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Marya Rose, '90, chief administrative officer at Cummins, Inc., will deliver the commencement address during IU McKinney's graduate ceremony on May 12. Commencement will begin at 9 a.m. that day at the Indiana Convention Center.

As part of the senior leadership team at Cummins, Rose is responsible for nine global functions including legal, communications, marketing, government relations, compliance, facilities, security, corporate responsibility, and the company's global shared services organization. She often serves as the public voice for the company on critical issues. Rose was named CAO in 2011, after serving as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for 10 years. In her tenure as General Counsel, Rose transformed the legal function from a U.S. organization to a global one with lawyers in China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Europe, Australia and Africa.

Prior to joining Cummins over 20 years ago, Rose served two Indiana Governors, and practiced law in Indianapolis. She serves in leadership positions on a number of not-for-profit boards including Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky; the Indianapolis Museum of Art (now Newfields); Hoosier Women Forward; and 16 Tech.

During the annual Barristers Ball, IU McKinney students selected speakers to represent the various graduating classes during the commencement ceremony. The full-time J.D. division speaker will be Sierra Murray. The part-time J.D. division speaker will be Mike Cunningham. The Master of Laws speaker will be Aron Hagos Okubaldet. The Master of Jurisprudence speaker will be Heather Hurst.

Students also selected the following professors for the graduation hooding ceremony:

J.D. hooding professors will be Professor Frank Sullivan, Professor Lahny Silva, Professor Michael Pitts, and Professor Yvonne Dutton

LL.M. hooding professors will be Professor Frank Sullivan and Professor Frank Emmert

M.J. hooding professor will be Professor Deborah McGregor