As we plan ahead for spring ceremonies, HWA has plenty of speakers for your commencement week festivities and alumni events. Here are just a few examples of speakers who can mark this special occasion in a virtual or hybrid format.

Ronan Farrow: Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-Winning Investigative Reporter, New York Times Bestselling Author, Contributing Writer, The New Yorker, Documentary Filmmaker, HBO, Rhodes Scholar and Former U.S. State Department official

Matthew McConaughey: Academy Award-Winning Actor, Co-Founder of the just keep livin Foundation, and New York Times #1 Bestselling Author of Greenlights

Daveed Diggs: Award-Winning and Trailblazing Actor, Writer, Rapper, and Producer, Known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the Broadway hit Hamilton

Gloria Steinem: Iconic Visionary of the Women's Movement, Co-Founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus, and Co-Founder of Ms. Magazine

Wynton Marsalis: International Jazz Icon, Renowned Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Educator and a Leading Advocate of American culture, Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Director of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School

Katie Sowers: First Openly LGBTQ+ Coach in the NFL and Former Offensive Assistant Coach, San Francisco 49ers

John Legend: Ten-time Grammy® Award Winner, EGOT Winner: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, and Philanthropist

Alexis Ohanian: Co-Founder of Reddit, the 6th largest website in the world, Early Stage Venture Capital Investor, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of Without Their Permission

Whoopi Goldberg: Award-Winning Actress and Comedian, Moderator on The View, New York Times Bestselling Author

Michael 'Killer Mike' Render: Rapper & Songwriter, Activist, and Entrepreneur

Tyler Perry: World-Renowned Actor, Producer, Writer, and Entrepreneur, Founder of Tyler Perry Studios, and New York Times Bestselling Author

Mahershala Ali: Star of Critically-Acclaimed Moonlight and True Detective