Commencement Committee

2025–2026

Faculty

James Poterba, Chair, Economics
Jörn Dunkel, Mathematics
Nikta Fakhri, Physics
Leslie Norford, Senseable City Lab
John Ochsendorf, Architecture; Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tavneet Suri, Sloan School of Management
Joel Voldman, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Students

Alice Hall, UA President, 2025-2026
Heba Hussein, President, Class of 2026
Cayetano "Guy" Sanchez IV, President, Class of 2027
Lorenzo Shaikewitz, GSC representative
Molly Warndorf, GSC Vice President, 2025-2026
Teddy Warner, GSC President, 2024–2025

Staff

Brian Canavan, Registrar
Jonathan Carter, Schwarzman College of Computing
Tiera Giurleo, Office of the Provost
Ted Johnson, Executive Officer for Commencement, Institute Events
Kristina Kastrinelis, staff to the committee, Institute Events
Rohan Kundargi, Government and Community Relations
Monica Marie Orta, Architecture and Planning
Julia Martyn-Shah, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Elise Perkins-Noel, Alumni Association
Denzil Streete, Office of the Vice Chancellor
Rebecca Tyler, Institute Events
Tara Walor, MIT Sloan Student Services
Aaron Weinberger, Office of the President
Nina Wu, School of Science
Elizabeth Young, First Year Advising and Academic Programs