This post was written by Hatchet Staff Writer Lauren French.

A former Securities and Exchange Commissioner and a local councilwoman will be addressing graduates during two of universities’ individual commencement ceremonies, university officials said this morning.

Former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Cynthia Glassman, a George W. Bush appointee, will be speaking to the School of Business undergraduates at their ceremony on May 15, according to the School of Business.

Glassman was sworn in during Bush’s first term, in 2002, and served as Acting Chairman through the summer of 2005.

D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh will address the graduates of the College of Professional Studies during their ceremony on May 16, according to CPS’s Web site.

Currently serving as a councilmember for D.C. Ward 3, Cheh is also a tenured professor at GW. She currently chairs the GW Law Public Interest Committee, which works with faculty and students providing pro bono legal services to the underprivileged.

The commencement ceremonies for the individual schools take place the Friday and Saturday before the University-wide commencement ceremony on the National Mall on May 17.

Other confirmed speakers:

* Law School: Gregory Garre, former U.S. solicitor general
* Graduate GWSB: Stefan Jacoby, Volkswagen Group of America
President and CEO
* ESIA: Kurt Volker, U.S. ambassador to NATO
* SEAS: Bill Westenhofer, Oscar-winning visual effects artist
* SMHS: William Devries, renowned surgeon
* CCAS: No outside speaker; CCAS dean, students and faculty will speak
* SPHHS: Roslyn Brock, vice chairman of NAACP board