
Yanela Frias, who holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Rutgers University–Newark and an MBA from the Rutgers Business School, was the first woman to be named CFO of Prudential Financial, which has deep ties to the university. In May, she delivered the business school’s MBA and Graduate Program Convocation address in Newark.

Brisa De Angulo, whose life story is featured in an award-winning documentary, won a decades-long battle for legal reform in Bolivia that has had far-reaching influence on bringing sexual predators to justice worldwide. She will give the Rutgers Law School in Camden Commencement keynote address on May 22.