2016 Graduate Commencement Speaker — Cindi Bigelow, Doctor of Laws
Channel: Fairfield University
Date: 28/07/2016

Ms. Bigelow exemplifies the Jesuit tradition of promoting social responsibility and inclusion. She works with teens in Appalachia to rebuild homes and build relationships, continuously leveraging her business success for humanitarian causes. The Bigelow Tea Challenge in Fairfield teams with Wakeman Boys & Girls Club to raise over $100,000 annually to benefit 18 local charities. Ms. Bigelow serves as Advisor to teens with the Greenfield Hill Church service trip to Appalachia to rebuild homes each summer, and sponsors numerous events to benefit US Troops, Veterans, Norma Pfriem Breast Cancer Center, The Center for Women and Families, Connecticut Food Bank and Operation Hope among others. She is a former speaker at the Fairfield Awards Dinner, and will be receiving her honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the graduate ceremony.