Shippensburg University is honored to present Lynne A. (Highsmith) Daley ’83-’84MEd as this year’s spring undergraduate commencement speaker, scheduled for May 10 at 11:00 a.m. at Seth Grove Stadium.
Daley, lieutenant colonel, US Army retired, is a senior vice president and senior technology business solutions manager supporting the Global Human Resources application portfolio with Bank of America.
She is active in the Employee Networks supporting veterans and the military community and helped to establish the Global Technology and Operations Military Advisory Leadership Council, which develops strategies and tactics to attract, hire/onboard, develop, and retain military veteran talent for Bank of America.
A native of Philadelphia, Daley earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in business from Shippensburg University. She was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army through the Army ROTC Program at Shippensburg University and entered active duty as a signal corps officer in 1985. She provided tactical and strategic communications to the Warfighters during peacetime and combat operations. Throughout a distinguished 22-year military career, Daley served in numerous leadership and nominative assignments from platoon leader to battalion commander, and received many service awards, medals, badges and campaign ribbons.
She has a passion for supporting her community, church, and philanthropic organizations. She is a lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and former vice president of the Delta Education and Public Service Foundation of Prince William County, Virginia. She served on the SU Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2017 through 2021 and is a current member of the John L. Grove College of Business Advisory Board. She was inducted into the Shippensburg University Military Science Hall of Fame in 2022.
