VANCOUVER – WSU regent, alumnus and retired Boeing executive Scott Carson will be the keynote speaker at WSU Vancouver’s commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Sleep Country Amphitheater.
In “Leadership Lesson of a Lifetime,” he will speak to graduates about the opportunities that will shape who they are and who they become.
Until August 2009, Carson was president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, which in 2008 generated revenues of more than $28.2 billion.
Named to that position in September 2006, Carson also was a member of the Boeing Executive Council and Boeing’s senior executive in the Pacific Northwest. He joined Boeing in 1973 as a financial analyst on the B-1 bomber avionics program. He moved into management in 1976.
Born August 1946, Carson graduated from WSU with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He later received a master’s degree in the same discipline from the University of Washington.
In September 2007, Carson was appointed to the Washington State University Board of Regents by Gov. Christine Gregoire. He also serves on the board of governors of the WSU Foundation; is chair of the WSU College of Business and Economics national board of advisors; and is on the College of Engineering and Architecture advisory board.