2010s Commencement Speakers

Commencement speakers dating from Fall 2019 back to Spring 2010 can be found here.

Ceremony	Speaker Name and Speech Link (if available)	Profession
Fall 2019	Dr. William L. Roper	Interim President, University of North Carolina
Spring 2019	Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM
Fall 2018	Dr. Christine Mann Darden	NASA Engineer and Executive
Spring 2018	Marian Wright Edelman	Founder and President, Children’s Defense Fund
Fall 2017	Chancellor W. Randolph Woodson	Chancellor, NC State University
Spring 2017	Nancy McFarlane	Mayor, City of Raleigh
Fall 2016	Margaret Spellings	President, The University of North Carolina
Spring 2016	Admiral Michelle Howard	Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Fall 2015	Ambassador Karl Eikenberry	United States Army [retired] and former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Spring 2015	France A. Córdova	Director, National Science Foundation
Fall 2014	Vivian Howard	Chef and Owner of the Chef & The Farmer and the Boiler Room Oyster Bar in Kinston, NC
Spring 2014	David Ferriero	Archivist of the United States and Head of the National Archives and Records Administration
Fall 2013	Chancellor W. Randolph Woodson	Chancellor, NC State University
Spring 2013	Philip Freelon	Founder and President of the Freelon Group
Fall 2012	Dickson B. (Doc) Hendley	Founder and President, Wine To Water
Spring 2012	Philip Rivers	Record-setting passer for NC State and Quarterback, NFL San Diego Chargers
Fall 2011	Dr. Rajendra Pachauri	Nobel Prize winner and world leader in the study of climate change
Spring 2011	James E. Rogers	President and CEO, Duke Energy
Fall 2010	General Raymond T. Odierno	Commander, United States Joint Forces Command
Spring 2010	Charles P. Rose, Jr.	Executive Editor and Anchor, “Charlie Rose” show