9i果冻制作厂is proud the following distinguished leaders will serve as commencement speakers to help us celebrate the accomplishments of our 2025 graduates.
Commencement weekend ceremonies begin on Sunday, May 4, with Otterbein’s Baccalaureate ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. in Clements Recreation Center. While limited in person seating is available, this ceremony will also be streamed live online.
Class of 2025 Undergraduate Commencement Speaker: Sunday, May 4, 10:30 a.m.
Dr. Stephen Markovich
President and CEO of OhioHealth
Markovich is an accomplished healthcare executive, physician, and military leader. Prior to his current role as president and CEO of OhioHealth, Markovich practiced family and emergency medicine, was a leader in OhioHealth鈥檚 graduate medical education program, and served as president of OhioHealth Riverside Hospital, the largest hospital in OhioHealth鈥檚 system. He has held a variety of administrative roles, most recently serving as OhioHealth鈥檚 executive vice president with responsibility for acute care operations across the system.听
In addition to his career in medicine, Markovich has a laudable military career. Retiring as a major general from the US Air Force after 38 years of service, he most recently served as the commander of the Ohio Air National Guard. Markovich qualified as a command pilot logging more than 2,000 pilot hours in the F-16C, A-7D, Mig-29, T-38, and T-37. He completed three overseas combat deployments to the Middle East as both a pilot and a physician, and he led the development of the nation鈥檚 first national guard chemical and biological response task force in support of medical disasters for Ohio.听听听
Markovich is also a teacher, author, and national speaker. He currently serves on the boards of The Columbus Partnership, Columbus Downtown Development Commission, National Veteran鈥檚 Memorial Museum, Central Ohio Hospital Council, Ohio Hospital Association, The Healthcare Institute, and American Hospital Association Innovation and Strategy Committee. He serves as chair of the Columbus Symphony Board of Trustees and is recognized as one of Columbus鈥� most influential leaders by Columbus Business First.听
Markovich earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in engineering from the University of Michigan, master鈥檚 degree in business administration听from Wright State University, and doctorate of medicine degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine.听
OhioHealth is central Ohio鈥檚 largest health system with 19 hospitals and more than 400 ambulatory sites. Based in Columbus, OhioHealth and its 35,000 associates, physicians, and volunteers have repeatedly been recognized as one of the top five large health systems in America by Truven Health Analytics and is continually recognized by Fortune as one of the 鈥�100 Best Companies to Work For.鈥�
Class of 2025 Undergraduate and Graduate School Commencement Speaker: Sunday, May 4, 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Nita L. Seibel 鈥�75
Attending Physician, Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children鈥檚 National Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Head, Pediatric Solid Tumor Therapeutics, Clinical Investigations Branch, Cancer Therapy and Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute听
Seibel is an alumna of 9i果冻制作厂 and a board-certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist. She is an attending physician in the Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children鈥檚 National Hospital in Washington, D.C. and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is currently the head of the Pediatric Solid Tumor Therapeutics in the Clinical Investigations Branch of the Cancer Therapy and Evaluation Program in the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). 听
In addition to her role in the development of the extramural Pediatric Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program and the Children鈥檚 Oncology Group, she is the NCI chair for the NCI-Children鈥檚 Oncology Group Pediatric MATCH study which is the study of precision medicine determining treatment for children and adolescents with relapsed/progressive solid tumors. 听
She is also the co-chair of the NCI Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Working Group; scientific liaison for the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and NCI Pediatric Central Institutional Review Board; member of the implementation team and co-chair for the Pediatric Immunotherapy Discovery and Development Network, which was a part of the Cancer Moonshot; member of the implementation team for Pediatric Immunotherapy Network; member of the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative Leadership Team; and longstanding member of the Editorial Board for the NCI Physician Data Query Pediatric Board. 听
Seibel received the inaugural Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Coalition Award in 2023 for pioneering innovation in areas related to Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. She received the 9i果冻制作厂Special Achievement Award in 2017. Seibel has published more than 140 articles and presented at numerous conferences both nationally and internationally.
Seibel graduated from 9i果冻制作厂, received her medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, and completed her residency in pediatrics at The Ohio State University/Nationwide Children鈥檚 Hospital and her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at the Pediatric Oncology Branch of the NCI at the National Institutes of Health.