Previous Commencement Speakers

• 2012: Silda Wall Spitzer, ’80, Former First Lady, State of New York
• 2011: Sally Brice-O'Hara, U.S. Coast Guard vice admiral
  
• 2010: Alumna Gretchen Holt Witt, '89, a pediatric cancer activist and co-founder of the non-profit Cookies for Kids' Cancer
  
• 2009: Sarah Parker, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
  
• 2008: Betty Ray McCain, former Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
  
• 2007: Elizabeth Edwards, author, advocate and attorney
  
• 2006: Beverly Perdue, North Carolina lieutenant governor
  
• 2005: Renee Montagne, National Public Radio correspondent and "Morning Edition" co-host
  
• 2004: Elaine Marshall, North Carolina Secretary of State
  
• 2003: Judy Woodruff, journalist for news organizations including CNN and PBS