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Penn State's McKeesport campus will hold its Spring 2013 commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. May 4 in the Wunderley Gymnasium.

Greater Allegheny Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter will preside as diplomas are conferred to students receiving baccalaureate and associate degrees.

The keynote speaker is Michelle Fabrizi, president and CEO of MARC USA, one of the nation's largest independent advertising agencies.

Fabrizi joined MARC USA in 1982 and in 2003 was named president and CEO of the nationwide advertising division. Prior to this, as president and CEO of MARC USA's Pittsburgh headquarters, she oversaw a 200 percent increase in billings in her first two years.

Fabrizi is respected as a leading professional in her field, and Adweek magazine has cited her as one of the outstanding women in advertising.

She serves on the board of directors and executive committee of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, where she led the development of the new regional brand and the marketing efforts for Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary. She also serves on the executive committee and board of the United Way of Allegheny County and was the first woman to chair the annual fundraising campaign.

Fabrizi chairs the boards of directors of both the Pittsburgh Opera and the Andy Warhol Museum. She also is a trustee of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

Past honors include Pennsylvania Department of Commerce Fifty Best Women in Business, Carlow University Women of Spirit, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Athena Award, Ernst & Young Western PA Entrepreneur of Year Finalist, YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh Tribute to Women: Communications and Girl Scouts of SW Pennsylvania Woman of Distinction: Professional.

(Submitted by Linda Curinga, director of marketing and public relations, Penn State Greater Allegheny.)

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