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Celebrating the 2020 Harvard Business School Virtual Commencement

  • 28 May 2020
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On Thursday, May 28, 2020 we celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2020 with virtual ceremonies.

Videos 

2020 Class Day Student Speaker Claire Wagner

Claire Wagner (MD/MBA 2020) gives the Harvard Business School Class Day student address during virtual Commencement ceremonies on May 28, 2020.
2020 Class Day Student Speaker Claire Wagner
Claire Wagner (MD/MBA 2020) gives the Harvard Business School Class Day student address during virtual Commencement ceremonies on May 28, 2020.

Getting to Know Class Day Student Speaker Claire Wagner

Claire Wagner (MD/MBA) was inspired by her father to work internationally and has spent the last decade working on access to healthcare services and technologies around the world. She is the first Class Day speaker to become a mother while at HBS.
Getting to Know Class Day Student Speaker Claire Wagner
Claire Wagner (MD/MBA) was inspired by her father to work internationally and has spent the last decade working on access to healthcare services and technologies around the world. She is the first Class Day speaker to become a mother while at HBS.

Celebrating the MBA Class of 2020

Two years. A lifetime of connections. A look back at the journey of Harvard Business School’s MBA Class of 2020.
Celebrating the MBA Class of 2020
Two years. A lifetime of connections. A look back at the journey of Harvard Business School’s MBA Class of 2020.

2020 Class Day Distinguished Alumni Speakers

Alumni Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999) and Mezuo O. Nwuneli (MBA 2003), leaders in the African agriculture and nutrition landscape, address the Class of 2020 graduates.
2020 Class Day Distinguished Alumni Speakers
Alumni Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999) and Mezuo O. Nwuneli (MBA 2003), leaders in the African agriculture and nutrition landscape, address the Class of 2020 graduates.

2020 Class Day Student Association Presidents’ Address

Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2020 Student Association Co-Presidents Connor Cash and Gaby Goldstein address their class during this year’s virtual Class Day ceremony.
2020 Class Day Student Association Presidents’ Address
Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2020 Student Association Co-Presidents Connor Cash and Gaby Goldstein address their class during this year’s virtual Class Day ceremony.

Dean Nitin Nohria Speaks to the Class of 2020

At the 2020 Harvard Business School Virtual Commencement, Dean Nitin Nohria addressed graduates, offering words of advice for the future.
Dean Nitin Nohria Speaks to the Class of 2020
At the 2020 Harvard Business School Virtual Commencement, Dean Nitin Nohria addressed graduates, offering words of advice for the future.

May 28 Schedule 

Virtual ceremonies were held to celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2020.

MBA Class of 2020 Profiles 

Meet some members of the Class of 2020.

Andrew Baxter

St. Andrews, UK

Akash Gupta

Aspa Lekka

Ioannina, Greece

Brandon Lovell

Bronx, NY

Brian Sykes

CiCi Barrett

Christina Byrd

Memphis, Tennessee

Christine Keung

Chris LaColla

Enrico Ferrari

Carpi, Italy

Erin Kaivan

Swoope, VA

Emily Schlichting

Omaha, NE

Gavriel Goidel

Ignacio Lartirigoyen

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jason Brown

John Bracaglia

Wayne, PA

Julio Cedeno

Houston, TX

Jacob Meiner

New Rochelle, NY

Kelley Thorne

Liz Delozier

Leila Meliani

Montclair, NJ

Mike Anders

Mollie Breen

Washington, D.C.

Michelle Lee

Chicago, IL

Micah Macfarlane

Vancouver, Canada

Melcolm Ruffin

Chicago, IL

Marilyn Wang

Meg Whittenberger

Nishi Anand

Natalia Savina

Olivia vonNieda

Pam Chan

Manila, Philippines

Prineeta Kulkarni

Mumbai, India

Peggy Mativo-Ochola

Nairobi, Kenya

Ratnika Prasad

Rachel Silverstein

Austin, TX

Sneha Biswas

Sonakshi Bose

Vivian Scalfi

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Valentina Zarya

Yazan Halwani

Lebanon

Yaping Wang

Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Zubby Achara

Awards 

Awards are announced annually during Class Day and Commencement, including the Dean’s Award, Baker Scholars, MBA Faculty Teaching Awards, Wyss Awards for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students, and Leadership Fellows.

2020 Doctoral Graduates

Wei Cai
Accounting & Management
Jihwon Park
Accounting & Management
Edoardo Maria Acabbi
Business Economics
Xiang Ding
Business Economics
David Martin
Business Economics
Michael Thaler
Business Economics
Maryaline Catillon
Health Policy (Management)
Lauren Taylor
Health Policy (Management)
J. Peter Scoblic
Management
Michael Els
Marketing
Dafna Goor
Marketing
Anne Wilson
Marketing
Yanhua Bird
Organizational Behavior
Leroy Gonsalves
Organizational Behavior
Karen Huang
Organizational Behavior
Cirrus Foroughi
Strategy
Hyunjin Kim
Strategy
Grace Gu
Technology & Operations Management
James Sapenfield
Technology & Operations Management
Michelle Shell
Technology & Operations Management

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Commemorative Photo Mosaic

View the commemorative mosaic created using photos capturing memories from this school year.
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