2014 Commencement Speakers at Massachusetts Colleges, Universities

From Boston Marathon heroes Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman, to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to Capt. Richard Phillips, here's a list of commencement speakers at Massachusetts colleges and universities in 2014.

Anna Maria College: Sister Yvette Bellerose, chairman of the college’s Board of Trustees

Assumption College: Frances Hogan, humanitarian and attorney

Babson College: Tory Burch, fashion entrepreneur (undergraduate); Bobby Sager, entrepreneur (graduate)

Bard College at Simon’s Rock: Nina Perales, vice president of litigation at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Brandeis University: Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children’s Zone president and CEO

College of the Holy Cross: Jon Favreau, former President Barack Obama speechwriter

Endicott College: Anne Mosle, executive director of Ascend at the Aspen Institute

Fisher College: Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman, Boston Marathon bombing heroes

Framingham State University: Matthew Malone, Massachusetts secretary of education (undergraduate); Elaine Beilin, chairman of university’s English department (graduate)

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering: John Seely Brown, co-chairman of Deloitte’s Center for the Edge

Hampshire College: Laverne Cox, actress on “Orange is the New Black,” transgender advocate

Harvard University: Michael Bloomberg, entrepreneur, philanthropist, former New York City Mayor

Lasell College: Joseph Abboud, fashion designer

Lesley University: Nikky Finney, poet, and Abelardo Morell, photographer (undergraduate); Lois Lowry, author of “The Giver,” and Priya Manickchand, Guyana’s minister of education (graduate)

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: Charles Desmond, chairman of Massachusetts Board of Higher Education

MIT: Ellen Kullman, DuPont CEO

Massachusetts Maritime Academy: Richard Phillips, captain of MV Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009

Merrimack College: Charlie Day, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” actor, co-creator

Montserrat College of Art: Bryan Konietzko, animator

New England Conservatory: Philip Gossett, music historian

Newbury College: Dave McGillivray, Boston Marathon race director

Northeastern University: Janet Napolitano, former Secretary of Homeland Security, now president of University of California

Regis College: Donna Sytek, former New Hampshire Speaker of the House

Salem State University: Billy Starr, founder and executive director of Pan-Mass Challenge (graduate); Joe Andruzzi, former New England Patriots player, president of Joe Andruzzi Foundation (College of Arts and Sciences and School of Education); Edward Markey, Massachusetts Senator (College of Health and Human Services and Bertolon School of Business)

Simmons College: Billie Jean King, tennis player, activist (undergraduate); David Weinberger, expert on intersection of technology and human interaction

Smith College: Christine Lagarde, first woman to serve as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Stonehill College: Michael Sheehan, Boston Globe CEO

Suffolk University: Abraham Fox, national director of Anti-Defamation League (Law School); Joseph Hooley, State Street Corporation CEO (Sawyer Business School); Kate Walsh, Boston Medical Center CEO (College of Arts & Sciences)

Tufts University: Anne-Marie Slaughter, New America Foundation CEO

UMass Amherst: Deval Patrick, Massachusetts Governor

UMass Lowell: Bill Nye, scientist, comedian, author, inventor (morning); Howard Koh, assistant secretary for health at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (afternoon)

Wheelock College: Howard Koh, assistant secretary for health at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (undergraduate); David Banks, Eagle Academy Foundation CEO (graduate)

Williams College: Michael Bloomberg, entrepreneur, philanthropist, former New York City Mayor