... Teresa Sullivan, unanimously elected by the Board of Visitors, became the University’s first female president in August of 2010, and graduation for the Class of 2012 represented a very significant event for women in leadership roles at the University of Virginia. The speakers – in addition to Dr. Sullivan and Ms. Couric – included the first female rector of the University, Helen Dragas; chair of the Alumni Association Board of Managers, Victoria Dux Harker; and grand marshal Gweneth L. West, a drama professor in the College of Arts & Sciences.