Undergraduate Convocation Ceremony Program for the Class of 2025

Convocation Speakers

Susan Fournier
Allen Questrom Professor and Dean
Professor, Marketing

Susan Fournier joined the faculty at Boston University Questrom School of Business in 2005 as an Associate Professor of Marketing and Dean’s Research Fellow. In the ensuing years, she advanced through the faculty ranks and was named Questrom Professor in Management in 2013. She has been an influential member of the community in her varied roles as an educator, researcher, and administrator.

As Questrom’s first academic dean in over 40 years, Susan has the benefit of an inside perspective. She brings a wealth of personal experience in academia with over 24 years in the Undergrad, MBA and Executive classrooms of Harvard Business School, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and Questrom. She is a celebrated professor who designed and delivered one of Questrom’s Top 10 MBA electives. She recently served as Senior Associate Dean of Faculty & Research, and was a prior Faculty Director of the Questrom MBA and Doctoral programs. She is an award-winning researcher with an in-depth knowledge of the research and publication enterprises, what it takes to produce “research that matters,” how to bring that knowledge into the classroom, and what it takes to translate academic research for the most significant impact on practice—facets critical to understand in the pursuit of creating value for the world.

Susan is also the first woman dean at Questrom, marking a significant moment in our history. She is “looking forward to a time when this descriptor is not considered a unique attribute.” Of equal importance, Susan is a first-generation college student. This status gives her meaningful insight as Questrom continues to focus on diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the School’s life.

Miri Chan
BSBA Candidate, Class of 2025

Miri Chan is graduating with honors from the Questrom School of Business with concentrations in Marketing and Business Analytics. On campus, Miri has served as the President of the Guerrilla Marketing Society, Vice President of Marketing for Alpha Kappa Psi, Professional Development Director of the Fashion & Retail Association, and Public Relations Director for BU’s Off the Cuff Magazine. She has also served as a Teaching Assistant for Principles of Marketing (MK200), ES110, ES310, and as a Career Skills Coach in the Feld Center. Beyond BU, she was named the Top Recipient of the National Retail Federation Foundation’s Next Generation Scholarship and now sits on the Board of Directors of the NRF Foundation. Upon graduation, Miri will be moving to New York City to begin her full time role as a part of the RL Iconic Rotational Program at Ralph Lauren.