Selena Cuffe, the Chief Growth Officer for $700M, 7,000-person international services firm, Blackstone Consulting, Inc. (BCI) and RJB Properties, Inc. (RJB), will be the keynote speaker for Grambling State University’s (GSU) Spring 2023 Commencement ceremony set for 10 a.m. on May 12 at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. 

 

GSU officials expect to confer diplomas to graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Professional Studies, and Graduate Studies. 

 

Most recently, Cuffe, in her role as President of SodexoMagic, a $600M service provider of quality-of-life services to corporations, governments, K-12 schools, hospitals, and universities, established a 100% diverse executive leadership team, supporting 6,000 employees.  

 

Cuffe has a successful track record of diversifying and growing organizations.  

 

She served as co-founder, President & CEO of Heritage Link Brands, globally recognized for dismantling economic barriers and opening commercial markets for Black South African wine producers into Brazil, Canada, Japan, Nigeria, and the United States.  

 

Cuffe currently serves on the Harvard Business School African American Alumni Association (audit committee) and Harvard Business School Women Students Alumnae Board (NomGov chair). She also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank 12th District Economic Advisory Council, Stanford University Bing Overseas Advisory Council, and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. 

 

Educationally, Cuffe earned her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, with minors in Spanish & Portuguese from Stanford University and a Master of Science in Business Administration, graduating with honors from the Harvard Business School.  

 

She is a Diamond Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., certified mediator, foster children advocate, and lover of food and diverse cultures.  

 

Cuffe is married with three children and makes her home in View Park-Windsor Hills, California. 

 

Learn more about the event at www.gram.edu/graduation.