Global marketing executive and national trial lawyer to speak at Georgia Southern’s fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies

November 14, 2022

Georgia Southern College has named two speakers for the University’s slide 2022 Graduation ceremonies on Dec. 10 and 13.

About 2,100 students will graduate with affiliate, baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels this semester in the course of ceremonies in Statesboro and Savannah. Candidates will have the solution to pick out the location where they would like to graduate. 

Speakers have been finalized for each ceremony. The day, colleges and speakers for every single ceremony are:

Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. —  Enmarket Arena in Savannah for all 10 colleges

Saturday’s speaker is Deborah Nelson (’90), who at present serves as a lover in the Seattle law agency of Nelson Boyd, PLLC, and is a partner in Boyd Demo Consulting, a national demo consulting business that supplies interactive target groups and relevant providers to plaintiffs’ trial lawyers. 

Nelson is a frequent speaker who has lectured locally, nationally and internationally on a wide variety of authorized subject areas, especially in the areas of traumatic mind damage, insurance plan litigation, lawful malpractice, jury trials and aim teams.

She graduated magna cum laude from the former Armstrong Atlantic State, earning a bachelor’s in historical past with an emphasis in American background ahead of getting a regulation degree from the University of Cincinnati University of Legislation. There she was a member of the Moot Court docket Honor Board. 

Nelson served as president of both of those the Washington Point out Affiliation for Justice and the Council of Presidents of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), where she was a member of the govt committee and a state delegate. She is also past chair of the Insurance policy Regulation Part of AAJ and is a member of AAJ’s Jury Bias Litigation Group, Insurance policy Law Section and Leaders Forum. In addition, she is a member of the Trial Legal professionals Affiliation of British Columbia and the Georgia Trial Attorneys Association.

Nelson was named a Super Law firm by Washington Regulation & Politics journal multiple decades, has been named to Ideal Legal professionals and was twice named Greatest Attorney in Clallam County. In addition, she has acquired the Distinguished Services Award from the Clallam Pro Bono Attorneys, the Alvin Anderson Award from the Washington Condition Affiliation for Justice, the Woman of Difference Award from Soroptimist International of Port Angeles and was named a Distinguished Alumni member by Georgia Southern. 

Nelson is also a founding board member of Ian’s Ride, a charitable firm formed to raise recognition and raise outside access for those people with mobility disabilities. In addition, she serves on the Ga Southern College Foundation Board. 

Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. at Allen E. Paulson Stadium for all 10 colleges

Tuesday’s speaker will be Liz Crisafi (’95), the worldwide vice president of internet marketing for IHG Lodges and Resorts, 1 of the world’s main resort providers. She is persistently recognized as an integrated marketing pioneer, productively blending facts, creativity and consumer relevancy to generate finest in class campaigns. 

Right now, she sales opportunities IHG’s suite of 17 world wide lodge brands, like InterContinental, Kimpton, Holiday getaway Inn and 6 Senses, as well as built-in advertising and marketing methods across electronic, loyalty and partnerships for far more than 6,000-additionally hotels throughout the world.

In 2021, Crisafi was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to sit on the Georgia Tourism Basis Board, with a objective of growing Georgia’s tourism and generating it a sought-immediately after vacation place. As properly, she serves on the advisory board of Model Innovators and has been identified as one particular of the “Top 100 Girls To Watch in Brand name Advertising.” She was also recognized by Dress for Accomplishment Atlanta in 2021 for its once-a-year “Women of Power” designation. 

Following earning a bachelor’s in interaction arts with an emphasis in broadcasting from Ga Southern, Crisafi worked her way up to senior management positions at Kimberly-Clark, Ogilvy & Mather, Discovery Communications and Eastman Kodak Enterprise. She joined IHG in 2014. Beneath her management, IHG has cemented its spot as 1 of the most beloved resort organizations in the world by establishing breakthrough promoting, launching a freshly revamped loyalty program and assisting introduce a 50 percent-dozen new resort models in the last five a long time. 

Crisafi’s world knowledge across these many numerous industries and her global leadership popularity have uniquely positioned her as an impressive, strategic and inspirational trailblazer among her peers.

She also volunteers her time to give again to underserved communities in Atlanta and spends many several hours fundraising to help local new music and arts organizations in her community. 

Every ceremony will be livestreamed to the commencement webpage on the University’s web-site and the Georgia Southern Fb website page. For a lot more details on Georgia Southern’s Spring 2022 Commencement ceremonies visit: GeorgiaSouthern.edu/graduation.

Ga Southern College, a community Carnegie Doctoral/R2 establishment launched in 1906, gives close to 140 diverse degree packages serving approximately 26,000 students as a result of 10 colleges on a few campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, Hinesville and on the internet instruction. A leader in higher education in southeast Ga, the College presents a various college student population with specialist college, entire world-class scholarship and palms-on discovering opportunities. Georgia Southern creates lifelong learners who serve as responsible students, leaders and stewards in their communities. Check out GeorgiaSouthern.edu.