Trustee Charlotte Roberts will be Invited Speaker at Guilford Commencement
Charlotte Roberts, a Guilford trustee since 1997, popular speaker and writer on executive leadership and organizational development, will be the invited speaker for the college’s 172nd Commencement May 9. The ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. on the central campus quadrangle.
Roberts, the president of Blue Fire Partners, Inc., is the co-author of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization, a practical guidebook used for creating an enduring competitive advantage, and The Dance of Change: The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations.
She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UNC Greensboro (where she served on the faculty) and a Ph.D. from Saybrook Graduate School. In addition to her service as a Guilford trustee, Roberts has been a member of the boards of the UNCG Excellence Foundation, the Advisory Council of the American Compensation Association and several educational and service organizations.
Roberts will be joined in the commencement ceremony by two graduating seniors and President Chabotar, who will give a charge to the class. The selection of the invited speaker is based on a consensus recommendation to the president by the faculty, staff and student members of the Convocation and Celebrations Committee. The student speakers will be selected by graduating seniors in the spring semester.
Recent invited speakers for commencement have included trustee emeritus Bruce Stewart ’61, trustee and CEO of Self-Help Martin Eakes, retiring faculty member John Stoneburner, journalist Mary Ann Akers '91, and faculty members Christopher Benfey '77 and Mary Louise Bringle '75 of Mount Holyoke and Brevard (N.C.) colleges, respectively.
Nov. 21, 2008