimist's Telescope, columnist at The Washington Post, and a fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center

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Casey Gerald

Author of There Will Be No Miracles Here

Carl Hiaasen

Bestselling novelist, Newbery Honor winner, and former Miami Herald columnist

Oliver Jeffers

World-Renowned Picture Book Maker and Artist

Theresa MacPhail

Medical anthropologist and author of Allergic

Jenny Odell

New York Times-bestselling author of How to Do Nothing and Saving Time

Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Princeton University professor and author of Undocumented

Dr. Aomawa Shields

Astronomer, astrobiologist, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Chris Smalls

Labor organizer and president and co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union

Jacob Tobia

LGBTQ+ rights activist, actor, and writer

Javier Zamora

Memoirist, poet, and author of Solito, and a winner of the 2023 American Book Award.