Commencement Speakers
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.
2013
MBA Program
Arun Sarin, MBA 78, MS 78
Former CEO, Vodaphone
Undergraduate Program
Marc Singer, BS 86
Director of McKinsey & Co.'s Marketing and Sales Practice in the Americas
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
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
CEO, Adobe
Video of Commencement Address
Commencement Address (PDF)
Undergraduate Program
Margo Alexander, BS 68
Chairman Emeritus, the Acumen Fund
Former Chairman and CEO, UBS Global Asset Management
Video of Commencement Address
Commencement Address (PDF)
Masters in Financial Engineering Program
Michael Sternberg, AB 86 (Econ.)
Managing Director and Co-Head of Morgan Stanley Strats and Modeling Group
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
Maura O'Neill, MBA 04
Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Counselor to the Administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Video of Commencement Address
2011
MBA Program
Barbara Desoer, MBA 77
President of Home Loans, Bank of America
Video of Commencement Address
Commencement Address (text)
Commencement Program
Undergraduate Program
John Riccitiello, BS 81
CEO, Electronic Arts
Video of Commencement Address
Commencement Program
PHD
Richard Lyons
Dean, Haas School of Business
Commencement Program
Masters in Financial Engineering Program
Margaret Holen Partner, Goldman Sachs
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program
Joseph Duran, Berkeley Columbia Executive MBA 04
CEO, United Capital
2010
MBA
Richard Blum, BS 58, MBA 59
Founder, Blum Capital Partners
Undergraduate
Sabrina Simmons, BS 85
CFO, GAP
MFE
Oliver Williamson
Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
Donald Bibeault
Founding Partner, Verto Partners
2009
MBA
John Woolard, MBA 97
CEO, BrightSource Energy
Video of Commencement Address
Undergraduate
Stuart Bernstein, BS 85
Partner, Goldman Sachs
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
Lorrie Norrington
President, eBay Marketplaces
PHD
Minder Cheng, MBA 89, PHD 94
Global Chief Investment Officer, Barclays
MFE
Hayne Leland
Arno Rayner Professor of Finance and Management, Haas School of Business
2008
MBA
Bengt Baron, BS 85, MBA 88
CEO, V & S Group, Olympic Gold Medalist
Undergraduate
Steven Wood
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
Ambassador J. Richard Fredericks
Chairman, Dionis Capital
MFE
Stephen Ross
Professor, MIT
2007
MBA
Marc Benioff
Chairman & CEO, salesforce.com
Undergraduate
Stephen Etter, MBA 89
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
Founding Partner, Greyrock Capital
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
Ambassador J. Richard Federicks
Chairman, Dionis Capital
PHD
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Oliver Williamson
Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business
Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
MFE
Aaron Brown
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
2006
MBA
Reed Hastings
Founder & CEO, Netflix
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
Richard "Sandy" Alderson
CEO, San Diego Padres
MFE
William Sharpe
1990 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
PHD
Richard Lyons
Executive Associate Dean, Haas School of Business
Undergraduate
Alan Ross
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
2005
MBA
John Doerr
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers
Undergraduate
Steven Wood
Lecturer, Haas School of Business
Chief Economist, Insight Economics
Berkeley-Columbia EMBA
William Campbell
Chairman of the Board, Intuit
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Coumbia University
MFE
Robert Schiller
Professor of Economics, Yale University
2004
Eric Schmidt
CEO, Google
MFE
Darrell Duffie
Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
Howard Lester
Chairman of the Board, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Former Chairman, Haas School of Business Advisory Board
2003
Phil Angelides
Treasuer of the State of California
MFE
Myron Scholes, 1997 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
William "Rick" Cronk, BS 65
Former President, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
Chairman, Haas School of Business Advisory Board
2002
Thomas Siebel, Chairman and CEO, Siebel Systems
MFE
Robert Merton, 1997 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
Prior to 2002 programs shared one ceremony.
2001
David Pottruck, Co-CEO, Charles Schwab
2000
Rodrigo Rato, MBA 74, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister of Spain
1999
Mortimer Zuckerman, Editor-In-Chief, US News and World Report
1998
Robert D Haas, BA 64, Chairman & CEO, Levi Strauss
1997
Arun Sarin, MBA 78, President and COO, AirTouch Communications
1996
Alex Mandl, MBA 69, President and CEO, ATT
1995
Jorge Montoya, MBA 71, President, Proctor and Gamble Latin America
1994
Andrew Grove, PhD 63, President and CEO, Intel
1993
Richard Blum, BS 58, MBA 59, Managing Partner, Blum and Associates
1992
William Cronk, BS 65, President, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream
1991
Walter A Haas Jr, BS 37, Owner, Oakland A’s
1990
Tom Peters, Entrepreneur, Author, Columnist
1989
Thomas Tusher, BA 63, President & COO, Levi Strauss
1988
Phillip Hawley, Chairman, Carter Hawley Hale Stores
1987
Norman Mineta, BS 53, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1986
Ivan F. Boesky, President, The Ivan F Boesky Corporation
1985
C. Todd Conover, Former Comptroller of the Currency
1984
Edward Grether, Dean Emeritus, Haas School of Business
1983
Samuel H. Armacost, President and CEO, Bank of America
1982
Leonard Silk, Economics Columnist, New York Times
1981
Joan Manley, Group Vice President, Time Inc.
1980
Robert Lutz, BS 61, MBA 62, Chairman, Ford of Europe
1979
Dr. Choh-Ming Li, Retired Vice Chancellor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
1978
Gerson Bakar, BS 48, President, B&D Properties