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Mattel CEO to speak at University of Rochester commencement
Mattel CEO to speak at University of Rochester commencement
Listen to this articleThe CEO of Mattel Inc., Margaret (Margo) H. Georgiadis, will be the commencement speaker at the University of Rochester‘s graduation ceremony May 20.
The second female CEO at Mattel, Georgiadis is one of just 32 female executives leading a Fortune 500 company. UR will present her with the George Eastman Medal, created in honor of UR benefactor and founder of Eastman Kodak Co. The medal recognizes “outstanding achievement and dedicated service.”
“I am very happy that Margo has accepted our invitation to speak to the College’s Class of 2018,” said UR President Richard Feldman. “Through her leadership, Mattel is reimagining the toy company’s products and redefining its culture to effectively reposition itself in a very competitive and changing industry. She has implemented a new shared mission and set of organizational values to guide this work, which is similar to the initiatives underway at our university.”
Georgiadis previously led Google’s U.S., Canadian and Latin American commercial operations and advertising sales. At Google she also co-led Women@Google, an organization of more than 10,000 women in 45 countries who focus on advancing female leaders and encouraging girls to go into science and technology careers. She has also held leadership roles at Groupon, Discover Financial Services and McKinsey & Company.
The ceremony will have additional meaning for the speaker, as her son, Andreas, will be receiving his bachelor’s degree in computer science from UR’s Hajim School of of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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