Pepperdine University Announces Commencement Speakers: Alan Beard, Brett Biggs, and Judge Consuelo Maria Callahan

May 18, 2021

Pepperdine University Seaver College and Caruso School of Law will welcome renowned leaders as commencement speakers for the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021, including Alan Beard, chief executive officer of consumer-insights and marketing-strategy agency Synonymous; Brett Biggs, executive vice president and chief financial officer of WalMart; and Consuelo Maria Callahan, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Beard and Biggs will address the Seaver College classes of 2020 and 2021, respectively. The Caruso School of Law classes of 2020 and 2021 will hear from Judge Callahan, who was originally appointed by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate in 2003. The commencement schedule is as follows.

Caruso School of Law

Class of 2021

Friday, May 21 | 9:30 AM

Class of 2020

Saturday, May 22 | 9:30 AM

Seaver College

Class of 2020

Friday, May 21 | 3:30 PM

Class of 2021

Saturday, May 22 | 3:30 PM

For the full commencement schedule and livestream details visit the Pepperdine Commencement website.