Walsh College to Confer Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree Upon Citigroup Chief Innovation Officer Debby Hopkins at June 22 Commencement Ceremony

TROY, Mich., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Walsh College will confer an honorary doctor of laws degree upon its keynote speaker, Citigroup's Chief Innovation Officer, Debby Hopkins, at its 101^st Commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at Zion Christian Church in Troy.

"We are pleased to welcome Debby home to Walsh College," said Stephanie Bergeron, Walsh College president and CEO.  "Her extraordinary success in finance, global business, board service and innovation are inspirational to Walsh students and demonstrate how knowledge, determination and leadership skills can create unlimited potential."

The College will award graduate and bachelor's degrees to a class of 479; 193 will receive bachelor's degrees and 286 will receive graduate degrees.

Hopkins joined Citigroup in 2003, and has filled several executive positions, including head of strategy and M&A, chief operations & technology officer, and a senior advisor to the Global Investment Bank, a role she continues to this day.  She was appointed to her current position in 2008.

Her mission is three-fold: to identify disruptive trends and technologies and invest in those relevant to the future of financial services; to design, prototype, test and scale new products and services that create a differentiated customer experience; and, to build the systems and processes that support a culture of innovation inside Citi. 

The title of her commencement speech is "Made in Detroit."

Before joining Citi, Hopkins held senior-level positions at several global firms, including chief financial officer for The Boeing Company and for Lucent Technologies, and vice president of finance for General Motors Europe.

Fortune magazine has twice named her one of the most powerful women in American business, and Hopkins has been named to the Institutional Investors Top Tech 50 list for the past three years.

Hopkins holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Walsh College in 1977.  She also holds an honorary doctorate degree from Missouri College in Fulton, Missouri.

When:
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 10:30 a.m.

Where:
Zion Christian Church
3668 Livernois Rd.
Troy, MI 48083

WALSH COLLEGE
Founded in 1922, Walsh College, one of Southeast Michigan's largest business schools, offers upper-division undergraduate and graduate business and technology degrees and certificate programs at locations in Troy, Novi, Clinton Township, and Port Huron, as well as online. Walsh's business services division offers the Walsh Institute, designed to provide solutions for businesses through training, continuing education and consulting. Walsh is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (www.ncahlc.org; phone: 312-263-0456) and the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE, www.iacbe.org). The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP, http://www.acbsp.org/) accredits specific degree programs.

SOURCE Walsh College

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