By Nick Camper
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Sherece West-Scantlebury, president and CEO of Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, will speak at this years All-University Commencement Ceremony. She worked 10 years as the president and CEO of the private foundation who look to make the lives of Arkansans better through economic development and education.
“It is a pleasure to be able to honor people who have done so much for the state of Arkansas,” said Chancellor Joe Steinmetz.
West-Scantlebury has nearly 30 years of working in community development, public policy and advocacy, and public service. Before the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, she worked with the Annie E. Casey Foundation and was the CEO of the Foundation for Louisiana.
The commencement ceremony starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday May 12, in Bud Walton Arena.