Lorrie Norrington, newly appointed president of eBay Marketplaces and one of Fortune magazine's 2008 50 Most Powerful Women in Business , will deliver the commencement address at the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA graduation ceremony on Feb. 1, 2009.

In her role as president of eBay Marketplaces, Norrington is responsible for a global network of sites that in 2007 contributed about 70 percent of eBay Inc.'s total revenue of nearly $7.7 billion. Previously, she oversaw eBay's North America business unit, global technology, and global customer services as head of Marketplace Operations, a position she assumed in January 2008. She has also served as president of eBay International and chief executive officer of Shopping.com, and spent many years in management roles at Intuit and General Electric. Norrington holds a BS in business administration from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Members of the class, the sixth for the Berkeley-Columbia program, came from as far away as Sweden, China, and India to attend the intense 19-month program. Students work at a diverse range of institutions, including Microsoft, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Accenture, and Wells Fargo.

The ceremony at Wheeler Hall auditorium on the UC Berkeley, California campus begins at 10:00 a.m. and will be followed by a reception at 11:30 a.m. outside the auditorium. The graduates are also invited to take part in Haas School MBA commencement ceremonies on May 17 and Columbia University's commencement on May 20, 2009.

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